Do you have a list for 2019?
12-06-2018, 10:18 AM
#41
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Location: Middlebury, IN
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OMG I live in SW MI, only 1 hr from Shipshewanna. I didn't know Bonnie's having a retreat there!!!! Any more information? When, where, sign up?[/QUOTE]
It happens in November and opens for registration in January according to the e-mail I got. It's Sentimental Stitches. http://sentimentalstitches.net/ They seem to do several retreats a year in Shipshee, this will be my first ever! I plan on stalking their web site so I can sign up as soon as they post it! So where are you at in SW MI? I grew up in Edwardsburg.
It happens in November and opens for registration in January according to the e-mail I got. It's Sentimental Stitches. http://sentimentalstitches.net/ They seem to do several retreats a year in Shipshee, this will be my first ever! I plan on stalking their web site so I can sign up as soon as they post it! So where are you at in SW MI? I grew up in Edwardsburg.
12-06-2018, 12:58 PM
#43
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Location: Dallas area, Texas, USA
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Your list is so ambitious I get tired reading it. I'm up for planning one thing at a time for a change. First will be finishing the one I was working on when I got sidetracked by Christmas projects. It's a churn dash king size for our bed. I probably won't look at it again until January. I hope I can remember what I was trying to do!
12-06-2018, 04:20 PM
#44
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Ontario, Canada
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My plan for 2019 is to finish the quilting on my black NY Beauty, do a major (for me) collage project and start on a quilt that I am currently collecting fabrics for.
I will also plan to participate in some of Judy's Mystery quilts and get to work on the (much larger than I thought) pile of UFO's I discovered when I sorted out my stash recently. Although I am not putting a moratorium on buying fabric, I am going to try harder to use what I already have.
Watson
I will also plan to participate in some of Judy's Mystery quilts and get to work on the (much larger than I thought) pile of UFO's I discovered when I sorted out my stash recently. Although I am not putting a moratorium on buying fabric, I am going to try harder to use what I already have.
Watson
12-06-2018, 06:06 PM
#45
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Location: California
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I know that I will be spending January & February making clothes and diapers for the new grandbaby that is due in February. After that, I will hopefully go back into quilting mode.
As far as specific projects go, my random sized strip bin is overflowing, so I want to make at least one string quilt. I have a set of Noah's Ark embroidery designs I am itching to use in a quilt for the grandbaby. Two projects I probably won't finish, but want to make serious dents in, are my 365 quilt and my Dear Jane.
Most importantly, I will continue with my moratorium, and use what I have. The ultimate goal is to have all my stash and UFOs all down to one bookshelf. And, I want to keep working on trimming my scraps down into precuts for L/E projects. I'd like to get at least 6 projects out of the UFO bin and turn them into finished quilts. I'd like to say I will make myself finish two UFOs before I start a new project, but that probably won't happen. I'm still going to try though!
As far as specific projects go, my random sized strip bin is overflowing, so I want to make at least one string quilt. I have a set of Noah's Ark embroidery designs I am itching to use in a quilt for the grandbaby. Two projects I probably won't finish, but want to make serious dents in, are my 365 quilt and my Dear Jane.
Most importantly, I will continue with my moratorium, and use what I have. The ultimate goal is to have all my stash and UFOs all down to one bookshelf. And, I want to keep working on trimming my scraps down into precuts for L/E projects. I'd like to get at least 6 projects out of the UFO bin and turn them into finished quilts. I'd like to say I will make myself finish two UFOs before I start a new project, but that probably won't happen. I'm still going to try though!
12-07-2018, 08:36 AM
#47
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Location: Texas
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Originally Posted by Battle Axe
My biggie for 2019 is something I have been looking forward to for some time. Bonnie Hunter will be in Shipshewana in late 2019. That's only eleven miles from me. I got busy and finished the top for Allietare, it was one of my UFOs, and on this board I found a long armer. Then I can be in the Show and Tell. It's not Bonnie Hunter colors, they are totally different.
Then for the rest of the year, I hope to quit buying more fabric and complete more UFOs.
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Then for the rest of the year, I hope to quit buying more fabric and complete more UFOs.
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Wow! What a beautiful, gorgeous, colorful, altogether appealing quilt! I love everything about this quilt! From the colors to the pattern to the size!
12-07-2018, 11:06 AM
#48
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Location: Peotone IL
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Forgot to mention earlier that I also have to finish the Kaffe Fassett mystery quilt. I have about 1/2 the blocks done. Christmas gifts put it on hold til after the 1st of the year.
Last edited by gramajo; 12-07-2018 at 11:07 AM. Reason: spelling
12-07-2018, 12:58 PM
#49
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: West Central Texas
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My word! Really organized and ambitious people here. Way to go! I made a goal for 2018 to complete 3 quilts a month, some from UFOs and some new. I made that goal by joining a prayer quilt group and in December, a quilts for the homeless group. The latter quilts are very simple -- 10-1/2" squares in a 6 x 7 grid.
BUT I still have 5 or 6 UFOs that didn't get finished so I'm transferring them to 2019. In addition I plan to complete at least 2 quilts a month for the prayer quilt group. In addition to finishing my own quilts I also quilt the ones made by the other members on the Bailey home quilter. But I don't really count them into my totals. Whoops! I guess I just joined the ambitious group, didn't I?
BUT I still have 5 or 6 UFOs that didn't get finished so I'm transferring them to 2019. In addition I plan to complete at least 2 quilts a month for the prayer quilt group. In addition to finishing my own quilts I also quilt the ones made by the other members on the Bailey home quilter. But I don't really count them into my totals. Whoops! I guess I just joined the ambitious group, didn't I?
12-07-2018, 03:32 PM
#50
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Join Date: Aug 2013
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My goals, besides getting UFO's outta here, are:
1. to try 3 techniques that are new to me (curved piecing, setting on point, and hand quilting)
2. to make a quilt for someone in my family who'd appreciate it (short list at the moment).
3. to continue doing charity quilts
4. to maybe join a sew-in group (not a high priority but something worth trying)
5. to take a class in something that interests me (bag making, machine applique, an aforementioned technique)
As far as a set number of quilts, I'll say 8. I'm not a fast quilter, and I am sandwiched between caring for my daddy and spending time with new grandbabies, plus heading into the last year and a half of my son's high school career, not to mention methodically downsizing our own house. If I make my goals too lofty, I will feel defeated. If I set them too low, I will regret wasting time on stuff I already waste time on (computer, mostly...I say as I type this. LOL)
1. to try 3 techniques that are new to me (curved piecing, setting on point, and hand quilting)
2. to make a quilt for someone in my family who'd appreciate it (short list at the moment).
3. to continue doing charity quilts
4. to maybe join a sew-in group (not a high priority but something worth trying)
5. to take a class in something that interests me (bag making, machine applique, an aforementioned technique)
As far as a set number of quilts, I'll say 8. I'm not a fast quilter, and I am sandwiched between caring for my daddy and spending time with new grandbabies, plus heading into the last year and a half of my son's high school career, not to mention methodically downsizing our own house. If I make my goals too lofty, I will feel defeated. If I set them too low, I will regret wasting time on stuff I already waste time on (computer, mostly...I say as I type this. LOL)
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