Always motivating to read about other people's plans.
1. Complete one project a month. Keep a journal with a picture of each project. Knitting counts, I seem to do more of that in the winter. My goal is to reach 36 projects in three years. Hopefully, something wonderful will happen in my life in about 30 months that will free up more time for quilting.
2. Severely cut down on fabric buying except to finish projects. (Am doing better on this).
3. Find a small group to sew with (I work full time so this isn't that easy).
4. Make at least one project from a quilting book I already own.
5. Sort through my quilting mags and pass some along.
Phew, I better stop thinking up goals and start working on this!
Thanks, everybody for the inspiration!

Goals for 2013: 1. Complete the military quilt that will be given away at my husbands military reunion.
2. Quilt at least 5 of the quilt tops I have made. (Between quilting for my business)
3. Finish a quilt top I started last summer.
4. Appliqué more - using a different method.
5. Go to at least one retreat!!!!
6. Enjoy life!

i want to stop buying so much fabric im drowning in it. so im going to vow to shop my stash first and only buy backings and if i absolutely dont have anything to match. i want to do more scrappy quilts this year. i also want to learn a couple new techniques. get more organized so i can find and finish at least 10 of those ufos hiding in there. i also want to make a resolution when im getting organized to dump that fabric i wont use. theres no use in hanging on to something i cant look at. pls wish me luck im desperately going to need it lol.
carla

I want to finish my Mariner's quilt that some of the lovely people on this board helped locate my fabric for and then I want to start on a chicken quilt. This is gonna be the year I make my beloved chicken quilt :thumbup: just for me!!:)

After breaking my finger or fingers end of July, I am learning to retype. Who would think it is taking this long and how much movement I lost?

This week I visited my sewing room for the first time; I learned how to thread a needle and used a rotary cutter once again; I sewed a fabric baby book. My grandbaby LOVED the book. We both were HAPPY. My goal - BE HAPPY and enjoy each day I get to accomplish anything QUILTING! I feel so BLESSED! Looking forward to 2013.

You all have some wonderful ideas/goals. Since I broke my arm in November, my first goal is to get my therapy done so I can sew again.... that will take up January. Hopefully I will be back to sewing in February.

My second goal is to finish a few UFOs.... I think 5 would be my max.

My third goal is to finish a quilt for my great nephew and one for the new great niece due in February. Then I will be caught up on those.

My fourth goal is to stay healthy so I can keep sewing and quilting.... getting older makes that a challenge in itself.

I hope 2013 is a great year for everyone!

I would like to finish several of the UFOs I have stashed away. Plus I have 3 charity quilts that need a backing and then quilting.

I would like to make a batik quilt for me. Possibly a couple lap quilts for Christmas gifts (2013).

I also want to make a bargello quilt.

I want to move a sewing machine from downstairs to my sewing room upstairs. Thought I'd use it down here bit it isn't happening. Moving it will call for some rearranging and reorganization, plus some destashing of books, patterns, and fabrics.

I think this is enough to get me started.

Good luck on all your goals.

First and foremost on my list is to finally decide on a quilt pattern for this year's blackk and white Family Reunion Quilt July 4, and getting to my niece a few months before that so my niece can LAQ it on her new long -arm (I'm so jealous - but realistically she does have the space for it and I don't). Then I want to finish a one-patch quilt for my sister's second GGD. I did finish one for the older sister - we were supposed to do it together, but unfortunatley Mary Ann died before that could happen. I did finish one for first GGD, thought I had sent it to her, however, it didn't because I fell, ruptured a disk in my neck, required surgery, then rehab and when I finally was able to figure out what happened while I was away I found the quilt. Big OOPS. So, to redeem myself, I'm making a twin quilt to match the first one for the second GGD this year. Then my DIL wants me to make Zoe, my GD a twin-size bed for her quilt, a queen size quilt for their bed, and the list goes on. So my biggest goal is to make sure I quilt an hour or two at least a day and getting them done.

:thumbup: sounds good -- I would like to finish my Baltimore Album quilt (QB from year before last) -- I am stuck on the part where the 12 blocks need to sashed and fitted around the first border which is around the center panel -- just can't get enthused to do it -- I also need to start a tshirt quilt which has been put off for awhile -- then there are all the neat patterns and blocks I would like to use -- the list goes on -- time for inspiration!!

My goals for 2013:

1. Complete at least one UFO each month (and there are many)
2. Sort and USE my scraps
3. No fabric purchase unless it is absolutely needed to finish a project.
(I went overboard this year and to make it even harder, my son gave me Joanns gift card for $150.00 this Christmas that has been burning a hole in my purse)
4. Work on improving my longarm FMQ skills.
5. Make one quilt from solids only

Ambitious but I am going to give it my best shot.

First of all sincere sympathy twoxover on the loss of your Dad.
My objectives for 2013 are

(1) to layer, quilt and bind a "group" Sampler quilt of 20 x 12" blocks.
(2) to layer, quilt and bind a "garden maze" quilt.
(3) to finish hand quilting an Angel quilt
(4) BUT the most important project for me is to FINISH my Dear Jane Christmas
Quilt, which I started in May 2007. Here is a link to my design wall if you would care
to have a look :-


http://www.dotsbjwall.talktalk.net/


Happy New Year ! DottyD in Engkand, UK.

I'd like to finish "some" of my UFO's. When I don't put a number to finish does it count? Work on improving my Needle Turn Applique skills.

My goals for 2013 include: Finish a quilt that I've started which has 6,547 one inch squares (1/2" finished), finish a Cotton Club quilt, make 10 Christmas gifts, (before Christmas week 2013), go to several quilt retreats, make at least 3 charity quilts for our guild, and plant and tend my garden and numerous flower beds. I might end this statement of my goals with a hahahahahaha!

What a fantastic thread!! Thanks Donna for getting us to thinking about and setting goals!! My prayers to all who have lost someone dear this year... for us it was my sister... it is so hard, but it helps to know others understand...

My quilting goals include: 1) finish hand quilting DH's quilt, 2) have DS's quilt quilted (saving for a custom quilting job), 3) purchase fabric for and piece DDIL's quilt, 4) spend more time with quilty friends quilting!!!, 5) learn to paper piece. I'm so very global, paper piecing seems so precise, I'm completely intimidated by it...
Finally... make my cardinal quilt from the pattern my new QB friend sent!! You are all such sweet friends...
Happy New Year everyone!!!

One more thing... I just visited DottyD's Christmas Dear Jane quilt... WOW!!! so pretty!! Maybe someday, after I've mastered paper piecing...LOVE the Christmas colors, but that quilt is simply amazing... every one I've ever seen, but I especially love the Christmas colors...

Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks so much for your kind reply running1 - I have loved this journey and when she is done - I would like to make Sylvia's Bridal Sampler by Jennifer Chiaverini - of Elm Creek Books. The blocks are a little bit bigger at 6" - that is my aim !!!
Kind regards, DottyD

This sounds like me -- except I did find my UFOs. I also organized my fabric and cut blocks and strips so well I can't find what I am looking for (sigh). I need to make notes of where I put everything. I can't find a couple of rulers I bought for a quilt pattern (more notes, I guess). I have been going through fabric and taking the stuff I know I won't use to church to make charity quilts -- at least the bigger pieces.

I am drowning in back issues of magazines and just when I get rid of some there is a pattern that I wanted to try. Need to get a better management system down for the patterns I want to try.

My list will be small but for 2013 I hope to:

participate in at least one swap from this message board
make at least one quilt for charity
make a quilt for my bil and sil

Thank you for starting this thread. First off, my prayers to all who have lost a loved one. BIL died in August - has been a bad holiday for sister - his birthday was Christmas Day and the family kept her busy, but the grief is still strong. NanaUpNorth, I broke my shoulder/arm in October. I too couldn't believe how much mobility and strength I lost the first two weeks of no movement at all. When I started therapy, I swore they were trying to rebrake it, but it has finally healed, I can type, I can use my rotary (one of my goals from breaking the arm) and I can put my bra on (the second goal I set from the break). It still hurts, but I'm pretty much back to what was normal for me. Keep it up with the therapy and it will get better.
Now for my goals - as a joke my hubby typed me a chore list for my quilting in 2013.
1) Halloween piece work (a embroidered quilt with halloween theme - quite involved surface embroidery)
2) Quilts of Valor (2 - have one cut)
3) Japanese circle quilt
4) Row Robin (a swap here on QB)
5) Pillowcase dresses (I make these for the children in the Phillippines)
6) Buttrefly quilt (I embroidered 9 butterfly squares -- need to make them into a quilt. Fabric has been on back order for 3 weeks. Maybe I won't get this done!!)
7) Friendship quilt (blocks done, need to finish, then quilt)
8) Cross stitch birds (I have 2 cross stitch bird patterns started, need to put time into the stitching to finish) and
9) quilt swap (another swap here on the board)
I don't have any lofty goals to learn to LA or learn a new technique - I'll do good to finish these on my list here.
Thanks for starting this thread - and hello to all you quilters out there - some of your names are new to me. I'll enjoy talking with you through the months of 2013. Cheers and prosperity to each of you.

I have 2 big goals for 2013:

1) Average one UFO finish a week (I have 78 on my list). The good news is that most are kid sized tops for Project Linus and I send out lap size and bigger to my LAQ. I've finished 16 since the end of September this year when I started quilting again so it CAN be done :).

2) Learn how to FMQ. I've got lots of tops to practice on...

I have been quilting for about a year now. I work with a wonderful group of women and we make quilts for Project Linus as well as for our friends and family members. With each little quilt I make I use a new pattern and have a goal of something I want to learn. My next goal is to learn how to make multiple mitered borders. Really admire all of you and your fabulous quilting skills. After that, my next goal is to use a pattern that puts blocks on point. (Did I spell this correctly?).

Wow Dotty that is a wonderful quilt..I may have to try to do that...I bought all the fabric I need to do sylvia's bridal sampler at least two years ago...I should probably do that first!

I have no exact goals for 2013. I am working on my 17th quilt for 2012 and I want to make at least that many in 2013. I am trying to use up some of my huge stash.

Good luck to everyone and I hope all of you achieve your goals.

This a totally awesome idea

My goals for 2013 are:
1. Finish a ufo each month
2. Get a computerized sewing machine and give my old one to my grandaughter
3. Teach myself to FMQ
4. Make a quilt for me!

I've been quilting for 10 years and have never made anything for myself. I think I am overdue.
Good luck to all.

I will buy no NEW fabric. Crap! I just blew that one. I will finish all UFO's. Crap, I'm 62 have to live to 100 to do that. I will learn how to run my long arm machine. Double crap! It's been up for 2 years and haven't figured it out yet. I promised husband I will get going on it by 2013 or he says, move it OUT. I seriously do want to cut back on buying so much fabric. I do want to finish at least one UFO, which are quilt tops, per month. I want to really learn how to run my mid arm and enjoy my FMQ even more. I do have to clean up one of my sewing fabric room as it got pretty nasty over the holidays. I need to make sure I do housekeeping at least a couple hours a day instead of sewing from dawn to late at night. It's a great thought and will TRY to do it. Wish me luck.

My 2013 quilting goals:

Finish my 3 ufos
Complete each quilt I start
Make 3 small memory quilts for my friend
Really organize and clean out my sewing room
Check out a guild

I would like to get caught up on three BOM projects I have started. Complete one UFO each month and organize my sewing room. Also, I would like to complete a baby quilt before August for my first grandchild!

I need to clean the closet in my quilting room. I can't stuff another thing in, especially on the floor. It's full of tidbits of batting, stuffing, scraps too small to use. Also boxes of family photos. Good to hear aobut others' plans.

I like your goal list. May I borrow it? HaHa!

Nice thread!

My goals... and loft they are! LOL

1. Finish twin sized quilt for my 4 yo son (in progress)

2. Do the 2013 Mystery Quilt on Jan. 1st with my dd (looking forward to that!)

3. finish the throw for the back of our couch (top is finished)

4. Finish the throw for the back of the rocking chair (almost done piecing it... used leftovers from #3)

5. Make baby quilt for my new nephew (born mid-December)

6. Make a cuddle quilt from a panel I got before the holidays

7. Make a throw quilt for each of dh's and mine siblings for family gifts for Christmas next year (6 total)

8. Finish piecing the fancy quilt for our bed and decide how to quilt it ... machine or by hand????

9. Finish a Christmas quilt I made a couple of years ago, and never sandwiched and quilted. Hopefully that will be done in time to display by next Christmas.

Is that a crazy enough list for you? did I mention I have 7 children, homeschool, and my dh is the pastor of our church and I'm the pianist? Talk about unrealistic lists! LOL

My #1 goal for 2013 will be to finish the gigantic King sized wedding quilt for Daughter and SIL (June is 2nd anniversary!) And get a pretty wall/baby crib size quilt DONE before the first Grand Child is born! Benefit of second quilt goal, it's not going to be giant sized! I also want to make some simple car-seat, stroller seat and shopping cart covers made. My daughter is a neat freak (I don't KNOW where she could have gotten that impulse!) and I think these items will help her tremendously!

And there is a possibility that my hubby and I will be completing the retirement process from my current job and moving to be closer to the Daughters family. so could be a VERY interesting year!

Best wishes to all, and this is my belief: "That the memories we have of the ones we have lost are the best medicine for that loss!"

Take care of yourselves and have a Happy New Year!

I thought of a few more goals. I have done many machine embroidery designs to use in quilts. One is of Alaskan themed items since my son was born there. I also have done many Oriental themed embroidery designs since my oldest daughter was born there. We were a military family so were blessed to travel. I really NEED to use them and get them into quilts before they are long forgotten. I just remembed I have twelve months of embroidery of Sun Bonnet Sue too and those are really pretty!!

I really do NOT need to spend a dime on anymore fabrics...except for maybe baking fabric and some batting for these.

This could be a long list for me, will keep the simple, realistic goals at the top: #1 Let all 6 of my quilt magazine subscriptions expire. Will save money and time. Have years of back issues that have barely looked at. #2 Take the two Craftsy classes that I have paid for. #3 Continue my fabric organization, have about 1/3 of my stash folded on boards now. #4 Improve my longarm skills The actual quilts and quilted projects list is quite long, I usually have 3 to work on to keep myself interested.
Blessings to all of you for health and joy in 2013.

I would like to make each of my grand kids a quilt (9) this year .... When they were born i made them each one..Now do I start oldest to youngest or youngest to oldest?

My quilting goals for 2013

Complete 2 late Christmas present quilts asap

Finish 1 UFO every month

Finish the vintage Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt I purchased years ago (need to make more blocks and attach exist loose blocks)

Join a small quilt group with our Quilt Guild

Discover ways to incorporate my completed needlepoint projects with quilting projects when possible

2013 is my year to finish some quilts that I have started. Beginning with baby quilt for new greatgrand baby due
in March,don't know what it will be yet. My 2 nephews' western quilts, several sampler quilts that have the blocks
done, just needs put together and quilted. My friends and I decided not to do the 1st Sat.Sampler at our LQS this
year and just finish some quilts. So I will join you in 2013 and make my list and post it on the fridge and see
how many I can get done.

This year I worked on my piecing skills. I am really pleased with the piecing progress I made. My objectives for 2013 are:

1. Learn and work on applique and paper piecing techniques.
2. Practice my hand quilting skills and finish at least one hand quilted project to enter into the County Fair in July.
3. Finish my challenge project during the first quarter -- No more last minute issues.
4. Work on and finish projects for the Holidays before August.
5. Join at least one Mystery Quilt.

I am pleased to say that my fabric purchases for 2012 were down substantially. Most 2012 projects were made from existing stash, with purchases of filler colors and/or fabrics to finish projects; plus a few replacement purchases to keep my stash viable and functioning. That's my story and I am sticking to it.

I have a Lone Star quilt that I want to finish this year, just needs quilting. I want to bind the chest full of quilts I have waiting on me, and I want to learn how to be a very good quilter. Got my new machine and can crank out lots of quilts to keep me busy, so those are my goals.

Okay I am in for 2013...maybe putting my goals on here will make me adhere to them :)

1) Finish one UFO a month...I have so many in various stages of completion!
2) Start and finish a BOM I bought last year...and never started.
3) I learned how to paper piece last year and would like to continue practicing and finish a flying geese quilt I started.
4) Really cut back on my fabric for stash purchases...my stash is pretty decent. This one is a hard one to do since I am only an hour from Lancaster, PA!!
5) Learn one new technique this year.....I am intrigued by wool felt, crazy quilts and hand applique :)

To do 12 charity quilts (at least) for church
To do my first BOM
To do a redwork quilt