A little early, but what are your New Year's resolutions?
 

Yes, it's a little early to be thinking about this, but what are your New Year's resolutions?

My New Year's resolutions will tie very much to two of the Challenge threads here on QB - next year's UFO train and the Fabric Moratorium. This year (2016), my goal was to finish 12 UFO's (one per month), which I'm very happy to say that I Did accomplish that! I could Not have done it without all the inspiration and encouragement from the 2016 UFO Challenge thread!! Next year, that is my Minimum... but I want to try to double that, to 24.

Plus, I'm planning to join the Fabric Moratorium thread - so I won't buy fabric (unless it's for a backing - and I have several wide-backs just waiting to be used).

I also need to give myself a "anything sewing/quilting related" moratorium. I need to Quit Buying So Much Stuff!! :D

So, come on, peeps - what do You hope to accomplish next year?!?

I'm very messy, so I want to clean up one project before starting the next.
Ditto on the 2017 Fabric Moratorium (the moratorium lets you set your own goals, so include anything you'd like!).
I also have a non-quilting goal of donating something to the Salvation Army thrift store every week.

ha, ha. not mine but my son was talking about quitting smoking. i told him we could walk around the neighborhood when ever he desired a smoke. he laughed. i wasn't kidding!!

You must be my twin, I have 6 tops that need quilted, no more fabric, except wide backing as needed, I hate piecing a back, and no more quilty gadgets. I am going to concentrate on becoming better at my longarm quilting and making more of a "schedule" and get through some of my fabric. I have a few special quilts that I would to do and I also want to tame the scaps.

No resolutions for me, never keep them. Might follow an example of some of the suggestions made from the posts here, present and future.

I made a resolution many years ago to never make any more resolutions. So far, it's the only one I have ever kept.

Speak up
Ask more questions
Don't commit
:)

Well then, if we're twins, maybe I'll "see" you on both the UFO Challenge and the Fabric Moratorium threads next year!

I am also working on getting better on my longarm! I'm planning on finishing some of my UFO's with quilting that is somewhat out of my usual "comfort zone". So, that finishes a UFO AND challenges my LA'ing at the same time. Multi-tasking at its finest!! :D

And I'm also going to have to do SOMETHING about my scraps. Probably not a full "Bonnie Hunter" style of thing, though. I did some organization several weeks ago, and that at least put things where I can SEE them (if something is "out of sight" for me, it's also "out of mind"). After the Christmas craziness, I'm going to be doing some more of that. I've been going to the local Dollar General and buying the clear plastic (I can SEE them, remember?) shoe boxes for just $1, and putting fabric groups, small UFO's, etc., into these. I have about 10 stacked up right where I can see them, and the UFO ones will be top of my list next year for the Challenge.

I retired in August as an instructor/program manager. For years I've dreamed of teaching basic sewing/quilting classes in my retirement so that's something I plan to pursue in the new year.

For my own quilting, at least 75% of any quilt's fabric MUST come from my stash.

Get involved with a local group that sews quilts for cancer patients.

Downsize my quilting stuff.

Find opportunities to use more of the beautiful stitches on my machine.

And, yes, finish all of the quilt tops sitting in drawers.

Well, I can't say I won't buy any more fabric. That wouldn't be true. But, I'll try to work on doing some of the projects I have all ready to start before starting something new. I plan on working on my hand applique Bouquet for a new day. And I'd like to cut up the scraps in my batik bin into 2 1/2" squares, maybe making 12" squares from them. The scrap bin is overflowing.

To retire from my paying job, so I can quilt when ever I want. So many quilts to make, so little time.

Cold turkey worked best for me 30 years ago. Hubs will have 6 years cold turkey in March. When he felt the urge he would grab a large pretzel rod. He rarely does that anymore and just thinks how much money with the cost of healthcare also all around. This is someone who used to spend $330. a month for cigarettes. They cost more now.

Same here and I get more accomplished.

Never make them!

bungalow59, is there a story about the shoes?

LOL thats the same one I did several years ago!

I don't make resolutions either - why set myself up for failure on the first day of every new year?

I don't make resolutions but I do like to think of them as goals like someone else on here stated. Its really hard to keep resolutions.

I too have said no more buying fabric until I use up most what I have..... lets hope I can stay strong :)

2015 I resolved to finish my UFOs. I did that!

2016 I resolved to finish my quilts. I did that and donated over 20 to abused women.

2017 my resolve is to make all of the kits I have accumulated! Bet I will get them done. Making resolutions is a good way to get things done. I try not to over burden myself with them but I do need that extra "push".

One is the same every year - - make more quilts!

also, I'm really going to start cleaning out all the stuff in this house

I quit buying yardage about 4 years ago.

don't need anything.

I Like looking at the new fabric

But Happy Healthy New Year to you.

I must get back to a routine of excercise and eating healthier. For months I have been junking it out with food. I will be 60 later in 2017 and ten pounds have to come off. 15 if I am disciplined.

I also want to socialize more with friends. It is too easy to just hang at home. Of course that means I am sewing!

Sandy

My only resolution is to change an unrealistic expectation into a reachable goal. I told myself I'd walk an hour each day this year and totally failed. I probably walked 30 times the whole year which really frustrated me. So I am committing to walking 30 minutes on my treadmill each day next year.

I don't make resolutions but elect to set personal challenges instead. I did very well this year and I haven't prepared my list for 2017. Finding community is definitely on my to-do list for the coming year.

I plan to spend as much time as possible outside, hiking, exploring new trails. As for sewing/quilting I have a few UFO's to finish before I start anything new.

I don't think of them as resolutions but as a new way of life. I plan on traveling more as we bought a lovely RV that is only two feet longer than a pickup truck with a bath and small kitchen and a slide. I want to continue getting rid of things in our home that no longer are needed, I want empty drawers and closets. I want to make one quilt out of my lovely new fabric and then repair a vintage quilt that I've bought or finish my few UFO's. I want to learn how to sew more on my long arm (if it will work). Maybe some people would call them goals, but I think of these ideas as something to look forward to and if I can't do them all, that's OK too.

I don't really have any New years resolutions. I take one day at a time, do the best I can while still alive, and if another day comes, same thing. Every challenge that arrives, it's cared for, nurtured, and I pick up things as they need to be done.

Clean up better in-between projects (not necessarily just sewing ones). Get rid of 37 years accumulation of STUFF and stop bringing more stuff in!! And I would like to finish just ONE project in a timely fashion!! !!

I need to institute a complete spending freeze, and I mean everything (except food!). It will be easy not to spend money on clothes/shoes/stuff for the house, but much harder not to spend on quilting and sewing equipment, gadgets, fabric and such like. I really need to use up what I have; I'm running out of space AND money. LOL :)

As many have said, "I have too much STUFF"! I have a continuous resolution to "use what I have" and intend to try to keep doing that. One of my "problems" is bringing home stuff from the free table at guild....but my goodness, there is so much good stuff thrown on there! My resolutions/goals are to use what I have, organize my sewing/hobby space better, improve my longarming skills, increase the amount of charity projects I do, and make more time for my husband as I am doing all the other things! I also used to tole paint and have tons of supplies for that hobby. Using that "stuff" up is a whole other goal.

I resolve not to write 2016 for the year in 2017! :)

Too Sooon! Please don't rush the holidays. Let me get done with Christmas and the long list of "To do". Then I'll talk resolutions, goals etc.!

To will try and be everything my English Springer Spaniel Martha thinks I am.

I am not very good at the resolutions either. But, I plan on writing a list of things I would like to do and hang it in my sewing room where I can see it. That way I will remember to try, at least to do some of it. I don't like to force myself to do things I think are right. I want to do things because they would make me happier.

I am in the habit of cleaning up and sorting out my clothes closet, sewing room and the fabric storage bins on the first couple weeks of the new year. That makes me happy to have a nice space to start out with each year. I often then take the extras and things I am finished with to the second hand store. The bad (hard) part is getting out of there without bringing something else home. There are many ladies at the assistance league who are sewers and quilters who man that store.

i will be going back on my diet. i lost 30 lbs in 2 months time, and got very sick. the dr. made me stop. i've gained back one lb in the past 2 months. I'll be going back, but promised the dr. i wouldn't loose more than 10 lbs a month.also, I'm getting a super big jump
on Christmas. I'll be starting tonight on next years gifts. I have plans for everyone on my list, so i'm good to go now..

I am looking forward to Amy Gibson's 2017 BOM sampler and I want to make the Be My Neighbor quilt from Moda.

What I will do then will be continue with what I am doing now for better health. I had started dieting before and quit, but now I am cutting all food too very low carbs for my diabetes. I have been doing this for about a week now. When next year the weather warms back up some I want to get more exercise, and do some mild forms in the house now.
I also hope to get more organizing done in my home, and doing a lot more visiting. Want to do more hand work, and making quilts, but not on any time schedule. I have learned that me and schedules don't go well together. I guess that comes from my teaching days when everything was by a certain time. I always made my timelines and completed my goals, but now I don't want it to be that way. Oh, I also want to plant a fairy garden for me, and get my great nieces involved in one.

I've had over a year where I was unable to quilt due to family medical problems. My sewing machine is in a tight little corner with barely any room for the chair. My family member is in the hospital and it's going to be -24F tomorrow, so I'm going to spend the day clearing cleaning out that area and setting up some project bags. I want to be able to sew maybe 15 minutes a day. I SO miss my quilting! So that's my goal for 2017. Sew 15 minutes a day.

I did pretty good this year. Bought maybe 5 yards the entire year.