County Line Quilts
2021 Goals
2020 Year-End Report
2021 Goals
- Complete 4 long-armed quilts, including:
- Make a baby quilt for Cousin Kristi’s new granddaughter, Grace.
- Make a quilt for friend Grace’s new daughter-in-law, Grace’s request.
- Finish the sampler quilt begun in 2019 before my eye problem. The blocks were completed in 2020, but the quilt needs sashing, borders, etc
- Make 1 quilt from the To Do list of 27 Projects in bags (PIGS) as listed here (strongly recommend quilt for Thomas):
- Dog Park (Quilting Bee--"Community Garden") in Cal-Asia bag and book
- Sea Star (Binding Tool Star) in clear plastic orange bag
- Garden Gate in gold NM bag
- Marbles (Modern Baby) in UNICEF bag
- Jumping Jacks (quilts from sweet Jane) in MSQC red bag to be named Tomato Soup?
- 3 half square triangle quilts in red reptile N-M bag. One red, one blue, one pink
- Crosswalk in blue clear bag. Needs white. See MSQC video.
- Strips and tool in brown homemade tote bag for MSQC Basic X quilt. Needs fabric for center(gold?) See MSQC video.
- Volunteers (Hands) in black Doctors Without Borders bag.
- Black, White, Red Quilt in bright pink N-M bag—contains instructions
- Green bug in Kaffe Fasset bag. Needs off white
- 5”sq baby quilt in UA small canvas bag
- Koala Jumping Jacks quilt (see Tomato Soup) in medium blue NM bag
- A couple pieces for STEM quilt in Aunt Janet long skinny bag. Rest of pieces on shelf
- Burst quilt and tool and instructions in tan and brown NM bag
- Kiss Me Kate half square triangle quilt in UNICEF bag. Instructions on her web site
- Half square triangle quilts in blue bag from sewing machine store. See book with dog park quilt for instructions
- MSQC Wonky Star quilt in La Prairie white paper bag
- Don’t remember in Thailand Elephant bag
- 9-Patch and Hourglass on MSQC or stretched Periwinkle on MSQC using fabric from Lynda at Belmont sewing group. In 2 clear bags.
- Tula Pink Monkey Wrench . Pattern unknown. In Kaffe Fasset bag
- Thomas’s ship quilt in wild print NM bag
- Jelly Weave in “give quilter an inch” cloth bag. Needs background fabric
- Scrap Patch Boxes in clear Quilt in a Day bag. Directions in iBooks
- Scrappy succulents in clear Quilt in a Day bag. See iBooks.
- Cacti and Succulents from MSQC in black Williams Sonoma bag
- Red strips in “Start Over” canvas bag. Dart pattern in iBooks. Use white for back ground. Make it a few inches wider.
- Organize sewing studio—deep clean the fabric shelves!
- Try a new technique. Consider curved piecing, needle-turned appliqué, or free-motion quilting on the domestic machine. Consider this a fun project.
- Make a few more masks, because COVID-19 is still with us.
- Only buy fabric to finish quilts, such as backs and bindings. Otherwise, use what is already in my inventory. An exception can be made for the quilt Grace commissioned for her daughter-in-law.
2021 Outlook
After the unexpected plague year of 2020, I read advice to keep goals for 2021 modest and achievable. I think that’s good advice. We need to give ourselves a break and a pat on the back for surviving a difficult 2020. Therefore, my new goals are not too ambitious. On the positive side my eye is better. Though, I will still need cataract surgery when COVID-19 abates.
2020 Year-End Report
- Completed 13 long-armed quilts, including the baby quilt top pieced in 2019 before my eye went bad (quilt given to new grandnephew Miles Rangel, Stacy Wong’s baby), t-shirt quilt for Tomiko, t-shirt quilt for Mother that I started in 2019, 4 quilts for Aunt Linda, a quilt top from the guild, and a baby quilt for the new grandniece Quinn Charlotte. In addition, I quilted a small top on the domestic for Aunt Linda. It was a lot of work and took a long time but turned out pretty. Goal exceeded for long armed quilts.
- Made 2 neonatal quilt for guild. Goal exceeded. These quilts were quilted on the domestic
- Made one "kit" quilt, the quilt for Quinn Charlotte. Goal met.
- Made 2 T-shirt quilts. Goal met.
- Long armed the top Sally and Mother started in 2019. Goal met.
- Made 1 quilt from the To Do list of Projects in bags (PIGS), Alaska quilt from fabric Ann gave me. Goal met.
- Tidied and organized sewing studio, including making more bags of quilting projects (PIGS). In addition, made two quilts from the new PIGS list, the quilt kit for Quinn Charlotte and the Aunt Linda Dream Weaver quilt, now named Quilt in the Time of COVID. Goal met.
- Made a dog bed stuffed with scraps. This was a big job, and from now on all small scraps get thrown away! Goal met.
- In addition, I made many masks for friends, family, and myself to help stop spread of COVID-19.
All of my 2020 goals were met and one exceeded. I give myself an A for 2020, a very difficult pandemic year.
