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A Lovely Year of Finishes – January Goal Setting

January 2, 2013 by persimondreams 6 Comments

I am excited to be inspired to complete my quilts this year thanks to Melissa of Sew Bittersweet Designs, Shanna of Fiber of All Sorts  and their ‘A Lovely Year of Finishes’ Challenge and Competition.  If we can FINISH a project in a month and follow the instructions we get entered to WIN prizes!  Who wouldn’t want to do that?  I’m IN! (I always do better with tasks so this is going to be good for me…I think…)

 

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Of course in January Project QUILTING will be starting so I will start and finish two quilts for that.  I want to add to my challenge though and would like to finish at least one of the BOMs/QALs that I finished the blocks for in 2012.

003 My goal for January will be to finish the top for this Reproduction Sampler Quilt I got the kit for from Fabrics N Quilts.  I actually started this back in 2011 so it really is time to finish it up!  I have all the fabric I need to finish it but I just haven’t taken the time to do so and I’m sure my friend Julie is getting tired of waiting for it…

IMG_3432 Instead of waiting 6 years to sort my fabric scraps, I plan to do it at least once a year.  Now that I see how much I can accumulate in just a year I may have to switch this to twice a year!

I really hope I can accomplish this goal.   I have a bit of work to do to rearrange/reorganize my studio before I even get started!  Wish me luck!

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  1. Deb@asimplelifequilts says

    January 2, 2013 at 3:23 am

    Those are some SERIOUS scraps! Your sampler quilt is beautiful.

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  2. Melissa says

    January 2, 2013 at 3:23 am

    I can't wait to see how you quilt the sampler. I have one that I really want to get quilted this year and I am looking for ideas! Thank you for linking up!!!

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  3. PersimonDreams says

    January 2, 2013 at 3:40 am

    I can't either! I'm still not sure if I'll do it or not…still pretty much a huge novice on my 'long' arm…I would hate to ruin it!

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  4. PersimonDreams says

    January 2, 2013 at 3:40 am

    I know! Right? Thanks! It was a fun BOM to do 🙂

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  5. Susan says

    January 7, 2013 at 3:02 am

    Good luck with the scraps, definitely! Mine seem to multiply overnight! And I'm working with them constantly! That's going to make a great Lovely Finish.

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  6. Ann Marie says

    January 10, 2013 at 1:53 am

    When I work on a project, I keep all the fabric together. When the top is finished, I use whatever is left over for the back of the quilt. Then if there is anything left over, it gets cut into strips and squares, so there is NO scraps leftover to have to sort or figure out what to do with them. Because when I found boxes like in your picture, it over whelmed me and was a pin in the butt to iron and use it up. So I use what I can, and then cut and stack the rest of it.

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