My 2014 Quilting Life In Review

With 2015 looming it’s time to take a look back at 2014.  I’m going to restrict this particular look back to what happened to me in my quilting life (at this point … there may be some adorable kiddo pictures to come …)

1. Amazing Tecnicolor Heart Quilt, 2. A Weeping Willow, 3. Riley Blake Pillow, 4. Love Roller Coaster, 5. IMG_5838, 6. Jai Guru Deva, 7. matryoshka mug rug, 8. Snack Flower Mug Rug, 9. Veggie Flower Aplique Pillow, 10. My Favorite Block Sampler Quilt – FINISHED, 11. Once Upon a Time…, 12. Deconstructed Dutch Rose Quilt, 13. Dresden Neighborhood Quilt, 14. Modern Log Cabin Riley Blake Quilt, 15. African Impromptu Quilt, 16. Tula Pink Sampler, 17. Very Hungry Caterpillar Quilt, 18. Novitiate Nebula Finished, 19. Birthday Colors Labrynth Quilt for Project QUILTING, 20. On the Line – Quilt for the Triple Trouble Project QUILTING Challenge, 21. Boxed In, 22. Peaking Blooms Quilt FINISHED, 23. Gypsy Wife Quilt, 24. Nested Churn Dash Along, 25. Propelled Pixels Quilt, 26. Fen Koan – Finished Quilt, 27. Square Dancing Whale Quilted Pillow, 28. Triangle Collaboration, 29. Free Form Mini Spool Quilt, 30. Little Red and White House Quilt, 31. mini charm mix tablerunner, 32. Wonky Churn Dash, 33. Tiny Ticky Tacky Houses Quilt, 34. Bear Claw Christmas, 35. Spratt Quilt, 36. Oh Tiny Christmas Tree Quilt

I finished 36 quilts in 2014 (well, technically a couple of more but my mosaic restricted me to 36 so I’ll go with this.) In March not only did I get to meet Nancy Zieman of Sewing with Nancy but I was interviewed for a segment of her show!  The show later aired in September – see it HERE.  In March, I also took a road trip with my friend Trisha, aka QuiltChicken, to spend a lovely weekend  at the Woodland Ridge Retreat where lots of wonderful sewing and debauchery was completed.  In July I headed to Iowa and attended Ricky Tims’ seminar where I met and learned from Ricky Tims AND the lovely and talented Pam Holland. I taught my very first class, “Project QULITING” at Mill House Quilts over the summer. While I was there, my quilts were hanging in a quilt show in Belleville, WI, and was thrilled to find out that my quilt, “Once Upon a Time” took home the Viewer’s Choice award from the show! In August, I was interviewed on Quilter Pat Sloan’s radio show!  At the end of October I hopped on a bus with a group of lovely ladies and took a journey to Houston for the International Quilt Festival.  It was an inspiring and humbling experience that I hope to experience again. And to end the year … I received an email that informed me that my quilt ‘Propelled Pixels’ was accepted into the 2015 QuiltCon show and it will be on display in Austin, TX at the end of February. I would say that overall – it was a good quilting year!  And with that I’ll toast to an even better one in 2015!