Happy New Year–2014!!

Ok, well I’m a couple of days late. Hope everyone had a Blessed Christmas and a safe New Year celebration. It is hard to believe that another year has passed.

Many of the bloggers I follow have spent the past couple of days reviewing 2013 and discussing what will be coming in the next 365 days. I don’t think I’ll do a review of the past.

I’ve been wondering about what to do with my blog. I love sharing my quilting adventures, but recently a number of my projects are not share-able, which makes it hard to write about what I’m doing.

This coming year, I hope, will be filled with many new and lots of old activities. Trying to be a bit more organized, I’ve started using One Note, to help keep me straight.

So here is how I’ve got it outlined so far:

1. Quilting For Good – Monthly meeting with a group of quilters making baby quilts for Mary’s Center, Washington, D.C. My goal last year was to make 13 quilts, but that got way-laid by my shoulder surgery. So I will just say I plan on making as many as I can in 2014.

2. Fabric Café – I truly enjoy working with Donna & Robert and look forward to a continued relationship. I will share with you the tops I make for them to display at their booth at the various Quilt Shows they attend.

3. Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Testing – I am currently testing for their Volume #9 which will be issued sometime this Spring. Although I cannot share my work while making the blocks, I will post during their Blog Tour.

4. I am participating in the Wishes Quilt Along sponsored by Fat Quarter Shop and is supporting the Make a Wish Foundation. I purchased their fabric kit and it should arrive January 8th. The first of the month a new block will be made available and by December we will have enough blocks for a Sampler Quilt Top.

5. There is a BOM which is sponsored by Quilter’s Newsletter and is a mystery that is designed in support of the Quilted in Honor program, a quilting community effort that benefits Operation Homefront. Each month there will be a new block issued. I’ve been wanting a Red, White & Blue quilt so I’m thinking this will be the one.

6. Pillowcases – Whenever I can, I plan on making some pillowcases for the local hospital in support of ConKerr Cancer-A Case for Smiles .

7. The biggest list is my projects for Family/Friends & Gifts. I have a number of projects that are near finishing including 6 that need backing/quilting/binding. We have a grandson, grandniece and 2 grandnephews, plus two new baby neighbors (a boy born 10/28 & a girl born 12/28 – I call them our ‘neighborhood grands.’ So I think there will be a number of projects in this list!

So, do you think I have enough to keep me busy!?!

In addition to my sewing/quilting, I hope to share my adventures visiting Quilt Shops, Quilt Shows and Quilt Retreats.

I’m thinking I will add two new features to my Blog.

First, I like following quilting/sewing bloggers and will share with you links to fun & interesting free projects that I find. I may not have had a change to try out the patterns, but if/when I do, I will share these on my Blog.

Second, I enjoy cooking and follow a number of food bloggers. I will add links to recipes I’ve tried and give some insight as to what I’ve done different.