Happy New Year 2015

A new year. A fresh new palette of possibilities!

As most quilter's will admit, turning the calendar page to a new year excites the mind to make goals for oneself. Plans to begin new projects and goals to finish up old ones.

I have goals in place and will share them over the next few weeks. As of right now, I am confident if I keep the schedule I have set for myself, this will be a year of finishes. As with most quilters though, I am easily bored and swayed by the allure of starting something new so I plan to keep myself busy with a variety of projects to hold my interest at all times.

As of right now I hope to work on the following:

A long term hand piecing project - I plan to make a Dear Jane quilt completely by hand. Obviously this will take me longer than a year to complete. This is what I consider my "forever project" I am in no hurry to complete this one! The joy will be in the journey. Because I have never attempted a quilt of this degree of difficulty, I am planning on a goal of one to two blocks a month. I wanted a reasonable goal and if I go over that amount, that will be great. Too large of a goal will only set myself up for failure which will make me lose interest in the long run. 

I am participating in a stitch a long with my facebook group. We will be making a beautiful wall  hanging called Winter Wonderland by Norma Whaley of Timeless Traditions. 

I want to finish up an applique table runner I am making for my bedroom dresser. It has taken me a long time and I really want to set a goal to complete this soon. Here is an example of one of the squares I am working on:

• In the evenings I plan to put in a few hours of cross stitching on a  stocking for my granddaughter. I have wanted to do this for awhile for all of my grandchildren because I want them to have handmade Christmas stockings from me. There was a wonderful after Christmas Sale at Herrschners. So I bought three kits to work on. No more excuses - I WILL get these done for my grandchildren slowly but surely! 
• And last but definitely not least, I want to finish up long stitch hand quilting on my granddaughter's wall quilt for her bedroom:

I look forward to blogging about my quilting journey this year!
Blessings,
Kymber