2020 Mid-Year Check-in

Yvonne @Quiltingjetgirl is hosting a mid-year checkpoint for 2020.  Such a strange year it has been - a year where each day seems like the one before and much of what I (and everyone else) planned to do has been cancelled.

So what has been accomplished in 2020 so far?

Before the pandemic was truly upon us, I enjoyed a wonderful trip to QuiltCon in Ashville.

There are also over 100 masks I never expected to make.  I've lost count on the actual number and stopped taking photos of them long ago.  My extended family prefers this style and I make them to allow for a filter pocket.  I've made several of the more fitted style but apparently haven't taken any photos.

A number of finishes - two of these are laps sized while the rest are baby sized or smaller.  I just love the explosion of color in the this photo!

Kristin and I ran a successful QAL focus on hand piecing.  We called the pattern Book Club and named the blocks after characters in our favorite novels.

My quilt Astro was a Modern Quilt Guild quilt of the month.

Image credit: Modern Quilt Guild

I've played with scraps to make this Ombre pillow, this table runner, and these bags plus I've played with cork - so fun -  and made these zip bags.

I've also got some other projects underway that are designed to take awhile - my 2020 temperature quilt, my hand pieced stretched hexies, and my (now completed) 100 day project.

Reflecting back has turned out to be a positive exercise - I've got more to show for the year than I expected.  When the year began, I gave myself a set of goals.  How am I doing?

Create

• Participate in a group quilt for submission to QuiltCon 2021- Nothing on this one yet besides making blocks for our guilds submission to the charity challenge
• Submit new quilt design for publish - have a second quilt publish coming out soon, nothing yet submitted for 2021
• Improve my design skills through weekly challenges - some progress on this
• Keep pushing my boundaries on color  - some progress on this

Motivation and Inspiration (my blog tag line)

• Collaborate with other quilters/bloggers on a project  - Book Club QAL for the win!
• Encourage participation in One Monthly Goal - some progress
• Figure out how the purpose of the ESQ Facebook group - No action
• Publish tutorials at least quarterly - On target for this - there were several tutorials with the QAL and I've another one planned for the summer.

Improve my skills

• Practice and perfect a new FMQ design - no progress on this
• Practice my photography flat shot - no progress on this
• Do more with the fabric I already own - oddly enough, the pandemic is helping me attain this goal as I am just using stash
• Improve my technique in quilting - it's all about the curve!

I'll be linking up here.

Have a wonderful day! Patty