Thursday, July 30, 2020

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

5 comments:

  1. Your collage of quilt finishes for the year is bright, happy, and brought a bit smile to my face this morning, Patty! I think you are doing really well with your goals, especially given how many face masks you have made and how much things have shifted since we originally set goals. I hope that you find a lot of joy on the projects you work on in the second half of the year.

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  2. Great work this year! Your temperature quilt is progressing nicely, and I greatly enjoyed your 100 day project this year. And yes-this pandemic is certainly helping me to use my stash more readily!!

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  3. You accomplish so much. Thank you for challenges. Great job on quilts.

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  4. You certainly have lots of lovely projects to show. Great job on the masks.

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