Yvonne over at Quilting Jetgirl hosts an annual planning party as well as quarterly check-ins. I'm really bad about doing quarterly "check-ins". Not that I forget my goals for the year, rather, they are at the back of my mind, and I make the assessments mentally and for myself.
As a reminder to myself and you, my fellow quilters/supporters/readers here's what I had hoped for, followed with the progress and advancement of the planned item.
❧ Taking my Story Telling Quilts program on the road. Two new quilts on the "Art Wall" at the local library in March to celebrate World Quilting Month.
Admittedly, I have not pursued this as aggressively as I could... BUT!
I am still open to offering my Storytelling Quilts program to quilters - whether just a group or a formal guild. I'd like to keep the travel to within a 3-4 hour drive but could happily try to work out something via the web. I am in southeastern Colorado and would consider travel to the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, New Mexico, Kansas and the Denver-metro area, possibly southern Wyoming or western Nebraska.
❧ Continue with my custom quilting and t-shirt quilts... I will also continue leaving a trail of love from my quilted hearts.
I've not had many custom orders this year... but it hasn't kept me from quilting and creating. A small trail of quilted hearts has been made as we have traveled with our 5th wheel camper. Read on to learn what I've been keeping busy with.
❧ Continue my weekly Sew & Tell party
I am planning for a special Christmas in July party. The linky party will be open July 24-27. The
Watch for details about the virtual cookie exchange blog hop...
❧ With our Camping Journal Quilt complete (you can see it in the library picture above), I am thinking of taking up a hexie project for some of my hand-stitching. I've printed and cut 3" tall hexies. These large hexies could easily become a Rainbow Scrap Challenge project. But I haven't settled on that yet. TBD
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❧ Compile the stories from our camping adventures into a book.
DONE! I ended up have it printed at the local copy store and placed the pages in plastic protector sleeves.
Compile patterns and memory book pages from the Pieces of My Life quilt and get them in a published format as well.
NOT DONE... Maybe in the 3rd quarter. ;)
❧ Above all, I want to make certain that I am creating and finding joy in life through my quilting projects.
I have completed 14 small quilts from my scrap bin (also known as the unmade quilt bin).
Each month of the RSC I have made four 6" blocks that I am calling Korner Kabin blocks. When I started this project, I was unsure how I would place them all together in one quilt... So far, I am pleased with the potential!
As I reviewed my plans for 2025 that I shared in December, I also gathered some other data... Melva Loves Scraps was started in February 2013. Since then, I have shared just over 1,000 stories/posts, had 843,000 views and more than 8,000 comments have been left.
Only 970 of the stories are available to the general public. I pulled (unpublished) the individual stories of the Pieces from the Past and Pieces of the Santa Fe Trail sew along events. The stories are now only available with the purchase of a book. Patterns are still available in my Payhip store - Pieces From the Past and Pieces of the Santa Fe Trail.
BUT... with a recent purchase of a Riley Blake Designs fat-quarter bundle I am considering hosting a "re-run" of one of the sew alongs. Or maybe a new "story" quilt is needed... stay tuned!
Do you have a preference or "story" suggestion?
How are your plans for 2025 playing out?
On track? Or do you need to realign?
Leave a comment... I'd love to hear from you!
Keep piecing,
Melva
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I'm staying pretty on track from my list in 2025. I keep thinking if I can complete most of the projects on that list, next year can be a more relaxed, have fun with scrappy quilts kind of year. So far I haven't been overcome by any squirrels but I have had to fight some off.
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