Tuesday, April 7, 2026

The Overachiever?

 Hi Friends

Hope you are all doing well.  I am keeping myself busy.  I have my guild retreat this weekend and I can't wait!  I have 3 quilts cut out to work on and a couple more to finish up. Our guild ran a challenge this year.  We were to list 10 items on our WIPs (works in progress) list.  Each month they would pick a number and that is what you would work on to finish for the month. As this headline reads, I was an overachiever this year so far.  Here is my list:


The first number they picked was 1 for January.  That quilt was the John Wayne quilt.  I had just sent it to the long armer to be finished. What I decided to do was gather all my WIPs and put them in a basket.  If I wanted to sew, I had to work from that basket. Most of these items listed were in the basket.  I had a snowy weekend and decided to tackle these projects. I even added a number 11 to the list.  My daughter in love's friend is having a baby and I made a baby quilt for her. There are only 4 items left on the list. #3 is a Nautical quilt that I think I want to put borders on.  I have the backing so I need to finish this.  #4 is the Floral Bouquet quilt that is a retirement gift for a friend someday.  I just need to bind and label this. #7 and #8 are two quilts that I have cut out and plan to piece during retreat.  I also have a quilt cut out for another friend that is retiring soon.  I think I need to start a new list.  There are quilts I would like to make.  As far as finishing items, I sure don't have many in my stash to finish.

I would like to make a few scrap quilts to have on hand for gifts.  I also have a cow quilt I would like to put together as I have all of the fabrics and patterns.  I am also going to make a sampler quilt.  Lori Holt did a red sampler and I am not a big fan of the color red. I decided to do mine in blue.  I have most of the fabric and all of the books she worked out of.  I hope to start that later this summer when it's too hot to be outside. Other than that, I don't have anything on the docket to make.  It is nice but also very weird.  I usually have 4 or 5 projects going at once.  It is so nice to finish things though.  I may have just turned over a new leaf!

I am going to print out a new list and see what I can add to it.  Do you have multiple projects going all at once?  Or do you finish what you start?


Blessings,

Amy


The Overachiever?

 Hi Friends Hope you are all doing well.  I am keeping myself busy.  I have my guild retreat this weekend and I can't wait!  I have 3 qu...