2024 in Review

Here are my accomplishments for 2024, followed by pictures and headings only. Details are in my past posts as indicated by a clickable completion date after each name. My own assessment of how well I met my 2024 goals is after the pictures of completions. Due to health issues, 2024 had a mid-year interruption for me. More information is available in my 6/13/24 post.

2024 COMPLETIONS:

• 5 quilts
• 3 quilt shows
• 3 knitted or crocheted items 
• 4 burp cloths
• 1 blog book
• 82 home decor
• 3 miscellaneous items

5 QUILTS

1) Bin There Done That (9/14/24) ~55" x 55"

2) Spooky_Sweet (10/3/24) 30½" x 34½"

3) Chemo Chaos (11/20/24) 48" x 48"

4) Oh Deer (12/2/24) 41" wide x 40" high

5) Fireman For Jeremy (12/27/24 and 12/30/24) ~40½" wide x 43" tall

3 QUILT SHOWS

 Amador Valley Quilters Show in Livermore (6/24/24)

Delta Quilters Show in Brentwood (8/14/24)

Diablo Valley Quilters Show in Walnut Creek (9/22/24)

82 HOME DECOR ITEMS

1) One set of 6 international angel Christmas ornaments (1/5/2024)

2) Three sets of 8 Christmas house ornaments yellow, red, black loops (1/17/2024)

3) One set of 8 Strawberry Shortcake ornaments (1/25/24)

4) 7th and 8th of octet of angel ornaments (2/7/24)

5) Two critter Christmas ornaments (2/7/24)

6) One set of six, blue, round, Nativity ornaments (2/17/24)

7) Half dozen Christmas symbol ornaments (2/23/24)

8) Six Swedish Folk Art Ornaments (2/28/24)

9) Fourteen Gilded Ornaments (8/24/24)

10) Eight Nativity Scene Figures (10/7/24)

1 BLOG BOOK

1) Volume 20 of DianeLoves2Quilt (1/20/2024)

3 KNITTED OR CROCHETED ITEMS

1) Crocheted Strawberry the Axolotl (1/22/2024)

2) Knitted circular blanket (3/30/2024)

3) Yoda from Star Wars (8/8/2024)

4 BURPCLOTHS

1) Four alligator burp cloths cloths (2/29/24)

3 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

1) patches on 3 Adventure Guide vests (8/20/24)

SUMMARY OF 2024 GENERAL GOALS with approach for ACHIEVEMENT
see 1/8/24 post for more goal details

1) Work from my stash
Chemo Chaos was made from a layer cake; Bin There Done That was made from a collection of blocks of the month from Joann's
2) Utilize tools I have and learn how to use new ones
Used wave ruler for Spooky Sweet
3) Interface with other quilters
Continued to blog; attended guild meetings, small group monthly meetings, and quilt shows; got together with quilting friend alternating at each other's home
4) Intersperse small projects just for fun, growth, satisfaction
Made Xmas ornaments; sewed burp cloths; added patches on vests

SPECIFIC 2024 SPECIFIC GOALS based on 2023 SHORTFALLS

1) I aimed to knit or crochet at least one item in 2024 so I crocheted Strawberry the Axolotyl and Yoda; knitting a round blanket was a no brainer and used up a some of my yarn stash.
2) I aimed to reduce my stash by at least one kit in 2024 so I bought one kit (Spooky Sweet), made it up immediately and gave one kit (Utopia)to my daughter (does that count?) resulting in an overall decrease of one kit. Most recent kit audit is 1/17/2023 post. Whoops! Just remembered. In November, I did buy another kit that I had been eyeing (Moonbeams) from the Fat Quarter shop on 50% clearance. So I have maintained status quo on my kit count. Ooh, so close... I will try harder in 2025.