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.

2023 In Review

Here are my accomplishments for 2023, 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 2023 goals is after the pictures of completions. 

2023 COMPLETIONS:

• 4 quilts
• 6 quilt shows + 3 shop hops
• 3 toys / cloth books 
• 8 burp cloths
• 2 blog books
• 8 home decor
• 3 vests twice
• 2 tote bags
• 0 crocheted or knitted  items

3 QUILTS

1) Pieces of Blue (4/10/2023) ~ 38" x 49"

2) Popsicles (4/17/2023) ~ 19" x 18"

3) Tipus and Treetops (9/4/2023) 48" x 48"

4) Community Gift Quilt (12/23/23) 54" x 72" ... block contributions from Cut Ups quilt group

6 QUILT SHOWS + 3 SHOP HOPS

Shop Hop with my Daughter (1/3/2023)

 

Sacramento quilt show (3/26/2023)

Stir Crazy Museum Show in Danville, CA (6/14/2023)

Alameda County Fair (7/16/2023)

Long Beach International Quilt Festival (8/4/2023)

Celebration of Quilts, Footloose 2023 by Central Oklahoma Quilt Guild (8/6/2023)

Brentwood Quilt Show Pearls of Wisdom by Delta Quilters Guild (9/3/2023)

Savage Quilter Shop Hop with my Daughter (9/6/2023)

Back Porch Fabrics visit in Pacific Grove (9/30/2023)

3 TOYs

Blanket for Joy (1/23/23) ~ 16" x 16"

Cat and Mouse stuffies (2/7/23) started by Lillian and William, grandma completion only

2 BLOG BOOKS

DianeLoves2Quilt - Volume 18  (1/25/23)

 DianeLoves2Quilt - Volume 19  (11/12/23)

8 BURP CLOTHS

8 Burp cloths (3/5/23)

8 HOME DECOR

2 King Size Bathing Beauties Pillowcases (3/6/23)

1 pillow (10/12/2023)

2 house pillowcases (10/17/23)

 2 mini pillows (10/25/23)

1 Mickey Mouse pillow ~ 15" x 19" (11/24/23)

3 VESTS

Adventure Vests 7/17/23

Elongated, Patched Adventure Vests (7/23/23)

2 TOTE BAGS

Knitting tote bag for my sister (9/30/2023)

 Recuperation tote bag for a friend (12/18/23)

REVIEW OF GOALS

A condensed summary of my 2023 goals (1/16/23 post) is:

1) Work from my stash ✓

 ......any little I bought new, I used up immediately 

2 ) Utilize tools I have and learn how to use new ones ✓

 ......got practice with wavy rulers

3) Interface with other quilters ✓ 

.......joined small group, blogged, attended zoom meetings, went to shows

4) Intersperse small projects just for fun, growth, satisfaction ✓ 

.......yup, sure did

• I did pretty good on the intent of each goal, but I made no dent whatsoever in using up any of the kits from my stash. I really would like to start nibbling down those kits that are languishing in my stash. Hurray, though. I did not buy any more kits either.
  
  
• Other than the small wall hangings, anything I made I gave away, so in essence there is a fabric volume reduction in my home.
  
  
• Alas, I did not knit or crochet anything in 2023, which I was surprised to reveal to myself. I think a key aim for 2024 is to get better at writing goals that I will be pleased to have accomplished. Or else I might just sit back and let the "scraps" fall where they may. After all, this is my hobby, and not my livelihood.