Quilting is my hobby but every year I struggle with writing goals, expending time I could be quilting. Not this year. I am repeating goals from last year, but viewing them as 2025 quilting suggestions instead of goals.
In 2025 I plan to:
- 1) Work from my stash - kit and scrap management
- kits - make or give away at least one kit
- kits - restrict purchases to no more than the number I make or give away
- scraps - develop a system to consolidate and control
- 2) Interface with other quilters - social
- continue to blog and publish my blog books
- attend guild meetings and quilt shows
- get together with quilting friends
- 3) Intersperse small projects among big ones - fun, growth, satisfaction
- perhaps take a class, in person or online (fun)
- use opportunity to try new tools or skills on reduced scale (growth)
- reduce size of stash and amount of scraps (satisfaction)
In browsing quilting tips online, I found this rule of three to be a reasonable, non-specific suggestion. (per Siobhan Fitzpatrick, designer of Radiate)
Pick three projects that will help guide your work throughout the year. One should be a WIP (Work In Progress)—something you didn’t get a chance to finish this year but want to get done. Another should be a project you have the supplies for but never started (maybe that Halloween quilt that just went by the wayside). The final one should be a project that uses a new technique you really want to try (and this can be a small project—since it is a learning project). This way, you set yourself up to finish a project, make something you already know you want to make, and learn a new technique/skill. This will help set a positive, balanced tone for the year.
That rule of three sounds like a good idea!
ReplyDeleteIn my own quilting journey I've already finished (almost) a quilt I'm carrying over from last year, and working on that starlight sample which includes a new (or at least, underdeveloped) technique. I'll have to think of what I have supplies for but never started... I actually cleared out most of my project bins while preparing for our guild sale this year, so I'm a little low on "prepared project groupings" unless a kit counts... I guess I also have some books I want to try (especially the ones by Kelly Young...) so maybe those will be my plan.
And, I'm glad to see you're finding ways to be social with your quilting. I think adding in more small projects will keep the creative juices flowing, and get some more fabric out of the house!