2016–A Quilting Review

Hasn’t the year gone fast?  So many challenges, this year.  So many extra jobs to do, places to go.  A busy, busy year.  So many losses on the world stage.  So many big changes on the world stage.  What will next year bring us? 

I hope it will bring calm, collected, measured living.  I cross my fingers.

For something different, I thought I would peruse the files for a quick look at how productive (or not) both the blog and I were. 

January

Worked on Allietaire

Failed at my Not buying new fabric challenge

Worked on my apron for International Quilting Day

February

Worked on my thirties log cabin blocks

Finished leftover green nine patches

Finished The Mother

Worked on crocheting hexagons

March

Knitted a cable hat

Worked on my baskets

Held International Quilting Day

Completed a Harvest challenge

April

Worked on my pioneer braid

Worked on monster tumbler

Finished log cabin thirties by two

May

We took the kids up river for School Holidays

I worked on Alphabuddies Version One

I worked on Alphabuddies Version Two

June

I started a Lucy Boston quilt

I finished my Flying Geese leftovers

I finished Allietaire!

July

I finished my Bright Shiny Stars

I finished a Black and Scrap quilt

August

More Lucy Boston!

and I crocheted

I took a world changing Rachelle Denenny class

I finished an Egyptian styed cushion

September

I finished my Grandmother’s Choice quilt

I started one lot of Owls

October

I finished Brandy, the Christmas Doll

I made a Christmas wreath

I finally finished my Sunbonnets

I shared my ballet project

November

I worked on more owls

December

I had lots of show and tell, no sewing to share

worked on rachelle

There was much more, but I didn’t take adequate photos for the blog.  Maybe next year!

It’s as hot and steamy as Darwin today.  The storm didn’t eventuate, but it’s horrid weather right now.  Sweaty, clammy, awful weather.  I’m not moving from inside all day!

Saying goodbye to the year….

It’s nearly time to say goodbye for another year.  In many ways it’ll be a year I’ll be glad to see the back of – whilst I’ve personally had an okay year and we are leaving this year with the same amount of people we started it with, it’s been a pretty exhausting one.  I’m finding the constant connection to online isn’t a good thing – the 24 hour news cycle is a Bad Thing and the constant bombardment of ideas, information, opinions, pictures, music and so on really makes for a very busy brain.  And I don’t think we need busy brains all the time.  I really don’t need to know all I know about the bad things out there in the world.  It does me no good mentally at all. 

There’s something to be said for slow and steady.  For hand stitching.  For savouring cups of coffee.  For not rushing things and racing from one place to another.  And I think that’s my plan for next year.  I try hard to not take on every project I see on Pinterest.  I’ll try very hard to finish some things or at least finish everything I start.  And I’ll try really hard to enjoy the process, enjoy the moment and remember it’s not a race.

Easier said than done.  But I’ll try.   I make these sweeping statements every late December, and it’s not very often I can say I’ve achieved my goals at the end of the year.  But once again, I’ll try.

I hope you had a lovely Christmas.  We had our family one here – it went well (apart from the 42 Celcius heat we had to put up with.  Now we are waiting for a Very Big Storm to come tonight – so far so good but who knows what the night will bring!  I see my Northern Hemisphere friends are having a white Christmas – what a wonderful thing to enjoy.

So until I see you again, please have a lovely few days!