Wednesday 28 December 2016

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

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Failed at my Not buying new fabric challenge

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Worked on my apron for International Quilting Day

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February

Worked on my thirties log cabin blocks

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Finished leftover green nine patches

Green And White Nine Patch

Finished The Mother

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Worked on crocheting hexagons

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March

Knitted a cable hat

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Worked on my baskets

Scrap Half Square Triangle Baskets

Held International Quilting Day

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Completed a Harvest challenge

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April

Worked on my pioneer braid

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Worked on monster tumbler

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Finished log cabin thirties by two

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May

We took the kids up river for School Holidays

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I worked on Alphabuddies Version One

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I worked on Alphabuddies Version Two

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June

I started a Lucy Boston quilt

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I finished my Flying Geese leftovers

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I finished Allietaire!

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July

I finished my Bright Shiny Stars

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I finished a Black and Scrap quilt

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August

More Lucy Boston!

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and I crocheted

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I took a world changing Rachelle Denenny class

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I finished an Egyptian styed cushion

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September

I finished my Grandmother’s Choice quilt

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I started one lot of Owls

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October

I finished Brandy, the Christmas Doll

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I made a Christmas wreath

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I finally finished my Sunbonnets

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I shared my ballet project

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November

I worked on more owls

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December

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

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Scrap Half Square Triangle Baskets


worked on rachelle

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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!

Tuesday 27 December 2016

Saying goodbye to the year….

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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!