Monday, August 8, 2022

Enjoy the journey

I love sewing, and knitting, and crochet and teaching my girls all of the above. I am also super busy as most of us are with school aged children, jobs, ect. As 2022 started, I began a focus on doing more of what I enjoy. I chose the word "Journey" as my word of the year. Part of this is because I am a serial starter, but have only ever completed a few big projects. I wanted to focus on enjoying the whole process and see my projects through to the end.
My ambitions were huge in January. I wanted to make all the things and my lists of planned projects were totally unreasonable. As July has came to a close, I feel I have a better grasp of what was realistic, and it feels good to have a few projects I have actually finished. Now I still have way too many UFOs (unfinished objects) and an even longer "wishlist". But I am making time for myself and really enjoying the journey of each current project. I will post more of my UFOs in future posts. This time I started with my finished projects this far. 

My 4th of July Sampler, completed on...you guessed it July 4th, 2022.
A baby blanket for my daughter's teacher. The class tie dyed the blocks.
My cityscape table topper from a Peter Byrne class.
My wallet, a sewers club project.
Hot pads. That's my every day machine, a singer 401A from the 60s. 😍🥰
Gosh, listing them all here makes me feel a little more accomplished. Next time will be my WIPs (works in progress). 
What projects are you proud to have completed?

Quilting bee 2024 (finished in 2025)

One of my local quilt shops (yes I am blessed to have multiple in my area), puts on a 'free' block of the month program. And it was ...