The End of 2024

What have I done in 2024 beside finding a job?

Well, it all started with 2 cups of good intentions. Add to this 7 baskets of Colourful Fabrics and 4.5 bags of Neutral Fabrics. Follow these with 2 new Rotary Blades. You can add Thread by feet or meter, it's up to you but add enough to make the job enjoyable. Once all is neatly attached together, add a good dollop of sewing/quilting machine shenanigans. 

That sums up my year 😄 and it's not even over yet! 

For a few years now, I chose some quilts and tag each one to a colour. When Angela calls a certain colour that's the quilt I'm to work on but ... 

These were the quilts for 2024: 

Hole in the Barn Door - green

Spinner - yellow 

Framed 9 Patch - orange - Flimsy

Dreaming in Dutch - pink 

Shoreline - red - more blocks done

Broken Dish Swap - purple 

Westering Woman - blue 

Star Bloom - aqua 

Crumb Quilt in flannel - dark blue 

HST something for whatever colour I didn't already mention 

I totally fell off that wagon. 😞 Only two quilts got some attention this year. 

Table Scrap Challenge: Snowflake. Thanks, Joy! This was fun!

I also did the Heart and the Bird Challenges. It is my intention to participate again in 2025, but good intentions without a plan will go nowhere. So, follow The Joyful Quilter for the new plans. 

Hole in the Barn Door got a white border and part of the pieced border. Still a UFO. Sigh! 

At the end of each month, I enjoyed comparing the scrap bags pictures. Sometimes the difference was easy to see; other times, not so much. 

 

I sold the "I Spy Stars" quilt to a lawyer. First sale. WhooHoo! Very slowly working on another "I Spy" quilt. 

Double Halo was a RSC2024 project. Started in January and it turned into a flimsy the same year. Wow! That's a rare occurrence around here. A large piece of flannelette was set aside for its backing. Only need to find the time to quilt it. 

Framed 9-Patch started back in October 2016 is now a flimsy too. Yay! How many years will it take me to quilt it? Haha!

I learned how to do Pergamano or Parchment Paper Craft. It's not the same as the baking parchment. This one is thicker than poster board. 

Did a lot of mending, as always. This is Raven's blanket. It was in desperate need of some repairs. I was just PURR-crastinating.

Two baby quilts in flannelette started at the October retreat and finished in December. Francine is organizing another retreat in February or March. My name is on the list as I love sewing with this group of ladies. 

My second RSC2024 project: Stained Glass. It will continue in 2025 as more blocks are needed. Lately, I've been sewing up scrappy white/neutral triangles to finish off the blocks. 

Friends' Favourite got neglected for a while. I have sketched a layout and it will now be easier to move it forward. 

Also done: 

9 Patch blocks: 139 blocks were added to the collection. The grand total is now 470 blocks!

Knitted 5 dishcloths 

Started : Shallow Pond (Bonnie's County Clare) 10 blocks 

Added 46 more blocks to Shoreline. 

(Eight more on December 24th along with ... 

a good six inches of fresh snow. I shoveled some in the morning and during the day the sun melted the little bit that was left behind by the shovel.)

For now, I am cutting, cutting away, in a futile attempt to turn the mess into order. 

 

This picture showing the mess that was supposed to be "tamed" by year end. Well, it has changed but not exactly the way I had planned. 

The year started well enough with lots of decluttering thanks to The Joyful Quilter. She was my inspiration and my reminder. I kind of fell off the wagon since then. 

On the other hand, I received more scrap bags then ever before. I tried hard to dwindle the scraps every month in their respective colour, but my friends brought me more scrap bags to "fluff" up the lessened bags. It felt like shoveling during a snow storm. I will continue to search for a system that works for me. 

I have just noticed that this is my 600th post. Wow! I had no idea I would go this far. I who is usually shy talking about me, my quirky self, and I. I want to thank all of you for making the journey enjoyable with your comments, suggestions, feedbacks, solutions, and most of all, your friendship. 

Have you noticed that the new year starts with WTF? 

Let's not forget that it is followed by a "S"!! 🤨

No matter what this year pretends to say, I wish 2025 exceeds your expectations. All the best to you and yours. May your cutting table stays clean and your rotary cutter stays sharp! 

Enjoy!

;^)

xox