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Question for the week of December 20, 1999:
Our question this week comes from Carmen Carter
What is everyone's quilting related New Year's resolution?
Nora E. Allen :
To get my son's quilt done that I have been working on for over a year and half:)
Cathy Schroeder :
I resolve to use a millenium fabric in every project I start or finish in the year 2000, even if only as part of the label.
Lynne Cheverton Leicester UK :
Be realistic about it all and spend a bit of time each week quilting.But there is still work to go to, the dinner to cook and the babies clothes to wash...
Louise :
Along with scrappykat, finish my UFOs one day at a time, one step at a time.
Cheryl in Clinton :
So many quilts and so little time! But continue my mission from last year and finish some UFOs and to make a quilt for daughter's college graduation in May and a Christmas quilt for each of three daughters for Xmas00.f
Linda Morlan :
for every new project started I must first finish something already begun.
Carolee Cox :
I am going to finish at lest 2 of my unfinished projects this year.
Rineke Tjaden :
I want to make many nice quilts ( hi hi )
carmen w :
I wish to find a pattern for Dr Jude Germaine-Munoz's Williamsburg jacket
featured in the Traditional Quilter Sept. 1996 and actually make it
Angela Slaunwhite :
I am a relatively new quilter but I am completely in love with this activity. The only part of a project which brings me great grief, is the bindings.In the past, I've sewn the tops, batting and backs together and then turned them inside out. But i am ready for teh next step. But honest to Pete, i've spent more time on these darm things the nthe tops!!!! But I shall "persevere and overcome"! That will be my resolution!
Wirts@en.com :
My resolution is to improve my machine quilting by doing it. I have been chicken in the past.
Leslie :
Teach my daughter how to quilt. Finish MY Christmas quilt. Learn how to hand quilt. Learn more about color. Have fun!
jo. jospatch@lineone.net. ESSEX U.K. :
TRY!! to finish as many UFO's as possible before starting any more new projects. Well at least one anyway.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO QUILTING FANS EVERYWHERE.
Jane Mitchell :
I want to make a quilt for myself, for a change!
Linda :
I want to stay focused on the project I'm working on and finish it. I'm going to move my sewing room downstairs where I have more room and natural light and I want to make quilts and collect a full pallette of colors to choose from.
Rebecca Poole :
To find more time for quilting and to spend less money on new fabric.
Sews Marney :
Reducing the size of my scrap basket by
increasing my blocks for new quilts.
scrappykat :
To finish my quilt that is on my
quilt frame and continue to enjoy
sewing quilt tops and meeting new quilt friends........... one day at a time*
quiltblock :
to finish my whole cloth quilt that has been on the frame since 1998!
Dena Wiley :
To finish the 4 quilts I have "in progress"!
Alex in Australia :
To start the Mystery quilt for 1999 before all the parts are given.
Clara in El Monte :
To finish my first quilt - it is an Amish Spools from an internet block of the month "raffle" from about 5 years ago. I finally got it sandwiched and basted and ready to quilt.
ALso to never quit buying fabric - even though I KNOW I've already got that print but I just don't know where.
Susan in Garland :
To complete my first quilt - needs only the binding.
To complete my kaleidoscope star quilt - 14 blocks completed.
To complete my hunters star quilt begun in a workshop with Trudie Hughes.
To attend Mary Ellen Hopkins consumer seminar in Kansas City, MO
To attend ALL of my quilt guild meetings.
To make the Miter She Wrote quilt.
To at least semi-organize my stash so I can find what I KNOW I have
hiding in some corner of the room. I all ready have the shelving
and the space. I need only the time and discipline!
To make the Christmas table runner, place mats and napkins I purchased
fabric for in Dec 1999.
To have FUN and truly enjoy doing all of the above!!And lastly, to say prayer daily for ALL quilters - your quilts are gifts of yourself,
and are from your hearts, something no one else can give. Remember to
appreciate yourselves and all that you do.
HAPPY QUILTING!!
Susan
Carmen :
1. Force myself to spend money on new clothes instead of new fabric.
2. Finish 2 UFO's and make the 2 quilts that I've already purchased fabric for.
3. Use more fabric from my stash then I buy new.
4. Find more time to quilt.
Daune@Clemson.edu :
To use up all the fabric I have on hand which take me the rest of my life and then some!
Peggy T. :
I'm committed to quilting the ten quilt tops that I have completed and putting together the tops from the 320 (yes, 320) blocks that I've accumulated in 1998-99. Of course, this was last year's rsolution, too, but I did finish several smaller quilt projects for the Ronald McDonald House and added three more queen-size tops to my growing pile. Oh, weel, there's still hope for the year 2000!
Jenny :
Make more quilts
Jayne in Utah :
I want to finish one UFO a month. That way I can still start the new projects. And - since I am an insomniac - it is a possibility. I also plan on attending at least three quilt retreats - one in Bryce Canyon in February - one in Michigan in June and maybe Houston again.
Di Leo :
To attempt to use up half of my material stash so I can go & buy some more, and not feel guilty.
Also to put a quilt on all the beds in 'OUR' house, instead of giving them all away."but I do like to give"
Robbie Rietdijk :
To get rid of hubby and kids and quilt in peace and quiet.
Eaine :
To try new techniques
Edna Pilcher :
To quilt more and clean less!
Quilter01451@aol.com :
1. I'm going to join several internet fabric swaps and make a millenium charm quilt with the fabrics.
2. I'm going to get all of my fabric stash in one room so I can see how much I REALLY have. Then, I'm going to sort and catalogue them.
3. I am going to use up my stash before I die (well, most of it!).
juliet dunbar :
to finish my UFO quilt tops box and sell some and start my quilting for hire business again
Jane Kozaki :
Learning to quilt
Jan Byrd :
To finish the 4 quilts needed for high
school graduations of my neice, nephews, and son
before they graduate in 2000. They are all in
variouse stages of completion. I also want to
make 2 quilts to donate to my son's graduation
all night party put on by the parents for
door prizes. What a goal! I only have 5 months
to do this.
Des :
My resolution is to stop planning and playing and muddling about and really plan AND execute a bed quilt! I was thinking about one large card trick block in the center, about 3'x 3',with the rest of the design in the quilting pattern. Colors swinging from red, thru purple to blue. Now the border......... see? Still muddling about!
Stefanie R. :
To finish some of the many quilts I already have started and to use a lot of the many yards of fabric I have stockpiled before buying more material. I love making quilt tops and searching for different fabrics so this may be an impossible resolution to keep. (SMILE)
Becky :
Relax and enjoy quilting ---don't try to make everything perfect, just enjoy the process
Sam Guerrero :
To use up scraps
Linda MCneely :
To try my best to finish all the quilts I have started this year without starting anymore! So far I only have about ten in progress and I am beginning one today, New Years is still a week away! (What an addiction)
Mariėtte van Herpen :
To finish several UFO's.
To make every month at least 10 blocks of my Dear Jane quilt.
Sue Iverson :
To finish the three quilts I have going at the same time! I'm doing pretty good as they are all planned for someone else. Wish me luck.. Sue
Bettylou :
I want to make more "Project Linus". They are fast and easy to make.It is so rewarding when you send off a completed quilt knowing that an unknown child in need receive the quilt and love it.
Marty in Vermont mhyne@together.net :
I have one UFO and I vow to have it completed by Feb. 1st.
Then my resolution is to buy new fabric every time I get a chance!!
Marty in VT
Beverly Huffman :
To finish all the started projects in the year 2000
Deb O. :
Do some quilt finishing so I can put some millenium fabric either on the front or on the back for a label. Also spend some time with young nieces who are interested in quiltling. One of the youngest has quite an eye for fabric. She fingers only the best!
Dianne Sheldon - Scarborough, Ontario :
Waiting for the rest of the instructions for the mystery quilt
Then going out to buy the rest of the material (the good stuff)
I have the batting etc. and START!
Mary :
To finish my ever growing unfinshed projects!LoL
Dawn, St. Mary's GA :
to finish at least 3 quilts tops before starting any new ones. And to get some of the tops layered and quilted!!!!Happy New Year to all
Evelina :
To actually make that t-shirt quilt my hubby wants made from his old attic t-shirts. (This will require cleaning out the attic) But on the bright side there will be more room for fabric up there!
Maureen :
More exercise, less eating, and more quilting!
Laura Valdez :
I hope to get items I have promised to charities for their telethons and fund raisers made early.
QuiltnSara@aol.com :
To finish UFO (1) and to make a Jaguar quilt for my favoirte charity to auction off. Also to slow down and realize that I can't do everything.
Trish :
To accomplish one quilt either hand or machine embroidered. So far all my quilts have been hand tied. I am resolving to learn to embroider this year.
Lisa :
To get at least 10 tops quilted with my new Pfaff 2040.I teach quilting so have all of those tops waiting for me. Actually, there are about 20 tops and the cost of sending them off to be quilted decided me to buy the Pfaff.
Donna :
To make something for myself for a change!
Tina :
To sort through my material, there is alot, and try to use it first before I buy more. I would also like to make something for my family, I too give it all away. Also to have more patience while teaching my 8 y.o. to sew quilts.
Babs :
To complete all the UFO's I started in 1999.
Marjorie :
My resolve is to stop thinking of the quilts ahead and enjoy the one that I am working on more wholeheartedly.
Judy Yandle :
Don't start anything new until UFO's with deadlines have been completed. I.E. Quilt due for a June wedding, wallhanging due for fundraiser in late January. Millenium Quilt Top assembled and taken to quilt shop for machine quilting, etc., etc., etc!!
Cathy :
To finish my bicentennial quilt I started in 1976! It is the monkey wrench pattern in assorted reds and muslin blocks with navy blue sashing. It has been in and out of the quilt frame for the last 20 years - love to handpiece - hate to quilt! This quilt is at least 50% done.....
Edita Bielavska, PRague :
Make at least one quilt which is more arty then useful.
Janet :
Work on all my UFO's and WIP's and actually finish my first quilt.
carol, near Bancroft :
I have bought fabric and not yet started, enough for 3 quilts. Have started another 4 quilts, one is two winters old. My guild is having a show in Sept.2000. Will I have any of these quilts finished for this show? There is one on the frame, but now for the show.
I'm retired, but quilt with my group at least once a week. How do I quit buying fabric? Help!!!!!!1
patti teague :
To join the Thimbleberries Quilt Group at Oklahoma Quiltworks and make every quilt in the class, and to buy lots of fabric.
sue whiteman :
to finish at least half of the quilt tops I put together in 99. I think some of you know what I mean!!!!!
Anita in Las Vegas :
Finish at least 4 ufos ( I did it last year!!!) and make 6 tops from fabric in my stash before I buy for a top (I did that last year , too.) At this rate I should be done with my projects and and stach by 2100.
I have a cathedral quilt I would like to have finished by the end of 2000 it looks like I may have the othe quilt I am hand quilting done before 2000!!!!!
kathleen :
To make two full sized quilts per year and to be braver with colors I don't normally use.
Donna :
To finish more projects and to get an earlier
start on Christmas gifts! I'd like to
have then all done my October next year.
Tina Horn, Columbia, MD :
To make more quilts! To finish my UFOs and to keep something for myself! Everything I've made I've given away.Happy New Year, everyone!
Lori Peters :
To make more time for me, and not feel guilty about buying things to keep my passion alive!
Another resolution I have is to get that Singer 401 out and finally play with it, and baby my machines more! Since I've been working on x-mas I haven't cleaned or oiled the poor babies in a long time.
I will also go to a class with my mother, and spend more quilty time with my aunt. Happy Holidays to all my quilty sisters! May your new year be blessed with piles of fabric, and endless time....
Dee :
To make my son's quilt - he has been waiting for 15 years for one. Then to finish all UFO's. Next, to work on quilted accessories for fall and Christmas. Then, last, to make a few Christmas quilts. Every year when I put out my Christmas decorations, I get upset because I haven't made any quilts and through pillow covers.
Elena :
I have a "bad" habit of starting a project and not finishing it. I figure it is my hobby, so I can do what I want, right? Well, this year I have only one resolution: Start and FINISH one quilt for brother-in-law's new baby. It isn't due until June, so I have plenty of time. I don't mind all the UFOs. When I get enough of them, I'm just going to sew it into one chaotic quilt and call it "the art of procrastination" or something.
Rohana :
To do MORE!!!...being a mom of 2 preteens, and a full time student, I don't get as much of an opportunity to quilt as I would like...but I plan on making more time for it, just for my own personal relaxation and peace of mind.
Rohana
Lynette :
I plan to work a regular number of hours each week. there are 19 children in my life, and only 2 have quilts. They are my main focus now, and I hope to complete a top every 6 weeks. I might be dreaming, but it's worth a try. Also, I am getting into quilting for charity and hope to organize others in the future.
Kate Humbert :
I will complete more of my ufo's this year.
Chloe Carter :
This year, I vow to take some quilting classes... then maybe my quilts won't have quite so much "character".
BARBARA :
I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLETE AT LEAST 3QUILTS THIS YEAR
Tam H :
set my goals for finishing all of my mis-directed quilt projects,a boarder here a sashing there, some quilting thrown in then mix that all up and It should be a very productive year.
Cheryl Anderson :
I'm going to try and finish my hand quilted
double wedding ring quilt. I am also giving
my daughter a gift she'll never forget for
Christmas. All the "things" she need to
make her "Jennifer" quilt. And moms time
to help design and quilt it. Should be a
fun year...
Sherryle Bublak :
make a wedding Quilt for my neice who is getting married in Oct. 2000
Norma Pacl :
Finish machine quilting my DD's double Irish chain quilt, and hand quilt my DM's antique double wedding ring quilt,a definite labor of love. Then I want to start making quilts for all of our seven kids and 13 grandkids.
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