New Year Plans

 Yes, Christmas is still two days away, but I've been thinking about what I want to accomplish next year.   I make quilts for the homeless during the year and give them away in October every year.  A friend makes a couple and I quilt them and add them to the pile.  I think this year we donated 15 quilts.  

Today I quilted one on the longarm, although I still need to trim and bind it, so it is not finished.  But while I was working on piecing another, I was thinking about what I want to do next year.  My goal in the next 4 years is to use up my stash of fabrics!  With that in mind, I pulled a bin of scraps from under my big table and decided I would start with them:

I have two of these bins filled with scraps so I want to use them up before I start working on the fabric stash (although I will be using fabric stash to finish blocks I'm sure.)  I also have a Go! Big! fabric cutting system and I pulled the pinwheel templates to start with.  It makes an 8" finished block  - so two colors and 4 wheels.  I usually make the quilts about 60"x 80", so it will take quite a lot of fabric.  The plan is to get the entire quilt cut on the Go Big in the next couple of weeks while using up as much fabric as I can.  I am not adverse to buying coordinating fabric, but I make scrappy quilts, so hopefully can use up a lot of lights to go with the mostly medium/dark scraps.

I already have a quilt cut out of tumbler blocks - all clipped together so I only have to start stitching.  My friends and I get together at our favorite quilt store 5 or 6 times a month, so I will be doing the piecing there usually.

I also have a couple of bins of 2-1/2" strips I want to use up this year.  I've made plenty of 16 patch blocks with sashing for homeless quilts too, so I use my 2-1/2" strips and squares and add to the bins with leftover fabrics from other quilts.  But mostly 2025 will be homeless quilts only - I don't need anymore large quilts!

I'm not going to set a number that I want to finish for the year, but I just want to keep moving forward!

Until next time....blessings.