Fresh Start

I don't have visions of becoming a famous quilt blogger, but I did think I might fire this blog back up. This post is a way of having some accountability to finish my UFOs. WeddingDressBlue posted an inventory of all her unfinished quilts to measure her progress through 2012, so I decided to do the same for 2013. My New Year's Resolution is to spend less time having screen time and more time doing things that "improve me," like quilting or exercising or my prayer time or my FlyLady habits, all of which have been sadly neglected lately. My goal is to finish the quilts from oldest to newest, but some I can't remember how long it's been, so the list is approximate.

Quilts in Progress, as of January 2, 2013
1. Women's Voices of American History quilt (a Dargate quilt, need to finish quilting it, and then bind it)
2. Teal Single Irish Chain (finished top, but needs sandwiching/quilting/binding)
3. Champions of the West (blocks finished, but not stitched together- I got creative block when it came to the border)
4. Civil War Sampler "cot" quilt (haven't finished all the blocks yet)
5. Liberty of Londons sampler quilt (I honestly can't remember where this is in the process, but I definitely haven't got the quilt top finished)
6. Golden's Journal quilt (haven't finished all the blocks yet)
7. Peggy Martin-technique sampler quilt (ditto)
8. Crazy quilt (not your usual crazy quilt, but it is crazy! Quilt top finished, but needs sandwiching/quilting/binding)
9. Roses for Shiloh quilt by Painted Pony 'n Quilts (haven't finished all the blocks yet)
10. Amish with a Twist (haven't finished all the blocks yet)
11. Space left here in case I've forgotten something, kinda like setting an empty chair at dinner for a possible stranger to show up. It's possible as I excavate down through my stash, that I may find more quilts I didn't know about. We are proud members of Old Salem, and one of the side benefits of membership is getting a new tote bag each year. The past few years they've been marvelous gigantic bags, perfect for filling with accumulated projects. A new year, another Old Salem bag with an unfinished quilt!

Quilts in the "Some Day" Stage, as of January 2, 2013
1. Olivia the piglet quilt
2. A Baltimore Album quilt
3. A hexagon quilt
4. A chintz panel quilt
5. A quilt with the Metro Blues fabrics that I got in New Braunfels and Belleville
6. Various Rosemary Youngs Civil War Diary and Civil War Anniversary quilts
7. Barbara Brackman's Civil War Sampler
8. Barbara Brackman's Grandmother's Choice women's suffrage sampler
9. A botanical album quilt that I've had designed in my head for a long time
10. Mill Girls and Away from Home by Nancy Rink
11. Mimi's Bloomers quilt by Erin Russek
12. Just Takes Two quilt by Sentimental Stitches
13. The Hazel Ilene quilts by Prairie Moon Quilts
14. Path to the Civil War: Aurelia's Journey Quilt
15. A Dear Jane quilt
16. A bed-runner designed by one of my kids