Can you even believe it is the END of 2024 ???
Now that I am "officially" semi-retired* I am looking forward to my 2025 New Year's Resolutions!
*Playing my ukulele
*Sewing
*Gardening
Rinse, Repeat! You get the idea....
*Looks like I'll still work one day, or so, a week.
Truth be told, I was making only ONE and even that ONE is not finished!
This is where I'm headed...
Bah Humbug Christmas Cat by
Trouble and Boo Designs HERE .
This is where I am..... It's for my baby sister, Joy,
Co-owner of Louie.
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What slowed me down was making the cat look like Louie. Spent several evenings trying different methods. Some people are so talented when it comes to improvising and designing... I would not be one of those people.
It looks perfect in my head....but we will have to call this "Close Enough"
(when it's finished, that is...hopefully by the end of the year... THIS year...)
Thankfully I also bought her favorite candy!
UPDATE: The Christmas Lou small quilt is done!
...isn't so Little any more.
In two shakes of a flamingo's tail she is FIVE YEARS OLD!!
2025 is going to be THE YEAR...
The Year to get my UFO's under control...
...I'll either Finish them or Pass them on to someone who will ....
I signed up with River's Edge, paid my fee and started the process.
Step one was to dug all the UFOs out from the closet, drawers and cubbies.
(Is it my imagination, or are there MORE this year than last year???
They seem to be multiplying ... like wire hangers in the back of the closet!!!)
Lou is amazed....and bored...
Two groups of UFOs ... 40, total.
So Neat and Tidy! I'm actually excited to get started, I may not wait for January!
A R E A 51
Everything is organized and labeled and ready!!
Every Year...About This Time...We visit the UFOs ...
I made my list....checked it twice.. picked my numbers and organized it all... HERE And accomplished ABSOLUTELY NOTHING*!
Last year American Patchwork & Quilting stopped picking the number each month...left it up to each individual person...some of the wind went out of my sail. But, we have a new year just around the corner!! A new beginning...A fresh start....
and Hope Springs Eternal!
According to the FaceBook posts for this group, I'm in good company...
Barbara did make me laugh out loud! I can so relate!
Melanie's D.H. has volunteered to pick the number each month in 2025. What a sweet Hubby!!
Now that I have returned from my travels I will, once again, pull out all the UFOs from their hiding places and make my list...and check it twice and gear up for 2025!
In addition to the American Patchwork and Quilting, River's Edge Antiques and Quilting is sponsoring a challenge. This idea just may work for some of us..... Charge a fee....there is something about plunking down a few bucks that gets my attention,
for sure!
This is the one I joined for 2025. HERE
Let's see if mixing it up helps get the job done!
* I guess it wasn't ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I dug out my 2024 UFO Project list. I finished a few things:
