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1) Not just starting quilts, but finishing them!
- Since I'm hosting TGIFF! once a month, I'd like to have a quilt finished per month. Some of these will hopefully be:
- A quilt to cover our own poor bed!
- A leader/ender quilt for the guest room
- More charity quilts
- A few things off my bucket list
- FINISH MY EXISTING WIPs - they are out of control!
- Design a quilt to share online.
- Modern Block Monday - Make and share a block from Modern Blocks every Monday. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book! I don't think I'll do all of the blocks in the book but I'd like to make a Modern Block Sampler.
- Raise my EQ so that I don't turn into a Wild Thing every time I use Electric Quilt. I will start learning EQ from the beginning AGAIN! This is attempt number 3, but I'll post my
misadventures here so I don't give up this time. I really don't get what the block (ha ha) is that I have with this program but I will succeed this year. As I figure out this program, I'll make and post some of the designs that I make. - Do a tutorial on the growth chart.
3) Colour:
- Colour My World Challenge - This one is going to be a fun experiment and challenge! Each month, I will be doing a small project (12" by 12" or 14" by 14") focusing on one colour. Red, blue and purple will probably be easy. White, orange and brown, not so much.
- Once I figure out EQ, use it to experiment with different colour schemes, especially those outside of my comfort zone.
4) Technique:
- Achieve a consistent 1/4" seam allowance. Seriously, I've been quilting for um-13 + years and I still can't do this properly. It's why I don't make blocks. This will change.
- Learn and practice more free motion quilting - participating in the QAYGFMQQAL and the 2012 Free Motion Quilting Project should help achieve this goal.
- Learn and experiment more with new-to-me techniques:
- Machine pieced curves - Drunkard's Path
- Trapunto
- Fabric painting
- Collage
- Drawing/sketching
Hurrah!! Send this to Giles - he'll be chuffed his list has taken off!
ReplyDeletewhy don't you get a 1/4 inch foot? Mine is not only the proscribed 1/4 inch, it has an outer bar that the fabric can't get past - a 4 year old could get a perfect 1/4 inch seam with that sucker! Mistake proof! (And then you have brilliant 1/4 inch seams and no one's the wiser.) ;)
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your goals!
M-R, All the best to you with meeting your 2012 quilting goals. EQ is one of the things I should be working on improving too!!! Maybe we could learn together...LOL Look forward to reading & talking with you about your experiences and projects as the year progresses. Take care Judy
ReplyDeleteMy goals for this year include finishing a quilt for our bed, practicing my quilting on the longarm and getting my WIPs done!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your goals M-R! I am sure you will have great success!
These are very big plans! Good luck to you!
ReplyDeleteGood list!! I'm with Kit, I don't know what I'd do without a 1/4" foot!! I like the sound of the colour challenge too :)
ReplyDeleteI am very impressed that your list is structured and not just a wildly wandering stream of consciousness where quilt projects fall out and are therefore deemed a list! ... that's my list for you, all random and highly aspirational!
ReplyDeleteI need to get one of those 1/4"machine foots too - it's not easy sewing in a straight line when you can't see what you're doing, and one of those wonderful inventions might just help me!
I will follow your progress through your list! Good luck to us all!!