Quilting New Year's Resolutions for 2015???

[Beverly C.]

Anyone made resolutions on quilt projects for 2015? My first resolution is to enjoy finishing the 2014 BOM, take my time, and make it my best quilt ever. Then, each of my three adult grandsons have asked for a queen or king quilt for Christmas next year. (Bonnie Hunter comes to mind here!) What about you? What is on your list for 2015?

[Lorna B.]

Finish UFOs!!

I would also like to finish the 2014 TQS BOM...and the 2009 TQS BOM. I think on that one I just have to sew on the last border of stars and quilt it. Then I have 2 quilt tops I made through a LQS in TX...it was those $5 quilts where if you bring in the finished block you get the next month free. One is layered and ready for quilting and the other needs layering and quilting. Then there is the quilt top that my great-grandma made that is layered and needs quilting.

I'll be thrilled if I could get most of these projects done by June when everything will get packed up.

[Lorna B.]

I think I need to go on a 'fabric diet' again. Burn some fat... quarters. :P

[Betty J.]

I want to improve my actual quilting and bindings this year. I have several show quilts I have already figured out, but I think that although my quilting is not too bad, it needs to improve. So I will be working on that this year. I also plan on making several quilts before buying any more fabric (unless I need a piece to fill in a missing piece). I also have a book I'm writing on applique and have to come up with projects that will work for the book. Sew I'm going to be busy, but it all sounds like fun to me.

[Beverly C.]

I really plan to take my time with the 2014 BOM. AND, by starting on those quilts for my grandsons, surely I will use up so much fabric that I will be able to RUN to the quilt shop to get just the right fabric to finish them up, don't you think?

[Rita C.]

I have 4 quilt tops to be quilted so they will have to get done this coming year. One is the 2013 BOM! My plan is to remind myself to enjoy the quilting part of this hobby rather than dread it. I learn a lot with each quilt I complete so by the time I am 90 I should have it down to a fine art.

[E.M. T.]

I think..like before, I will try to finish a UFO every month ...2 if I can manage it !! :blink: :silly: :blink: I have
an unending supply ! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Caroline A.]

I'd like to finally quilt the first BOM....2008 wasn't it? I keep looking at it and trying to decide how I want to do it and work up enough nerve to start.
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[Caroline A.]

Good question. Several ideas but haven't taken any action. Need to work on follow thru with time commitments mostly.

[Beverly C.]

It'll be fun to watch everyone's posts as projects are completed!

[Nancy R.]

The one project I have to finish is the quilting of my sister and her new husband's wedding quilt. That has a hard deadline of next Christmas, but I'd like to get it done this spring so it can go in the county fair, assuming it turns out nice enough. I believe that is my only "commitment" quilt for this year. After that, I have a long list and will probably add more during the year. The tops on my mind right now are finishing the piecing for my Bonnie Hunter Grand Illusions quilt, making progress on Sedona Star and Ruffled Roses and starting the marking and quilting of an angel wholecloth quilt that I have designed. But that's just a handful of what I have going!

I look forward to seeing everyone's progress on all of their projects through the year!!

[Beverly C.]

I really regret not buying the Ruffled Roses kit. Did you buy the kit or select your own colorway?

[Nancy R.]

Mine is with all of my own fabrics and is scrappy. I chose all batiks with jewel tones on caramel background fabrics. I think I got to May or June before I had to put it aside for other things.

[Beverly C.]

Oh, Nancy, that sounds beautiful. I love everything about that quilt pattern.

[Deborah W.]

As with the past few years, I have a lot of projects I want to finish. I have six quilt tops to be quilted and two tops that just need the border finished and they will be ready to quilt. I would really like to have these all completed in 2015. I am also working on a Bonnie Hunter quilt that I would like to finish -- my husband brought me the fabric when he was in Texas and Oregon..and I am trying to decide if I will do the TQS 2015 BOM. :unsure: It would be my first BOM from TQS and it is really beautiful.