A Quilting Reader's Garden

Some of This; Some of That 1/6/20

Before I'm more into this New Year, here's my report on 15 Minutes to Stitch in 2020 for the first week Jan 1-4:

15 minute days/week = 3/4 days

15 minute days/January = 3/4 days

15 minute days/2020 = 3/4 days

Success rate = 75%

I"m not worried at that success rate as it was a short week. I'm in line to do better as I'm only having my granddaughter one day a week and watching my grandson after school. More time to quilt!

I already have another baby quilt top done. This was made from two charm packs that a friend gave me for St. Anne's. I also used a bit of yardage from my stash for the corners.

There's nothing on my design wall as I just took the one above down. As to goals for 2020, I'm going to work on those five UFOs I didn't get very far with - only finished one. You can see those here. Also, I'm going to work on a special project with my friend, Clare. She lives in New Zealand. Then I'm going to Quilt Along with the American Quilters' Society. They want to make a quilt each month, and they're not small. I'm going to use the pattern to make baby quilt tops, so mine will be small. Lastly, I've signed up to be a tester for a wonderful website, but I can't tell you much more about that. I've gotten my first assignment and I love it!

I'm linking to Design Wall Monday and 15 Minutes to Stitch in 2020. See you there.

My 2020 Goals

Since I only finished one UFO from my list last year, I'm again making a short list to work on in 2020. Here goes:

1. Make the patchwork blocks for Anna's Garden.

2. Complete my Easy Street top

3. Quilt my Riverside quilt.

4. Add leaves and flowers to the nine baskets blocks

5. Make the remaining basket in the center block of LE.

Of course I'll be making charity Baby quilts. That and the above should keep me busy. Check out my forthcoming post for a few more challenges. LOL.

2019 Charity Quilts

I belong to a group at church called St. Anne's Sewdality. We make baby quilts for low-income mothers. We chose the 36" size because they're good for newborns, car seats and strollers. We also give some to parishioners who need them. Theirs are bigger. Here are the ones I made:
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