Happy New Year!

/ quiltinggail

I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions. To me, I usually break them within the first week … Yes, I’d like to loose more weight, be more fit, eat more nutritiously, and so on … but realistically … I hate dieting. I like to exercise now and then, but I know I’m not consistent with it. And I do like to eat junk food … so I don’t make resolutions!

However, on the quilting front, there are things I’d like to achieve:

  • buy as little fabric as possible
  • sew as much as possible
  • design more quilts
  • use up my stash

These aren’t resolutions because I KNOW that

  • I will buy some fabric! As large as my stash is, often the ‘right’ fabric is not in it!!
  • I will sew a LOT … but life happens and sometimes it’s not possible to sew as much as I’d like
  • I will design some quilts … but I’ve got to be in the mood and inspiration needs to be part of the design process
  • I will use some of my stash, but not ALL of it! I have 2 stashes: One contains all my Island Batik fabric and the other is all the rest of the fabric. I keep them separate and I keep track of them separately.

I will continue to blog at least weekly and often twice a week. That likely won’t change, but who knows. I will also continue to keep track of my sewing days (I aim for 30 minutes a day), what’s on my Design Wall, keep track of what fabric I’ve used, write out my “To Do” list and show my monthly favourite finish. The logos below may change, but the intent will not.

Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? Do you keep them??

I wish each and every one of you All the Best in 2025!!

Don’t Forget:

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

17 thoughts on “Happy New Year!”

  1. You are very wise to view your plans for 2025 as aspirations. Good luck with all of them, both stitching and the other life goals we all think we should do better at.

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  5. Happy new year, Gail. Thanks for your blogs and stories and the encouragement. I will be working my way through the scrappy bin with as many mile a minute quilts as possible!! I’m on #4 as of last week. It will be a real treat to then use some of the newer fabrics off my shelf!

    Take care and happy sewing.

    Hugs

    Stella

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    • #4??? That’s a LOT of mile a minute quilts!! Good for you!!! And, if you ever want/need more scraps, let me know!!! LOL!!! Have fun cutting into the newer stash fabric! 🙂

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  11. Happy New Year Gail, my new blogging friend! I don’t necessarily make resolutions but I do plot and plan! My biggest plan is to plan better! Newly retired and I need to get my act together. I will take your cue and after my family’s New Year’s activities are completed I will write a proper blog post! I had so many secret projects in December, that I didn’t know if I was coming or going! See you on the other side of 24!

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    • It’s hard to blog when one is super busy!!! And secret projects make it difficult because you’re excited about it and you want to share all about it!! (My secret is to start a blog post about the secret project and then save it for later!). Happy New Year!

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