Goals for 2017

2016 ended on arough note...the death of a family member, on my birthday, just before Christmas. I spent Christmas Eve at the funeral home making arrangements with brother.  The whole Christmas season was just a blur.  I used Bonnie's mystery quilt, En Provence, as a bit of therapy.  I was just taking life a bit at a time.  I also, focused on our soon to be new family member, a golden retriever.  There are good days, and bad days.  But we just deal with them.  I wouldn't call the entire year horrible over a handful of bad days.

This year, I have decided that I am going to learn how to free motion quilt on my domestic machine.  I have successfully quilted 2 quilts on the machine, but nothing spectacular.   Along with free motion quilting,I plan to:
  • Read 12 books (my yearly goal on Goodreads).  I made that goal last year, and barely made it.  I struggled to get into the last book, until the 3rd part.  That book took me 4 months.  Once I finished, I decided I have to reread it, because the last part was spectacular and I felt like I missed some details.  Hopefully the next time won't take me 4 months to read.
  • I will hand quilt, The Beast, and finish it.  (Hahaha!!)
  • I will finish Hand quilting Celtic Solstice.  Baseball is starting up again, so this may be possible.  
  • I will machine quilt my 4 patch stars quilt.
  • I will assemble my En Provence quilt.  So,this one is doable.

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