December Accomplishments and January Goals

I'm not much on annual goals or resolutions. But I'm pretty darned good at monthly goals. I like lists and goals but 12 months at a time is a little much for me. Several years ago, though, I had a big goal of reducing the number of unfinished projects. In 2015 I had 29 UFO projects and I was overwhelmed with it. I've slowly attacked the list and this year I finally got the list down under 10! I have a page for everything that I completed this year but this post is just about December and January.

My goals for December were:
- finish and mail 80 Christmas postcards - done
- finish the floor cloths - didn't work on them at all because I was making coasters instead
- make 3 Christmas gifts - done but can't share until January
- start quilting my oldest UFO, the postage stamp quilt - this will wait until February to align with a feather quilting class that I'm going to take
- return to working on Summer Sunset - made coasters instead

From that summary it looks like I didn't accomplish anything in December but actually it was a really good month. I even knocked out 2 more veterans quilts yesterday to close our the month.

Here are the quilts that I quilted yesterday. Clearly they were made by the same quilter and I think they are very striking. I used the Loose Leaf pantograph with King Tut thread. I picked a light denim blue for the backing. I think it goes well with the cheddar fabric.

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In December I also finished about half of the 80 Christmas postcards, quilted a quilt for Mom, made about 7 sets of coasters for gifts and finished a baby quilt. 
I also finished a sample quilt for Paula Nadelstern and finished my best friend's Christmas gifts but all those things will have to be counted in January because I can't share them yet. That's going to make January look fantastic!

Here are my final stats for 2020:
Starting UFO 12(15 in 2018)
Finished YTD 9
Started YTD 5
Ending UFO 8
Veterans quilts made - 15
Veterans quilts quilted - 41
Fabric Postcards - 109
Pet Beds 9
Garment
​Placemats - 12
​​Quilted for others - 4
​Crochet projects - 14
COVID masks - approximately 180
​Tea towels for WHEAT fundraiser - dozens!
Mosaic pizza oven
Coaster sets - 9

My UFO numbers will go up in January because I'm starting at least 1 new project. Here are my plans/goals for January:

- finish the floor cloths - finally
- work on Summer Sunset
- start a quilt for my SIL
- work on the Club Noir blocks (green) and make a decision about what I'm doing with them
- quilt some veterans quilts
​- get back to fusing glass