February Accomplishments and March Goals

My goals for February were:
- keep piecing lap quilts - done
- finish one more veterans quilt and quilt as many as are needed - done
- practice class quilting on the lap quilts - done
- finish the crochet cardigan - didn't even touch it
- finish quilting Mom's quilt - not done because I'm not done with my botanicals quilting class

That's a usual month. I always set some goals but I know I'll change them as the month goes along and that's OK. Mom is in no hurry for her quilt and I don't put any time limits on my crochet projects. But I am going to take that cardigan to the beach later this month and expect that I can finish it there. It will help to have my friend help me analyze the fit. I'm at the part where I need to determine the back width  and that's a little difficult to do on your own.

While I missed a few goals I got a lot of other things done. First off, I quilted 4 veterans quilts. The red and blue one is one of my own so I got it bound as well.
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I got 8 of the little cuddle quilts done and delivered to From The Heart. I practiced my floral quilting on 4 of them but going forward I'm not going to use these for practice quilting anymore. These quilts need to be really soft and snuggly so I don't want such dense quilting. I think I have 7 more read for quilting and lots more to cut and sew. I have a new project that I want to start so I'm going to try to get these knocked out in March.
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The surprise new project of the month was getting 12 placemats made. It all started because there was leftover fish fabric from 2 of the cuddle quilts and I didn't want to put it away. I made 8 placemats from that fabric (4 for us and 4 for my nephew) and then I decided to make placemat sets for the whole family. The bird set was next and there are more to come.
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On the crochet front I apparently went a little crazy with hats. I did finish one large donation blanket that will be given to a chemo or dialysis patient but mostly I finished hats. 3 are winter hats to donate next year and the others are masculine chemo hats that have already been donated.

I used up 8 balls of yarn but I think I deserve extra credit because 2 of them were 16 oz balls. 
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My last 2 finished for the month are this pincushion for my friend and doll dresses for Ella.

It was a really good month!
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Current YTD stats:
Veterans quilts made - 7
​Donation lap quilts - 8
Veterans quilts quilted - 7
​​Crochet/loom knit hats and scarves - 10
Doll outfits - 2
Placemats - 12
​​Other Donated items - 74
​​Balls of yarn used - 16
​Other items - 1

I'll be gone one week in March to go to the beach with a friend but we are taking our sewing machines so making will be happening between beach reading and walking sessions (if the weather permits).  I'm setting a long list of March goals knowing that they will not all get done but these are all the things on my radar with only 2 having looming deadlines.

• Quilt a baby quilt for Mom that's needed for a shower at the end of the month

• Make a bear from a vintage quilt for the same baby shower
• Use up the rest of the fabric to make tops for the cuddle quilts
• Finish the botanicals quilting class and maybe finish Mom's quilt
• Quilt a lot of cuddle quilts
• Start a firefighter quilt
• Start the Goldfinch quilt
• Make another set of placemats