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| Doll quilt for P. Sleeping lizard! |
What will 2016 have in store? I'm expecting to do a little less sewing this year, to make room for travel and other adventures. With the time I do sew, I'd like to be intentional about these things:
1. Continue finishing. I have been very good about finishing what I start, and I hope to keep up that trend.
2. Embrace improv and sew less from other people's patterns. I whipped up the doll sleeping bag/quilt in a morning. No pattern, just free sewing. It was glorious.
3. Try triangles. I've been admiring equilateral triangle quilts for years and think I'm finally ready to give one a try!
4. Sew my stash. I'm not going to commit to buying no new fabric, but I'd like to limit my fabric buying as much as possible. I've got more than enough novelty prints to last me a lifetime, and my scrap bins are overflowing. But I'll probably need a solid or low volume print here and there to finish up projects. Birthday gifts don't count, right? April is around the corner...
5. Be brave. I'm borrowing this from Melanie Tuazon who has a great post about her rules for 2016 and includes "dare to be awesome". I'm going to focus my bravery on swaps which routinely give me anxiety (is my work good enough, will the recipient like it, etc.). I signed up to participate in the swaps when I attend the Mid Atlantic Mod Retreat this spring, as a way to challenge myself.
That's it! What are you planning for 2016?
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| Doll quilt -- flip side |
This is a nice list of goals. It is so genuine. The doll quilt/sleeping bag is so cute. Is it for your kids to play with or is it a gift?
ReplyDeleteI have too much in process so I need to finish up some things. Then I want to work on technique and on scrappy improv.
Do you have a trip planned? Sounded like it from your post. Hope it is to somewhere fun. :-)