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Wednesday, January 1, 2020

2020 Stitching Plans and Strategies

Happy New Year!  After a slow start to my new year's day, I'm getting ready to head to the sewing room for an afternoon of nothing but stitching. My word for 2020 is "Finish".  As of today, there are 26 in progress projects on my list, a record.  The goal is to whittle that down to less than ten. That probably won't happen in one year, but I'd like to get that number back into the teens this year.  I do better with a plan of attack and better yet if I've posted about my plan.  

 Here's my 2020 list of quilts to finish.
One of my strategies is to play along with America Patchwork and Quilting's Facebook UFO Challenge.  There are two other monthly UFO programs I'm participating in; Quilting Gail's 2020 PhD program and Dreamworthy Quilt's UFO Challenge.  I'm using the same list for all three. The American Patchwork and Dreamworthy quilts each select a number from the list to work on, I'm not going to follow along with that part. My plan is to start with number one on my list and just go numerically.

 So the quilt to be finished for January is Twinkle Stars.  
Twinkle Stars
Tutorial by Andrea Feldbush of Soscrappy

 It needs one last set of borders, a back made, prepped for quilting, packaging and sent out for quilting.  That should all be doable for this month. So that's my UFO for the month, as well as my One Monthly Goal for January.  

 Linking up with 
Elm's Street One Monthly Goal
Quilting Gail's PhD
Dreamworthy Quilts UFO Challenge
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23 comments:

  1. Karen - Quilts...etc.January 1, 2020 at 2:50 PM

    you can get Twinkle Stars done for sure - love that quilt

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  2. DonnaJanuary 1, 2020 at 4:18 PM

    Good luck! Sounds like a doable goal.

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  3. chrisknitsJanuary 1, 2020 at 6:27 PM

    I'm going to try and play along with the number, but I failed at that last year, so yeah. Good luck with your goal!

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  4. The Joyful QuilterJanuary 1, 2020 at 7:15 PM

    Best of luck on working your way through that list, Kate!!

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  5. Anorina @SameliasMumJanuary 1, 2020 at 10:28 PM

    Wow Twinkle Stars is absolutely beautiful. You got this!!

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  6. dqJanuary 1, 2020 at 10:35 PM

    Thanks so much for joining, Kate! I can't wait to see how your quilter does this one. It is AMAZING! I have been drooling over it for months.

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  7. louleeJanuary 2, 2020 at 3:03 AM

    What a beautiful quilt. It will be good to see it quilted.

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  8. JenniferJanuary 2, 2020 at 8:30 AM

    Great goal - and hope you had some good quilting time yesterday!

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  9. Alison V.January 2, 2020 at 8:34 AM

    I put my list together on Tuesday and am just going to go down the list as well. I can't wait to see your Twinkle quilt get finished!

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  10. BarbaraJanuary 2, 2020 at 9:13 AM

    I did two of those charts last year, and spent quite a bit of time on them. Then, promptly forgot about them and never looked at them again. I think I’ll go straight to Step 2 this time and skip the work. You’re good with your charts and graphs though, so it will probably work for you. I’m looking forward to the end of Twinkle Stars. It’s a beautiful quilt, and you’ve done a good job with your fabric choices and color placement.

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  11. piecefulwendyJanuary 2, 2020 at 9:57 AM

    I definitely think you can get Twinkle Stars done. Such a pretty quilt; one of my favorites!

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  12. Linda in Arkansas January 2, 2020 at 11:35 AM

    Looking at your chart - it looks very doable. I'm cheering you on. I personally couldn't get it all done, but you are probably better than I am. I thumb tack my chart to the wall so that I don't forget it. Hehehe And "Finished" is a GREAT word for the year. I LOVE your Tinkle quilt. It is so pretty.

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  13. Quilter KathyJanuary 2, 2020 at 2:20 PM

    That is a lot to keep track of!
    I love Twinkle Stars... such a great quilt!

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  14. MissPatJanuary 2, 2020 at 8:18 PM

    I think the key will be to work on the final steps fro Twinkle Stars first and save the clues for the mysteries until Twinkle is done. I'm terrible at sticking to plans and now that I'm retired, I don't even try.
    Pat

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  15. Danice GJanuary 3, 2020 at 6:27 AM

    Your goals are so organized. All very pretty quilts and quilt tops. 'Will be back often to see more of your work.

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  16. NannJanuary 3, 2020 at 12:07 PM

    Git 'er done, Kathy! You can do it!

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  17. Sarah Goer QuiltsJanuary 3, 2020 at 12:34 PM

    What a great scrappy project! I love that the secondary pattern of the diamonds on the corners is continued into the border.

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  18. EmilyJanuary 4, 2020 at 7:18 AM

    I love twinkle stars and know you'll be thrilled to have it done. Good luck reducing your UFO numbers!

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  19. CherylJanuary 5, 2020 at 8:13 PM

    Great plan of attack! You have a number of quilts that are pretty far along, I think that you will be very successful reducing the WIP list down.

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  20. Patty January 6, 2020 at 6:35 AM

    Lovely! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and good luck with your project.

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  21. MarieJanuary 7, 2020 at 4:38 AM

    I love your twinkle star.

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  22. Lynn - JnL4GodJanuary 10, 2020 at 9:11 AM

    Very Pretty - I'm with you I want to get my Ufo list down. I have a considerable amount more but bringing it down also. Good luck this year in doing that.

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  23. theaJanuary 20, 2020 at 11:07 AM

    Great goals for 2020! Does participating in all these different challenges help you to keep on track? I would think it could be either overwhelming or encouraging.

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