It's been hard to wrap my mind around the fact that it's October already. Wasn't it just June? The time went fast, probably because I was busy helping Grad Girl with the transition from student to working woman. She defended her thesis, graduated, moved home, found a job, finished her first quilt top and then moved back Texas. Most of that has happened since June. I didn't spend as much time in the sewing room over those months. Consequently, there was this sinking feeling when Yvonne of Quilting JetGirl posted the Q3 CheckIn.
I don't think there has been much progress on my 2025 quilting ambitions during the last quarter, but maybe doing that assessment will set me up to do better in this last quarter of the year.
Ambition 1: Make Quilts. My goal here was to make progress on the projects that were on my quilt plan.
My graph hasn't changed from the end of 2nd quarter. There's been progress on several projects, just not enough to hit the major milestones on my quilting plan. I'm really falling behind on finishing quilts. That's something I should definitely focus on the next few months.
Ambition 2: Learn to quilt. I can't say I've mastered walking foot quilting, but I've done enough to realize it's not as hard as I thought it would be.
The quilting on all the Kate's Choice blocks was finished this quarter. I've started assembling the rows. There's a learning curve on that. Have I met this goal. Not completely, but it has been one of my goals for several years, so it feels good to at least have made a start on accomplishing it.
Ambition 3: Fabric Organization. Not much progress on this ambition during third quarter. With Grad Girl moving home, I did have to move all of the fabrics out of her closet and that gave me a chance to at least sort them into color groups before they went into the big bins that now take up a lot of space in my sewing room. I need to order some shelving to better organize that closet so I can move the fabrics back. Maybe that will get done sometime before the end of they year?
With three quarters of the year gone, I've made progress on all of my ambitions for 2025. That may be as good as it gets for this year. And I'm OK with that.
6 comments:
You've done a great job hanging in there with all of your goals through a busy summer! Learning to quilt as you go is a great way to turn a big job into easily digestible smaller parts. I think Kate's Choice is looking great!
Hang in there - your goals will be good with even a little progress. Sorting that fabric is a great beginning.
I always enjoy reading your goals and ambitions, Kate. You inspire me to work on my projects too. Kate's Choice was a good project to practice using your walking foot. It is looking fantastic. Have a lovely day. Hugs.
You didn't give up on your goals in spite of all the monumental happenings with Grad Girl. Learning to quilt is one thing, mastering is another. I'm not sure I'll ever "master". :D What kind of shelving will you get for the closet?
Making progress is a very good thing! I always enjoy seeing the graphs tracking your progress.
I think you made wonderful progress on Ambition 2! It has been fun to watch you work on quilting your Kate's Choice blocks. Not every quarter is meant to check all the boxes; goals are meant to be a stretch. Thank you so much for sharing your progress and linking up.
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