My ambitions for 2025 have been reviewed. My PHD performance has been rehashed. To my surprise, there was a lot more progress on projects than expected. Plus, I finally slayed the dragon that I'd let quilting with a walking foot become. My biggest let down was just not moving projects to finished. Consequently, my UFO list is bigger than it's ever been. To address that long list, it seems like a strategy would be more helpful than goals.
A couple of years ago, I tried to keep my to do lists to no more than 4 items: a priority project, a quilt to be quilted, an older UFO and a leaders and enders. That year six quilts made it to completed. I'm going to adopt a similar strategy for 2026.
Quilt Strategy for 2026
First Quarter (Jan to March)
- Guild BOM
- Wild and Goosey leaders
- 2026 SAHRR, Magnificent Mystery, Lupine and Laughter
- Walking foot quilting: Kate's Choice, Betty
- External quilting: Chocolate Marshmallow
- Guild BOM
- Wild and Goosey leaders
- UFO to finish
- Walking foot quilting: two quilts
- External quilting: one quilt
- Guild BOM (2026 and 2027?)
- Wild and Goosey leaders
- 2026 Meadow Mist Mystery, 2026 Bonnie Hunter Mystery
- Walking foot quilting: 2 quilts
- External quilting: one quilt
Old Town, Good Fortune, Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt, Celtic Solstice
Making goals for each quarter seems doable, and I like that you added photos of your quilts. I hadn't planned on making any goals for the year, but your methods are persuasive. ;)
ReplyDeleteI agree - plans in January feel reasonable and reachable. And then life gets in our way. Or new projects pop up. But I'm with you and always need those goals in writing to have something to aim for.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your strategy for 2026 - I hope you make lots of satisfying progress.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an ambitious plan, Kate. Let's hope you have fewer distractions to get in your way this year. Onward and upward, as they say.
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I think that sounds like a great strategy, and I hope you find a longarm quilter you enjoy working with to help with the quilts you send out.
ReplyDeleteAll so pretty and organized. Your journal is very neat.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great plan! Writing a post about it gives you something to refer back to also. You're going to have some beautiful finishes this year!
ReplyDeleteVery ambitious plan. I think it’s good to have a strategy.
ReplyDeleteLove it!! you can do it -and love how you have set yourself up for success!
ReplyDeleteHi Kate, I think that having a strategy to tackle all of these is great. It's so hard to say what is reasonable in January but I really hope that they will be finished plans by the end of the year, and not just dreams! Thanks so much for linking up.
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