Christmas Wrap Up & Jan/Feb Goals

So ...I figured before I could set goals for January and February I had to first complete the Christmas presents I wanted to make for some dear friends ... therefore here are some shots of those gifts to wrap up my Christmas items:

This & That's Whimsy Wallet pattern

Pink Penguin's Reversible Tissue Box Cover which I found on her wonderful blog here

 

Though these pictures don't do the fabric any justice, I got two mug rugs made with my Sweetwater Label Crew kits ...again, gave them as gifts ... luckily the kit came with enough to make four so there's still a chance I'll make one for me :)  You can find out more info about this kit here.

Oh ... and look what the mail man brought me yesterday ... 

Remember back in November when Quiltmaker's 100 Block Blog Tour was happening? Well, I was so fortunate to have won at The Quilt Nook but Ms. Cara was delayed in getting things mailed out.  Oh darn!  She added in a few things because she was sending this out so late ... big time bonus! 

Thank you Cara!!

And as for this block ... well I had to include it because ...

well, Why Knot? ... lol

I got a telephone call last week from a lady who had joined a quilt sew along of somekind at work ... then she fractured her wrist.  She called a LQS in town who did not return her calls or were too busy to call her back.  Then, she called my favorite LQS who referred her to me.  Of course I'd sew it for her I said!  She was so relieved!  I guess someone in her group had been after her to get it done ... don't know the circumstances, but needless to say ... I learned something new and I got to help a fellow quilter too.  Big time bonus for me!! This was totally out of my realm of patterns, material, what have you ... but by the time I got done, I thought ... huh ... not bad :)  Never know what waits for you around a corner, now do we?

Okay ... on to my quilting goals for January / February:

I'm not one to normally write down goals, but I thought maybe this would help me stay organized and give me some stick-to-it-iveness ...

(Yes I know, that's not a word, so throw the dictionary at me!!)

1.  Construct and quilt client's baby quilt

2.  Construct and quilt client's lone star quilt

3. Construct and quilt client's t-shirt quilt 

4. Construct and quilt Downy's Quilt for Kids quilt

5.  Construct and quilt baby alphabet quilt

6.  Construct and quilt second baby quilt before #5's brother/sister is born.

7. Keep up with postage stamp sew along quilt

8. Start and keep up with Block a Palooza Waiting for Spring quilt

9. Bind my Star BOM quilt

10. Bind my Sunday Squares wallhanging

11. Enjoy doing all of the above

12. Don't feel guilty if I don't complete said goals stated above.

ROFLMAO!!!!

These are obviously dream goals ... maybe that's why I never write them down, I can't keep a straight face when I get down to the end because I know I'll never finish them all ....

Goal for March--leave enough room to carry forward list of uncompleted projects from Jan./Feb.  lol

Thanks for your support friends!  I appreciate all of your wonderful comments and suggestions!!

~hugs~ Wendy