One of the small adjustments to my goal setting list this year is to nominate a Key Goal for the month. This really just started because there was a space for this on my planner page and I though... Ok, well, might as well fill it in. This also seemed like a good opportunity to join in with Elm Street Quilts who hosts One Monthly Goal (after reading about Raewyns adventures for the last few years 😉). AND super excited to have been a January prizewinner on my first linkup! THANKS to Fat Quarter Shop!
So my February Key Goal is to quilt Dylan's Hawthorn Quilt. See other participants monthly goals on
Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal February Link-up.
The Hawthorn Quilt is from Sharon Holland's book Utility Quilts and is big bold blocks with strong fabric choices. I love it.
The backing is pieced from an assortment of stash fabrics... including a little applique block Dylan designed and we put together about 8 or 9 years ago (and it's finally finding a home).
January had a mini goal to get this all basted... which was done. Now to quilt. As I am a notoriously slow quilter... getting this finished will be a real challenge.
On a side note, I have chosen the Patchwork City quilt top to baste this month... and so the cycle somewhat carries on... fingers crossed!
On another side note, I have found my WIP list enormously useful as far as plotting which quilts have backing fabric... and taking advantage of fabric specials as I find suitable matches. This also goes for binding options. AND also choosing what project to work on next. With a free day on Friday after completing everything on my January to do list I chose the Avalon Quilt to sew together the blocks. This quilt was chosen as with 16 blocks it was relatively quick, and it was started in December 2012... high time for it to get finished.
Yay... another top to add to the quilting pile!
