January Laundry List/December update

Combined! updates from December and going thru to January.

1. Catch up/keep up with Women of the Bible blocks. Nope. Still on the list for January.

2. Work on blue-yellow quilt. Nope. Still on the list for January.

3. Work on red-white-black quilt. Nope. Still on the list for January.

4. Work on applique quilt. I did at least one complete block, and completed the center of a flower block . Still on the list for January.

5. Make bibs. I either need to find the pattern I made, or re-make it from the drawing in my idea book. Nope. Still on the list for January.

6. Continue menu planning. Some. Still on the list for January. It was a cub scout requirement, so the Small Man did one week.

7. Spend at least 5 minutes EVERY DAY going through crafty stuff. Nope. Still on the list for January.
 
8. Work on minecraft quilt for the Small Man. Nope. Still on the list for January. I did make him the minecraft pillowcase for Christmas!

9. Keep working on hooked rug. Nope. Still on the list for January.

10. Cut squares from orange fabric and work on the galaxy wallhanging. A few. Still on the list for January.

11. Start the Lovely Daughter's sorority letters for a needlepoint pillow. Nope. Still on the list for January.

12. Stay off computer games. DONE. Now to keep it up.

2015 Stash Report Week 1

Yards in: 0
Yards out: 0.3
Cumulative yards in: 0
Cumulative yards out:  0.3
Net gain/loss: 0.3 USED

Spending since last post: $0
Spending this year: $0

Yeah! Starting the year with a small finish! a couple of potholders from a stripset for a baby quilt that didn't quite work out.

I also cut into some fabric for quilts for the coming year - one for a friend of The Lovely Daughter's, and one for a new great-nephew.

2015 goals

1. finish 15 projects.

2. Spend 15 minutes a day sewing/creative activity OR in organizing the craft supplies

3. 5 a day. Every day, throw away or find a home for 5 things.

4. Keep blogging.
 
5. Participate in the weekly stash report and keep my $10 per week budget - but focus that budget on things I really need. Less buying stuff "just because" ~ so stops at the thrift store will have to drop from weekly to monthly.




6. Try to keep up with the challenges I've signed up for.

Word of the Year

For 2015, the word of the year will be:  VISION

Last year's word was NOW, and the year before that was PROGRESS.

At some point soon, I'll work on goals for this year. Right now, I'm putting the old superstition of what you do on New Year's Day, you'll do the rest of the year - so cleaning and sewing!

Goal recap for 2014

Last year's word was NOW, because I have a BAD procrastination habit. It's gotten a little better, although not as better as I'd like!


My goals were:
1. finish 14 projects.
I actually finished more than this - at least 6 things right before Christmas!!

2. Spend 14 minutes a day sewing OR in stash management.
This one just didn't happen. "Sew every day" is a nice goal, but I don't know that I'd ever get there. I think this year I'll set a weekly goal instead.

3. 2014 in 2014: Sometime around the time things got crazy last year, I stopped keeping track, but I'm pretty sure that although I didn't reach my 2013 things goal, much more left than in previous years. This year, I'm shooting for 2014.
I stopped keeping track at some point this year. It just gets hard to track and keep count. I still have some of Mom's things that need to go to charity, and some of *my* things that need to go, but I won't try to keep track of numbers this year. 

4. Keep track of what I'm doing by starting blogging again - I feel much more productive when I have a record of what I've done.
I'll call this one a win, even if by a nose. More posts in 2014 than 2013!!

5. Participating in the weekly stash report will help me manage my stash. I'm also setting a $10 per week budget (that I feel no compulsion to spend) but I want to make sure that I'm not spending more than I think I am. The $10 includes EVERYTHING, not just fabric -thread, storage stuff, equipment, gadgets.
Not weekly stash reports, but often enough. Although I still came in adding more than I used! And as for spending - I came in under $520, again, by a nose ~ but without really trying to *not* spend. 

So. Not so bad. New goals maybe later today, maybe over the weekend. Still working through them.