Last January I wrote a blog post about what I hoped to accomplish in 2024. I'm happy to say that I actually mostly succeeded.
I started last year with 14 quilt tops that I considered to be UFOs. My goal was to complete at least 6 of them. I actually completed 9. One more has been quilted, but still needs to be bound. Getting the long-arm quilter was a big help here. I feel really good about this goal.
I wanted to start some new quilts and see them through to completion. This one was a little more mixed. I started 3 quilts last year - a small wall-hanging sized quilt, a baby quilt, and a throw sized quilt. I finished 2 out of 3. As the late Meatloaf famously said, "Two out of three ain't bad."
Lastly, I said that I didn't want to let finished quilts just pile up, and I hoped to maybe try to sell some things. I made several things that I gave as gifts to friends and family - both bags, quilts, and other miscellaneous items. I donated a couple of things to charity. And I actually put a quilt up for sale on my Etsy shop. It hasn't sold, or even gotten very many views, but that wasn't the goal. The goal was to offer something for sale, and I did that. I didn't try to get a booth at a local craft fair, like I had thought I might, but I'm still calling this category a win, too.
Overall, I feel pretty good about my crafting and creativity in 2024.
