Almost a New Year

Almost a new year....and I am ready to say "goodbye" to 2012!!  Really looking forward to a new start!  A new year is always such a terrific opportunity to open up a new chapter; to refresh all those ideas/projects that didn't get done and to create a new slate of things to accomplish!

One of my fellow art quilters Linda Moran..from the blog "Art Quilts from Around the World"...is starting a "plan" for organizing and planning to help really "get things done"! So I have decided to attempt to follow her plan through the foreseeable future.  I can always use a helping hand on organization!

She first recommends the following steps:

1. Reflect on what I have finished throughout the past year and reflect positively on accomplishments...so here goes!

• Nine 12" blocks for my Creative Crones' Challenges (well, made all but not all completely finished)
• Art quilt with beading...done and entered in Guild Show...won 2nd place
• Guild Challenge for show.."100 Years of Girls Scouting"...won top prize.
• Miniature log cabin for show...won 3rd place.
• Finished thread painting of tree...entered in show..no prize.
• Finished "An Unusual 4-Patch"...entered in show...no prize.
• Made a journal with felting on cover for the Felt For Peace project and mailed it off to my person in Greece.
• Participated in the 2012 Cotton Robin Challenge...loved it!
• Made Potato Baking Sacks for gifts.
• Participated in The Diva's weekly Zentangle challenge every week.
• Participated in the Bright Owl's Zendala weekly challenge.
• Survived some pretty heavy medical concerns with my buddy!
• Read too many books to list.
• Traveled to Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arkansas (twice).

2. Identify what I did not get finished!

• Started my "Unusual Lone Star" quilt for our bed.
• Have five of my Crone challenges to finish.
• Started to participate in a Color Challenge blog..got only half done.
• Started to participate in the Scrap Quilt Block Challenge...dropped out after three months.

3. Start a list for the new year:

• Do bi-monthly challenges with Art Quilters Around the World.
• Do monthly challenges with Beading Journal Blog.
• Participate in Cotton Robin-2013
• Finish the 12" block for Crones
• Finish the quilt for our bed.
• Make a quilt for the guest room bed.
• Keep a journal for the year/ do more mixed media experiments.
• Finish the Color Challenge of the month blocks and make something with them.
• Continue with the Crones' Challenges for the new year.

4. And lastly, share my accomplishments with others.

• Am working on my first Art Quilters' challenge-self portrait.  Follow our blog.
• Have started preparing for my journal writing using my new book "365 Days..."