End of 2024 Reflections

As I sit here in Florida reflecting on this year and quilting, I’m conflicted.

I do think I had a lot of fun quilting this year, and for that I am grateful.

How did I do on my list of goals?

I met some of them and didn’t some of them.

I’m not even sure I’m going to set goals for 2025 at least until I get back to Poland, which is scheduled for May. Until then my life will be in such a super flexible mode that it will only frustrate me to try to be making specific goals since I don’t know how much travel we will be doing and what kind of things I can do on the road.

But let’s review what I did do.

My goals -

  1. Finish 120 charity quilts. Done. Yeah!!!

  2. Finish 50 quilts or get caught up. I got within about 15 of being caught up completely. I did not meet the goal, but am okay with what I did get finished.

  3. Write up 2 patterns a month for a total of 24 patterns. I finished up 22 patterns which is 2 shy of my goal so I did not reach this goal. I did ok considering how crazy the year 2024 has been for me.

  4. (Finish) Piece 10 quilts from my 2.5” strips and squares. I finished 22:

    Scrappy Islands, Big Quad, Quadrangle, Pinwheels on Display, Drama King, Blue and Tan Stars, Sweet Houses, Deluxe Checkerboards, All In, Double Irish Chain in blue and white, A Simple Nine Patch, Single Irish Chain, Around the World Minis version 2, Single Irish chain in reds/creams, Shadows, Vintage Chain Special, Around the World Minis Version 1, Simply Sashed Nine Patches, Blazing Stars, Candy Chains, Tropical Checkerboards, and Streaky. So, I did make this goal.

  5. Give away or sell 10 more quilts than I make in 2024. I did not do that.

    I did not bring my list of quilts I made in 2024 with me and it is sitting on my computer in Poland. I do not have a finished total from 2024. That I will have to do at a different time. I actually don’t count them as finished until the pattern is written and/or it is put on the blog and shown. I did finish a lot of quilts in the last few weeks of the year before we came to Florida. I just know I didn’t give away this many personal quilts. I will have to rectify this in 2025.

  6. Get the long arm working with digital. I did not do that. I believe I need a new regulator or something so I will be looking into getting a new one before going back.

And there you are.

I will take off 2025 from goal setting with relation to quilting. That doesn’t mean I won’t do anything, but I simply don’t know where to go with my goals, so I’ll take that kind of pressure off myself. :)

Thanks so much for coming along with me on this journey!

Have a great day wherever you are reading this.

Becky Petersen6 Comments