Can you believe that 2011 is almost over? I certainly can’t. Writing my WIP Wednesday posts has inspired me to make a list of what I’d like to sew next year. There are a lot more projects on my wish list, but I know I’ll never have time to make them all, so these are the ones that I want to do the most. Many of these projects are already started and on my WIP Wednesday posts, so the list really isn’t as long as it looks. I hope. Haha!
Quilts
- Farmer’s Wife quilt-along
- Starry Eyed Quilt
- Snapshots Quilt
- Drunkard’s Path
- String stash-buster quilt
- Swoon Quilt (Hyperreal)
- Christmas quilt, pattern undecided (Flurry)
- Dresden plate quilt (may turn into a pillow or mini quilt instead of full quilt)
- Retro Flowers Quilt
- Craftsy Block of the Month Quilt
- Half-Square Triangle Block of the Month Quilt
- Sparkle Punch Quilt
- Oh My Stars! Quilt
Sewing
- Travel laundry bags
- Hoop travel bags (2), with the following for the front of each bag
- Paper-pieced hexagons
- Cross-stitch (Whistle While You Work, see below)
- Serger cover
- Weekender bag
- Christmas stockings, pattern undecided
- Project with selvages (spools or books maybe?)
- Amy Butler wide leg lounge pants (2)
Cross-stitch
- Wizard
- The Cottage monthly stitch-along
- Dessert of the Month Club
- Whistle While You Work
- Lizzie Kate Seasons Alphabets (Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter)
Embroidery
- Take A Stitch Tuesday weekly stitch-along
- Flower sampler
- Daisychain ABC Sampler
- Make It Do
Community
- Participate in a quilting bee – Imagine group at do. Good Stitches
- Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, March 9-11
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, November 1-4
- Sewing Summit, Salt Lake City, October 11-13 (if money and time off allow)
Also in my plans for the beginning of next year is a fabric diet. I have all of the fabric and patterns (minus the Retro Flower pattern) for everything above, minus possibly a few backings. So with the exception of backing and sashing fabric when absolutely necessary, some Flea Market Fancy when it comes out, and a possibly little shopping at the Dallas Quilt Celebration, I won’t be buying any new fabric for the first three months of the year. If I find something I want, I’ll add it to my wish list and see if I still want it when the diet is over. And if all of those exceptions line up in March, I’ll move month three of the diet to April instead so that I really have three entire months with no fabric shopping. I have more than enough fabric to keep me occupied until then!