A paper pieced snowman

                                           One of the New Year's projects has begun . . . 

The blocks for this little vertical banner are paper pieced, and I started with the easiest one - the snowman.  The sections are ready to sew together.  The other 2 blocks are paper pieced snowflakes with a ton of pieces in each.  I'll work on this again today. 

Yesterday morning while enjoying my first cup of coffee I worked on my annual UFO challenge list/spreadsheet.  It's not complete quite yet, but I do have the highest priority items on it.  For every month, I list 3 things - a high priority project, another UFO from the closet, and a PIG that is usually still a kit.  This year I'm actually starting the year with #1 on the list - which is the Jackrabbit Stars quilt.  I don't expect to finish it in January, but I hope to have it cut out and maybe started.  The secondary project on the January list will be a flimsy to be selected yet.  And the PIG for January is the snowman mini banner (started).