Contemplating goals

My regular readers know I'm a list maker and spreadsheet keeper.  Well, realistically there are too many items on my list to all be on a reasonable goal list.  So I'm trying to pare things down a bit.

January goals . . . see what I mean?  Way too many things on this list. 

* Finish final 4 blocks for 2024 Saturday Sampler
* Choose fabrics for new 2025 Saturday Sampler
* Choose fabrics for the Riley Blake Design (RBD) Challenge
* Make January paper pieced block for Circle of Friends
* Make extra blocks for batik Hunter's Star
* Finish hand quilting Guild Swap Stars
* Finish binding Star of Wonder (Christmas wall hanging)
* Bind Scrappy Kitties quilt
* Blanket stitch pink Cat applique block
* make lots of scrappy pink blocks for Rainbow Scrap Challenge 

Getting a start with pink

I'm tickled pink to begin 2025 using my pink scraps.  Although the first finish wasn't technically made from scraps. 

The Hemingway Pouch is much easier to make than it actually looks.  The hardest part was getting the zipper pull connected to both sides of the zipper.  I bought that floral fat quarter with this bag in mind, and the inside is a hot pink.  The small one is actually made from the part that was cut off the big one to make that angled zipper.  This was my PIG for January, and I can check it off.  Yay!

There is a plan floating around in my head that is not fully developed.  But the first step in that plan was to choose some scraps of pink to create this cat applique.  Once I have this further along I'll share some pattern info with you all.  But I just had to PLAY yesterday, and this is what happened.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!!  

Are you working on any projects on this first day of 2025?  A new project or finishing a UFO or WIP? 

My focus yesterday was to finish up a couple small projects that were lingering, and in danger of becoming UFOs.  The mini Snowflake quilt is now in the hanger on the fireplace hearth for the month of January.  This one took longer that I expected, but I like the result.  It's a paper pieced project from Shabby Fabrics.  The other little quilt is another of the doll quilts that needed quilting and binding.  Also done but still needs a stuffed animal to go with it!

Today I'm hoping to attach the binding on this Christmas wall hanging that just came back from the quilter.  It was a fall project and will be ready for next Christmas.  And I will prep the binding for the first bigger UFO of 2025.