2023 blog posts: 358
2023 fabric used: 58.63 (30% used for Charity) – I can really believe I have made all the items listed below with 25 yards of fabric! It really doesn’t take much fabric to make a quilt.
To compare, take a look at the 2022 Year in Review post.
Finished 2023 Quilt Projects
I seem to be finishing four – six quilt projects per year. Four of the projects below were long time residents of my 26 projects list. I am pleased to have them finished.
- BAMaQG IRR
- The Lobster tablerunner
- Orange You Glad
- Pointillist Palette #4
- The Tarts Come to Tea
Finished (for me!) Donation Quilts
As you know, I don’t quilt much and I enjoy the collaborative effort of making a top and allowing someone else to quilt it. Thus, the quilts below are mostly tops, but I have included the finished quilt once someone else finishes it for the group.
I never seem to make as many tops as I think I should. These are pretty nice tops, though, and I am pleased to say that I usually have a donation top, or some blocks, under the needle.
It would be great if I was able to make one more donation top before the end of the year. 12 quilt tops = 1 top per month, though I didn’t make all of them this year. Regardless, the blog symmetry is good.
- Black Strip donation top – late December 2023
- Blue Strip #3 donation top
- Ends n.15 – late July 2023
- Ends n.16 – late July 2023
- Ends n.17 – late July 2023
- Friendship Star donation top – January 2023
- Pink Strip donation top – March 2023
- QST 16 Patch donation top – October 2023
- QST 16 Patch #2 donation top – November 2023
- Spiky 16 Patch #5 – June 2023
Finished Bags and Small Projects
This category covers bags, toys, aprons and knitting as well as other non-quilt projects.
It was definitely the year of the Hackneys. I kept making that bag and am not sure I am finished with the pattern yet.
- 2-in-1 Case
- Bristol Pouch
- Chrysanthemum version
- EPP Balls
- Enigma Bag
- Gift Bags
- Cake stand gift bag
- Pirate Treasure gift bag
- Cat with reindeer horns gift bag
- Christmas mail gift bag
- Gingerbread house gift bag
- Snowglobe gift bag
- Goldenrod Book cover
- Hackney pouch
- Amanda’s Hackney
- Brown Stitch Hackney
- Color Wheel Hackney
- Color Wheel Hackney #2
- Coneflower#2 Hackney
- Couch Hackney
- Fish Hackney
- Hand Bone Hackney
- Mom’s Large Hackney
- Mom’s Small Hackney
- Sugar Skull Hackney
- Typewriter Hackney
- I Spy pouch
- AMH Coneflowers #7
- Blazing Star I Spy
- Cork I Spy medium #1
- Cork I Spy medium #2
- Cork I Spy large #1
- Grey Cross version
- Pink Batik
- Teacup I Spy
- Kit Supply Tote
- Color Wheel Kit Supply tote
- Paint Chips Kit Supply tote
- Knitting Needles Case #2
- La Passacaglia
- Napkins
- Pillowcases
- January pillowcases
- Valentine’s Day pillowcases
- St. Patrick’s Day
- Easter
- May the Fourth be with You pillowcases
- Fish pillowcases
- Pink Journal Cover
- Project Bags
- Gift #1: Purple Dot
- Gift #2: Sugar Skull #2
- Gift #3: Sugar Skull #3
- Ultimate Project Bag, Crafty Gemini
- Scissor Cozies
In Process or To Make
The ‘In Process’ is used to denote projects on which I am actively working or are on the design wall waiting for me to stitch. I am continuing to try not to put away projects, so that they stay off my UFO list. I find putting a project away ensures I never work on them. Out of sight out of mind, I guess.
Quilts (machine work)
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- Scrappy Celebration – making blocks
Quilts (Handwork)
I decided that some of my quilts are in a different class because they are hand piecing or embroidery or beading. They take longer. Thus I created a new category and have moved some projects here.
- La Passacaglia – The rosettes are all assembled. I am working on the border.
Ready for Quilting
In the Quilting Process
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- Nothing at the moment
In the Finishing Process
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- Nothing at the moment
- Retreat Organizer – another project from the Crafty Gemini Organizer Club, also on my list. I finally started it. I am determined to finish it soon, if for no other reason than to get it off my list.
- Rose Petrillo bag – I still have the pieces for this bag cut out, but have not started sewing.
- Superbloom tote using Hindsight fabric – Still not started, but higher up on my mental list. The fabric and supplies are still ready to go.
Still UFOs
I still have UFOs. Who doesn’t, after all? A project in the ‘UFO’ category means I am stalled, it hasn’t been worked on in awhile or it is waiting its turn to be worked on. The list is a lot shorter and the projects are newer, for the most part.
I am annoyed that some of these are still WIPs. I just need to work on them!
- Handbag Sampler – this is still the forgotten project. I found one block in the not-too-distant past, but otherwise I don’t actually know exactly where the blocks are hiding. I crawled up in the far reaches of my fabric closet to see if I could find them and they weren’t where I thought. I am sort of mystified as to where they could be. I haven’t even found a picture of all the blocks. WTH?
- Self Portrait: started in 2006 at a class at Quilting Adventures in Richmond, Virginia. After a brief burst of inspiration, I am stalled on this again. As one of my oldest (I am pretty sure) UFOs, I put it on my blog and out into the Twitterverse and Diane suggested that I not consider this as a self portrait. I think that strategy is a great idea. I am now trying to think of a new persona for her.
- Serendipity Lady – I am still planning to take this piece to be framed. It might need a bit of quilting first.
- Fabric of the Year 2020
- Fabric of the Year 2021 – I may combine 2020 and 2021 into a COVID edition.
- Fabric of the Year 2022 – yes, I added this one to the list, but this is the last one I plan to do.