{"id":21195,"date":"2013-12-29T05:44:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T12:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=21195"},"modified":"2024-09-03T12:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:15:52","slug":"26-projects-list-december-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/26-projects-list-december-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"26 Projects List &#8211; December Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>I told you that I was thinking about changing the name of this post in the new year.&nbsp; I think it is a valuable post for me to write, so I have decided that I will continue, but will just change it somewhat. I will freshen it up a bit to reflect the progress I have made on the old projects and change the focus to WIPs rather than UFOs.<\/p>\n<p>12 quilts finished in 2013 is something of which to be proud, thanks to the 26 Projects post.<\/p>\n<p>Again I need to keep in mind that I need to focus my efforts on not filling up the list with UFOs again. I don\u2019t mind having a few projects going at once, but I continue to feel that I don\u2019t want stalled projects hanging around for years. I <em>really<\/em> don\u2019t. That is the key: I have to work on the projects. If I work on projects in which I am interested, I don\u2019t think I will let them languish for years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finished<\/strong> 2013 Projects:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/first-finish-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corner Store<\/a>: Finished on 1\/1\/2013 YAY!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/finished-the-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Garden<\/a>. Finished on 1\/5\/2013 YAY!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/finished-stepping-stones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stepping Stones<\/a>: Finished on 2\/14\/2013 YAY!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/finished-foty-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fabric of the Year 2011<\/a>: Finished on 2\/27\/2013 YAY<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/finished-calm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calm<\/a>: Finished on 3\/14\/2013 YAY!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/finished-a-b-c-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A-B-C Challenge<\/a>: Finished on 3\/31\/2013 YAY!<\/li>\n<li>Super Secret Project #1: Finished on June 13, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Super Secret Project #2: Finished on June 23, 2013<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/finished-sparkle-pink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sparkle Pink<\/a>: Finished on August 20, 2013<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/finished-swoon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swoon<\/a>: Finished on August 27, 2013<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/finished-original-bullseye\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Original Bullseye<\/a>: Finished on October 20, 2013<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/finished-t-shirt-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T-Shirt quilt<\/a>: Finished<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Other non-quilt Projects finished<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 donation <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/donation-pillowcases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pillowcases<\/a><\/li>\n<li>3 Gift Pillowcases<\/li>\n<li>2 fabric handbags\/project bags<\/li>\n<li>6 cat beds<\/li>\n<li>12 napkins<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/finished-petrillo-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Petrillo Bag<\/a>*: Finished on May 5, 2013 YAY!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/needle-case-secret-santa-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Needlcase<\/a> for BAMQG Secret Santa gift<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/second-needle-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Needlecases for BAMQG<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shopping bag for BAMQG<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/secret-santa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shopping bag<\/a> for BAMQG Secret Santa gift<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Still WIPs<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21702\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WIPsCollageJan2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WIPsCollageJan2014-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"WIPs Collage Jan 2014\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WIPsCollageJan2014-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WIPsCollageJan2014.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WIPs Collage Jan 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/2011\/07\/sampler-quilt-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aqua-Red Sampler<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/theoffkilterquilt.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frances<\/a> and I are stalled. She has a lot going on, but I hope we will get back to it. I am thinking about the next tutorial regardless.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/2010\/06\/basting-quilting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tarts Come to Tea<\/a>: I still haven\u2019t worked on this since April 2011, though, periodically, I <em>think<\/em> about working on it.<\/li>\n<li>Pointillist Palette #4: Fourth is a series of 6 quilts; needs tiny square patches sewn together. I still haven\u2019t worked on this, though, every once in a while I think about using some of the squares as leaders and enders.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-2014\/see\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See<\/a>: needs satin stitching. Small, also a possibility for finishing before the end of the year, though with all the cutting I have done recently, perhaps not so much.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Portrait.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Self Portrait<\/a>: started in 2006 at a <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/pamelala-teaches-at-quilting-adventures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">class at Quilting Adventures<\/a> in Richmond, Virginia. I like the piece, but don\u2019t know where to go from where I am. Mouth? Hair? The attitude I need to have is that I can\u2019t ruin it; there is always more fabric. Possibility for abandonment.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/pamela-cqfa-2\/pict3895sm1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Under the Sea<\/a>: class project; like the design, but not the colors much. Possibility for abandonment. I have to face reality.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hexies-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flower Sugar Hexagon<\/a>: This piece is up on the design wall and I have sewed a few more hexagons together, but haven\u2019t made significant progress despite looking at it all the time. I am beginning to think I should have added fabrics from different lines to this piece.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Ready for Quilting<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Again, I don\u2019t have anything ready to take to my quilter. The machine being in the shop has put a cramp in my style this month. Sigh.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/from-zeus-athena\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New:*&nbsp;Wonky 9 Patch<\/a>: needs quilting and binding. I am still thinking about quilting this myself and I am thinking about it more and more. I am wondering how far apart I can quilt it so that it has some drape. (Not on original list)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/last-of-the-infinity-blocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Infinity blocks<\/a>: blocks sewn together into a quilt top, borders on. Back and binding made; at the quilter.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-2014\/spiderweb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spiderweb<\/a>: Top is together, binding is made. This is at the quilter.<\/li>\n<li>New:* <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/foty-2012-emerges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOTY 2012<\/a>: top, finished. Back and binding are complete; at the quilter.<\/li>\n<li>New:*<a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/section-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Sampler<\/a>: Top finished, back and binding finished; at the quilter. (not on original list)<\/li>\n<li>New:*<a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/fresh-fruit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fresh Fruit<\/a>: Top finished, back and binding finished; at the quilter. (not on original list)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please note that even if you combine the two lists above, I do not have 26 projects on this list anymore. This is true even though I keep starting new projects. I am thrilled that I have made progress!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Finishing Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/original-bullseye-top\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Original Bullseye<\/a>: Sleeve made. still working on the hand sewing. I have been embellishing Christmas stockings instead of sewing on the sleeve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Process<\/strong><br \/>\nI decided that I had better put in an \u2018In Process\u2019 category. The difference, at least in my mind, between \u2018In Process\u2019 and \u2018UFO\u2019 is that I am actively working on something In Process.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/russian-rubix-test-blocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian Rubix<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/scrapitude-triangles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scrapitude<\/a> Mystery Quilt<\/li>\n<li>Super Secret Project #4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hunting and Gathering<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/hooked-on-hexagons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spin Wheel<\/a>: really not started, but supplies gathered. I probably have enough fabrics and just need to decide to start.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/windmill-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windmill<\/a> quilt: Still hunting and gathering. Need to find a background, because if we use the cut fabrics, the pattern will be lost. The pieces are too oddly shaped to lose the pattern in a mass of scraps.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/stepping-stones-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stepping Stones #2<\/a> using Bonnie &amp; Camille fabrics Bliss, Ruby, Vintage Modern: made <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/stepping-stones-thoughts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two test blocks<\/a>, but still in the thinking stage while I decide on the background colors. I want the contrast to be good.<\/li>\n<li>Super Secret Project #3: working on color choices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Abandoned<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing so far for 2013<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"26 Projects \u2013 November Update\" href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/26-projects-list-november-2013-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Last update <\/a>for the 26 Projects List. Read it. There\u2019s some interesting stuff there.<\/p>\n<p>I thought you might want to take a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/26-projects-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first list<\/a> I made, the one with the 26 Projects. I started the list in October 2011. I have made progress. I plan to stop this post when I have no more projects from the original list to write about. I wonder when that will be?<\/p>\n<p>*New \u2013 Project started after I started working on the 26 Projects list<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I told you that I was thinking about changing the name of this post in the new year.&nbsp; I think it is a valuable post for me to write, so I have decided that I will continue, but will just change it somewhat. I will freshen it up a bit to reflect the progress I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/26-projects-list-december-update-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;26 Projects List &#8211; December Update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[195,362],"class_list":["post-21195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-402","tag-26-projects","tag-works-in-progress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21195"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63921,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21195\/revisions\/63921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}