{"id":21476,"date":"2014-12-31T06:22:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T13:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=21476"},"modified":"2016-06-28T15:12:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T22:12:24","slug":"2014-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/2014-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, another year has past. Shocking how quickly it zoomed past. I am sad to see 2014 go as, in a lot of ways, it was a good year. Unexpected, but good. Last January 1, I was sitting at home recovering from a fun night out with <a href=\"http:\/\/highfibercontent.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Friend Julie<\/a> and her fabulous husband. this year I am anticipating another night out with Julie and her husband. Yes, I am a creature of habit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blog posts<\/strong>: 376 (Nota bene: that is <em>free<\/em> content for you!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blocks<\/strong> (blocks for someone else&#8217;s project)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/pastel-scrapitude\/\" target=\"_blank\">pastel Scrapitude<\/a> blocks for a lovey for <a href=\"http:\/\/theoffkilterquilt.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Frances<\/a><\/li>\n<li>3 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/disappearing-four-patch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Four patch blocks<\/a> for a lovey for Terje<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Blue and White for Daisy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/blue-and-white-for-daisy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue blocks for a lovey<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/ldq.outlandishthreads.com\" target=\"_blank\">Daisy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Group Projects<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/more-round-robin-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kathleen&#8217;s Round Robin border<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/round-robin-round-four-complete\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kelly&#8217;s Round Robin border<\/a> &#8211; finished: 1\/1\/2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Small Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amanda Jane Cafe Apron: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/cafe-apron\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bright<\/a> &#8211; finished 6\/14-15\/2014<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Jane Cafe Apron: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/cafe-apron\/http:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\">Little Bl<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/more-round-robin-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\">ack Dress &#8211; finished 6\/14-15\/2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/more-round-robin-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda Jane Cafe Apron: Little Black Dress 2 &#8211; finished 6\/14-15\/2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Amanda Jane Cafe Apron &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/another-cafe-apron\/\" target=\"_blank\">Band<\/a> &#8211; finished 11\/9\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/more-round-robin-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Tree Journal Cover &#8211; finished 10\/2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/more-round-robin-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas Pillowcases (Round 1) &#8211; finished 6\/13\/2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Church Ladies Apron\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/church-ladies-apron\/\" target=\"_blank\">Church Ladies Apron<\/a> &#8211; finished 10\/22\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/gift-needle-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte&#8217;s Needle Case<\/a> (gift) &#8211; finished 2\/2\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/meet-henry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Henry the Owl<\/a> (gift) &#8211; finished 4\/14\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Meet Henry 2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/meet-henry-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Henry the Owl<\/a> 2 (gift) &#8211; finished<\/li>\n<li>Jeni Baker Drawstring Project Bag (Travel fabric) &#8211; finished 12\/7\/2014<\/li>\n<li>Jeni Baker Drawstring Project Bag (Cosmo Cricket fabric) &#8211; finished 12\/7\/2014<\/li>\n<li>Orphan block <a title=\"Orphan Block Lanyard\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/orphan-block-lanyard\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lanyard<\/a> &#8211; finished 7\/13\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/paris-pillowcases\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paris Pillowcases<\/a> (gift) -finished 5\/30\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Pink Rose Journal Cover\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/pink-rose-journal-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pink Rose Journal Cover<\/a> &#8211; finished 8\/27\/2014<\/li>\n<li>Purple Chair Tissue Holder &#8211; finished 12\/27\/2014<\/li>\n<li>Purple Chair Needlecase &#8211; finished 12\/27\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/receiving-blankets-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Receiving Blankets<\/a> (gift) &#8211; finished 8\/10\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Scissor Sheath\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/scissor-sheath\/\">Scissor Sheath<\/a> &#8211; finished 7\/13\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/finished-scrap-lab-backpack\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrap Lab Backpack<\/a> (gift) &#8211; finished 3\/16\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/more-round-robin-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tea towel pillow &#8211; finished: <\/a>1\/1\/2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Doing Good Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/cat-beds-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">3 Cat Beds<\/a> (2 Owls and 1 Teapot cat bed)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Color Group Donation Quilt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/color-group-donation-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Group Donation Quilt<\/a> binding<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Finished: Green T Quilt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/finished-green-t-quilt\/\">Green T Donation Quilt: Finished<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/nsgw-pillows-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">Native Sons Pillows (4)<\/a> &#8211; finished May 17, 2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/finished-nsgw-pillows\/\" target=\"_blank\">Native Sons Pillows (3)<\/a> &#8211; finished July 3, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Vivid Orange Cat Bed<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/opportunity-blocks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Opportunity Blocks<\/a> &#8211; finished December 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quilts<\/strong><br \/>\nDefinitely another respectable showing in the quilt department<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Disappearing Pinwheel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-2014\/disappearing-pinwheel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Disappearing Pinwheel<\/a>: finished May <a title=\"Finished: Green T Quilt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/finished-green-t-quilt\/\">30, 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Finished: Green T Quilt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/finished-green-t-quilt\/\">Fabric of the Year 2012 -finished 4\/24\/2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Finished: Green T Quilt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/finished-green-t-quilt\/\">Flower Sugar Hexagon: finished 7\/1\/2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fresh Fruit: Finished May 3\/3\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Finished: Infinity Quilt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/finished-infinity-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Infinity Quilt<\/a> &#8211; finished 3\/14\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/finished-scrapitude\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrapitude<\/a> &#8211; finished 6\/3\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/finished-see\/\" target=\"_blank\">See<\/a>: Finished 8\/11\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/finished-spiderweb\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spiderweb<\/a> &#8211; finished 2\/26\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/finished-star-sampler\/http:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\">Star Sampler<\/a> &#8211; finished 7\/3\/2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/finished-wonky-9-patch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wonky Nine Patch<\/a> &#8211; finished 9\/6\/2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Undone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I really wanted to make <a title=\"Christmas Pillowcase Project Round 1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/christmas-pillowcases-1\/\">Christmas pillowcases<\/a> for the nieces and nephews and that just didn&#8217;t happen. I will work on it for next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, another year has past. Shocking how quickly it zoomed past. I am sad to see 2014 go as, in a lot of ways, it was a good year. Unexpected, but good. Last January 1, I was sitting at home recovering from a fun night out with Friend Julie and her fabulous husband. this year &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/2014-year-in-review\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2014 Year in Review&#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":[381],"tags":[339,133],"class_list":["post-21476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-381","tag-roundup","tag-year-in-review"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21476","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=21476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}