{"id":69280,"date":"2026-01-31T07:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=69280"},"modified":"2026-01-31T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:52:59","slug":"26-projects-january-2026-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/26-projects-january-2026-1\/","title":{"rendered":"26 Projects January 2026 #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Finished January 2026 Quilt Projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-69280 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/26-projects-october-2025-10\/20251011_130354_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251011_130354_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Handbag Sampler - ready for binding\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-68353\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-68353'>\n\t\t\t\tHandbag Sampler &#8211; ready for binding\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/finished-gelato-2\/20260130_101219_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260130_101219_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Gelato #2 - finished\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69561\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69561'>\n\t\t\t\tGelato #2 &#8211; finished\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/finished-triumphant\/20260130_101125_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260130_101125_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Triumphant - finished\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69560\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69560'>\n\t\t\t\tTriumphant &#8211; finished\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>-&gt;Finished 2026 Quilt Projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-69280 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/26-projects-october-2025-10\/20251011_130354_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251011_130354_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Handbag Sampler - ready for binding\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-68353\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-68353'>\n\t\t\t\tHandbag Sampler &#8211; ready for binding\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/finished-gelato-2\/20260130_101219_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260130_101219_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Gelato #2 - finished\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-69561\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-69561'>\n\t\t\t\tGelato #2 &#8211; finished\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/finished-triumphant\/20260130_101125_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260130_101125_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Triumphant - finished\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-69560\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-69560'>\n\t\t\t\tTriumphant &#8211; finished\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>Finished January 2026 Bags and Small Projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-69280 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/dianas-enigma\/20260114_114434_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260114_114434_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Diana&#039;s Enigma -open\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-69433\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-69433'>\n\t\t\t\tDiana&#8217;s Enigma -open\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/26-projects-january-2026-1\/20260119_165403_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260119_165403_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Michaela&#039;s Christmas pillowcase\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-69543\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-69543'>\n\t\t\t\tMichaela&#8217;s Christmas pillowcase\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>-&gt;<\/strong><strong>Finished 2026 <\/strong><strong>Bags and Small Projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-69280 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/all-the-enigmas\/20260114_114335_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260114_114335_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Diana&#039;s Enigma\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-69394\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-69394'>\n\t\t\t\tDiana&#8217;s Enigma\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/26-projects-january-2026-1\/20260119_165403_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260119_165403_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Michaela&#039;s Christmas pillowcase\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-69543\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-69543'>\n\t\t\t\tMichaela&#8217;s Christmas pillowcase\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>Projects Ready for Quilting \/ In the Quilting Process<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-69280 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/patchwork-palooza-top-complete\/20260110_175351_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260110_175351_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Patchwork Palooza top done\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-69376\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-69376'>\n\t\t\t\tPatchwork Palooza top done\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/old-town-top-complete\/20250524_172802_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250524_172802_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Old Town top complete\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-66645\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-66645'>\n\t\t\t\tOld Town top complete\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>Projects In the Finishing Process<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>None at this time.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>All the WIPs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>WIPs are projects on which I am working. This means that I am past the cutting out of pieces stage,&nbsp; some sewing has taken place.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/more-on-the-sad-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Country Revival<\/a> \u2013 I am well into piecing. I have done some trimming and have Flower #3 sewn together. Flower #4 is the next to cut.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/four-patch-fun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Four Patch Fun<\/a> \u2013 making blocks as leaders and enders<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/la-pass-border-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Passacaglia<\/a> \u2013 I decided to change the border, which means moving a couple of the rosettes. Daunting so I haven&#8217;t worked on it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/good-charisma-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pandora Charisma bag<\/a> &#8211; in process<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/pantone-going-somewhere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pantone Project<\/a> \u2013 it has been more than a year (where does time go?) since I worked on this. I need to get back to it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Cut Out &amp; Stopped<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/more-about-the-eppic-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPPic<\/a> \u2013 This is all cut out and I have made tiny steps towards starting<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/starting-another-cell-phone-wallet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris Cell Phone Wallet<\/a> &#8211; This is all cut out and really a small, quick project that shouldn&#8217;t be on my list this long.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/rose-petrillo-returns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rose Petrillo bag<\/a> \u2013 I found the pieces for this bag cut out, but not sewn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Still UFOs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I still have UFOs. Who doesn\u2019t, after all? A project in the \u2018UFO\u2019 category means I am stalled, it hasn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<p>I am annoyed that some of these are still UFOs. This is the year to fish or cut bait: some of these will be tossed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Portrait.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Self Portrait<\/a>: started in 2006 at a <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/pamelala-teaches-at-quilting-adventures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">class at Quilting Adventures<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/whats-your-oldest-ufo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my blog<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artquiltmaker\/status\/987744235699879942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">out into the Twitterverse<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddrquilter\/status\/987747460075458560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diane suggested that I not consider this as a self portrait<\/a>. I think that strategy is a great idea. I am now trying to think of a new persona for her.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/serendipity-lady\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Serendipity Lady<\/a> \u2013 I am still planning to take this piece to be framed. It might need a bit of quilting first.<\/li>\n<li>Fabric of the Year 2020<\/li>\n<li>Fabric of the Year 2021 \u2013 I may combine 2020 and 2021 into a COVID edition.<\/li>\n<li>Fabric of the Year 2022 \u2013 yes, I added this one to the list, but this is the last one I plan to do.<\/li>\n<li>Stay Tuned<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finished January 2026 Quilt Projects -&gt;Finished 2026 Quilt Projects Finished January 2026 Bags and Small Projects -&gt;Finished 2026 Bags and Small Projects Projects Ready for Quilting \/ In the Quilting Process Projects In the Finishing Process None at this time. All the WIPs WIPs are projects on which I am working. This means that I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/26-projects-january-2026-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;26 Projects January 2026 #1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":[558],"tags":[195],"class_list":["post-69280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-26-projects"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69280","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69280"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69564,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69280\/revisions\/69564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}