HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

I didn't find the missing photo of the Christmas Fairy Steps quilt so I took this one.

I have spent some spare moments over the last few days browsing around in the blogging world and looking at lots of fabulous finished projects which have been completed by some wonderful stitchers from all over the world during the last year.  You will be pleased to hear I am not going to list each of my finishes nor am I going to tell you all about resolutions or achieving goals for 2014.  If you have been following along you will have seen all my quilts as the were completed and you will find them on my gallery page.  

Last year although a tough one and very challenging for me saw me produce more quilts than in any other year on my quilting journey. Perhaps this was because I did have a target.  I was making lap quilts for Alzheimer's Scotland until June for the culmination of the Hampden Park project.   A mammoth challenge undertaken by Ann Hill of Dumfries to cover our national football stadium with 5000 quilts.  My charity of choice since June and going forward is Marie Curie Cancer Care hopefully raising awareness of the work of their nurses and raising well needed funds to allow them to care for terminally ill patients in their own home.

I am taking this year a day at a time, no goals, no preconceived ideas of fulfilling many unattainable goals.  Instead, as far as my quilting goes, I will delve into two newly sorted boxes of smallish pieces of fabrics, bigger than scraps but generally half metre and less, pull some fabrics and cut and sew and see what the outcome is. Wish me luck!  This is what I have achieved so far since the turn of the year with fabrics from the newly formed boxes of pieces.

 

I have now opened my online Etsy Shop to reach out to the wider audience on the web.  To showcase some of my fundraising quilts and when they sell, the charity will benefit.  I will be updating this gradually over the next few weeks so please keep checking for updates and new photos.

I hope you are all getting back to your own routines after the holiday and looking forward to better weather, longer days and plenty new and exciting sewing projects.

 

Very best wishes for a happy and healthy 2014