Naturally the first quilt I finished this year was one that was on my list of secondary goals. This is the Rock Star quilt pattern, and it came together quite quickly. Most of the fabric was already in my stash, though the green was a fairly recent acquisition as a potential option for the cherry quilt.
In 2024, I completed five quilts, a record not seen since 2018. I started doing quilt goals in 2016, but I haven't done any since 2021. I didn't complete any quilts in 2021 or 2022. However, it's nice to be able to track how long some ideas take to complete.
This year, I've decided to break the goals into two categories: Achievable, meaning I have formulated at least a rough plan, and Aspirational, meaning I do not yet have an actual plan.
Achievable
Goal 1: Purple and orange butterflies
After making some bags, I have about half a yard of this fabric. Naturally, I decided I would try to make an entire quilt of out it. I initially hoped to make at least the top out of fabrics in my stash, but that is probably not realistic if I want the purples and oranges to actually coordinate.
Goal 2: Christmas gnome and tree quilt
I have so. much. Christmas fabric! What did I ever think I was going to do with all of it? I realized I didn't want a red and green quilt that I wouldn't want to use most of the year, so I decided on a low volume quilt. This fabric will be interspersed with blocks of green triangle trees (to mimic the trees in the print) with white backgrounds.
Goal 3: Rainbow quilt
This fabric first showed up as a quilt goal in 2019, which means I've had it since at least 2018. I have four fat quarters, which has made it tricky to find a good design for it. But I keep trying!
Aspirational
Goal 4: Christmas reindeer
I might be able to pull off another fairly low volume quilt with gold accented fabrics. I might even have a design that would work well, once I get around to doing the calculations.
Goal 5: Christmas penguins
I love this fabric! I have used it for ornaments, a bag, and a stocking, so there's not much left. This would not be a low volume quilt; it would probably end up being a very red and green quilt.
I found this glass terrarium on clearance last year but didn't find the right inspiration for it. I'd picked up quite an assortment of odds and ends, including these gnomes, but nothing was coming together. Once a mail scene occurred to me, I knew that was the right theme. I was hoping to find a doll house mailbox, but the one at Hobby Lobby was too large, as the terrarium is only about 3.5" tall. I made the mail box out of cardboard. I was going to make tiny mail, but I found the mail in the doll house accessories while looking for a mail box.
When I found this octopus key chain at Hobby Lobby, I was planning to give to gift it as a key chain, but then it occurred to me that I could dress it up for Christmas and turn it into an ornament. Initially I thought about putting a Santa hat on it, but it has a big head, and the key chain part didn't help. I am very pleased with the results. It is about 3.5" wide.
After I decided to make a doll quilt for my cousin's daughter, I realized I need to make her a purse too, so of course I made my favorite purse pattern! The quilt fits inside perfectly. It would have been great it the purse matched the bag, but I didn't have enough of the quilt fabric for both projects, and I'd already used that fabric for a purse anyway. This fabric was leftover from making some pillow covers for my sister. I would have used it for the quilt if I'd had enough coordinating fabrics. The purse is lined with a light yellow fabric I used to supplement the back of the cherry quilt.
