First quarter of 2024…..

I started out this year by talking about some of my goals for 2024…..

More in 24!!!

Since the year is officially 1/4 finished, it is time to check out my progress.

Let’s start with a gold star…..

I have been keeping up with making one quilted mandala each month and am excited about the first three……

I was initially concerned about being able to come up 12 different ideas but now the designs are starting to flow freely!!

Now for a demerit…..

I had planned to spend 5 minutes each morning writing about my memories from childhood.

I did great on this until mid-March. Once we got back from our week in England, I started feeling pretty hectic about getting my work finished by April 15th, so this has pretty much gone the way of the Dodo.

But, I am planning to pick it back up again in the next week or so. It was fun to do and I really don’t want to lose the momentum.

Finally, there is my “taxing scrap” quilt. Again, I did great before we traveled, but I have found it increasingly hard to want to spend ANY time in my studio. I would much rather get stuck into my work each morning!

As I mentioned in my 2-month update, I am working to use up all of the 1.5-inch scrap squares and made a few blocks along those lines.

Here are few of the blocks that I have made…..

As you can see, my production speed has definitely slowed!!

One of my goals is to visit a museum, gallery or other display each month and that was certainly taken care of with my visit to the V&A Museum and Tate Modern Gallery in London.

SO…..where to next??

Tomorrow is the official end of tax season here in the US and I am relishing the prospect of being through with THAT part of my year. Of course, I have other non-tax work to do but it will be nice to concentrate more on accounting rather than taxation.

And, do I have goals in my studio?

YOU BET!!

In the next month, I plan to make my Cherrywood Challenge quilt. I have some fun ideas about it but won’t post for a while.

There is also a guild challenge that I am considering but will have to see how my time progresses.

I want to finish my “taxing scrap” quilt and use up all of those 6-inch squares that I have been toiling over.

I am looking forward to quilting this new quilt and also the “Rabbit Trail” quilt that I made back in February……

And, for the blog, we still have about 4 or 5 more QuiltCon categories to explore so there is lots more quilt candy to be enjoyed there.

How about you? How are your 2024 goals coming? Please let me know so that I can be encouraged along with you!!

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