My Plans for January

A new year means a fresh slate and time to make plans for the month.

RAINBOW SCRAP CHALLENGE

The obvious one to start with is the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  The colour nominated for January is blue.  At this stage I have no idea what I will work on, but it will be fun having a look around the interweb for inspiration.  There will be something to share by the end of the month.

MY MAIN MONTHLY GOAL

My main goal for this month was to have the Wensleydale Quilt blocks joined into a quilt top.  Well, that has now been amended to having the quilt completed.  Yes, that means quilting it on Elly May.  I want this quilt to look nice, and I still have very little experience with the new set up, so some practise is required first.

Having said that, if I don’t feel confident enough with how it will turn out, I will be happy with having the quilt top put together.

USING ELLY MAY

I have three quilts that I want to quilt before attempting to quilt the Wensleydale Quilt.  They are:

The Secret Garden Quilt that I pieced at Scrub Stitchin’ last year.

The Five and Dime Quilt that I started to piece at Scrub Stitchin’ last year.  Before this can be quilted I have to finish piecing the top.  That won’t take long.  I will put it up on the Design Curtain while it is still there to see where I’m up to.

The William Morris Quilt that I pieced at Scrub Stitchin’ in 2022.

That should take care of the quilting and work on the sewing machine, but what will I take to my stitching days?

Hopefully, the William Morris and Wensleydale Quilts will be at the stage of needing the binding stitched down by hand.  (The others will be by machine.)

I have quite a few Christmas project kits that have been hanging around for several years.  I would like to work on some of those and they will be ideal to take to stitching days, as some have quite a bit of hand stitching.

KNITTING OR CROCHET

I would like to have one knitting or crochet project on the go, but no more than one.  At the moment the only one on the go is the Spiked Granny Square Rug that I started back in 2024.  All the squares were made and crocheted together, only to find that they wouldn’t sit flat, so I separated them all again.  I have been putting off the rejoining of them, so I think this should be the month to do that, so I can start another project guilt free.  Wish me luck.

15 MINUTES A DAY

Let’s see if I can manage something every day this month, as our calendar is fairly free and I feel inspired with all my grand plans.

NON STITCHING GOALS

There aren’t many.

1. Try a new recipe.

2. Read a book.  I have one half read.  It shouldn’t take too long to finish.

3. Have a fun day out.

4. Finish my jigsaw.  I seem to have been distracted with other things.  It will be good to get it completed and be able to reclaim the dining table.

Fortunately, our calendar is fairly free this month, so there may be a hope of achieving the above.  I will give it a good shot, anyway.