Saturday, December 31, 2016

Year in Review and Planning for 2017

I have this problem about not blogging in November and December every year!  I think that the issue is that I am busy making gifts and I don't want to post them online for the recipient to see, as well as being busy with the whole holiday season.

Anyway, now I am back and ready to make some quilty goals for 2017, but first let's see how I did with last year's goals.

Goals for 2016:
1. Go see my two quilts hanging at Quiltcon (!) in Pasadena and enjoy the workshops and lectures I am attending with my sister
This was so fun!  I blogged about it here, here, and here.

2. Enter quilts in shows and not worry about rejections
I entered 5 quilts in shows, they all got rejected, and that's ok :)

3. Learn how to write patterns more professionally and apply it to new patterns
Hmm, still need to work on this one

4. Sell some patterns!
See above

5. Grow my Etsy store
I made a couple hundred dollars from my Etsy store this year and am considering that a success

6. Grow my blog following 
Still working on this

7. Blog more! 
See above

8. Quilt!!!
Done!

Goals for 2017:
1. Participate in Alison Glass link up at Quilting Jetgirl with my Alison Glass charm swap fabrics
2. Finish quilting my Summer Solstice QAL quilt
3. Work more on patterns, writing them more professionally and trying to sell them
4. Continue to sell in my Etsy store
5. Try out improvisational piecing and make a quilt out of it (I have been wanting to do this for a while)
6. Continue to grow my piecing and quilting skills
7. Try to write some tutorials to grow traffic to my blog
8. Have fun and enjoy sewing :)

I am linking up with the Quilting Jetgirl 2017 Planning Party!

2017 Planning Party