Happy New Year to everyone! It's still January and we are still at the beginning...of the year. So, I am going to take some time now to make better use of my time all through the coming months..."planning makes possible". Surely we can get discouraged if we set some goals and don't make them, but if we don't make them, we most surely won't reach them. I tend to bite off more than I can chew and that usually results in choking. So, my first goal this year will be to keep my goals reasonable and attainable.
I have been suffering from Shingles since the week before Christmas and was told that it would be 5 weeks before I started feeling better and 6 wks was the normal duration if I did not end up with lasting nerve damage. So, blogging, or quilting for that matter, has not been on my list, managing my pain has been my focus for this whole illness. This is week 5 and I am finally beginning to feel less pain and able to put some attention to things I love.
My first goal for the year 2010 is to finish my Women of the Bible Quilt. I started it 2 yrs ago and the instructor/designer told me it took her 2 yrs to finish it, so I am not too terribly far behind. I will be showing you one finished block each week. There are 52 blocks - one for each week of the year and one woman's story. The colors could be anything we wanted or we could try to use colors that pertained to the story in some way. I have finished 17 blocks so that leaves me 35 to go. I have some 44 weeks left of the year so that leaves a few weeks for the border which has a vine and grape cluster applicque and at least get it ready to quilt. Most of my blocks have been hand pieced while we were traveling and I love that I will be able to continue to do that if we are away.
In this post I will again give you the web site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WomenoftheBibleQuilt/ for the quilt. It looks like they started in April or 2009 and will be done around that time this year - so if you are so inclined you can join in now near the end of last year's study and then just continue until you get to where you started this year. You can do the Bible Study right along with the other women from around the world that are involved. You can ask the question if you are interested, but I believe that each week is independent and doesn't build a whole lot on previous weeks. There were always people starting mid-year the other 2 yrs I did it. You can do only the quilt, only the study or both.
My second goal was to begin a quilting bee in my home for just an informal gathering of quilters looking for a place to work on their projects, chat and maybe even take field trips together, all the while learning from each other. We had our first gathering this month and will continue the second Tues. of each month this year. There were 4 of us and we had a great time of show & tell and getting to know each other. We bring our own sack lunch so we can work and eat and chat all at the same time.
My third goal is to continually find more ways for me and you to save time in our daily lives. Time to do what we need to do, what we love to do and maybe even time to help others. I have a passion for organization and time management and I want to develope that efficiency for the improvement of our lives. I'll be working on that and sharing as we go thru the year.
As always....make every moment count!
Wendy
