Happy December!
This year, I want to spend time with the people that are important to me and to enjoy the holidays. I started by texting the people I rarely see to schedule time. Those are the most important because if we don’t put it on the calendar, it will not happen.
In terms of my crafty life, I do not have a lot of goals.
Goal #1 – finish Jacob’s Weasley Sweater. I have to finish the sleeves, mattress stitch the open sides, knit the collar and weave in the ends. My goal is to have these done by Christmas so we can get our annual Christmas picture done with him in the sweater.
Goal #2 – 2 columns on Mama’s Bukid. I’m on track to get this finished in February as my goal is to get 2 columns done each month. (Yes, I only have 6 columns left to do!)
That’s all my must do goals for this month. Everything else is pure enjoyment. And over the last couple of years, the way I do goals have changed. Before I used to have annual goals, that I would then break down to monthly goals and then weekly goals. And every week and month I would document what my goals were, where I was with each thing and what I planned to do the following week or month. It was helpful until I started spending more time stitching and then knitting. As I did more and more crafts I didn’t see the same kind of progress that I used to have. Now I devote time to each craft and however much I do is how much I get done. Unless I have a deadline for something, I do not set goals to getting things done. I set a queue of things and I have priority projects in each craft and I work on things as I need to.
So for December, here is what I plan to work on:
Quilting – Good Fortune. I have the inner top put together. I just need to put the borders together and then this top is done! I am not playing with Bonnie’s Mystery Quilt this year. I realize this past year I have a ton of mystery quilts that I have on the go and I’m a bit tired of them. So I’m pulling her instructions each week to do at some point later on.
Sewing – I’m taking a sewing class right now and I’m working on garment sewing. I just started and will update you as I go along.
That’s it. I’ll post more about what my thoughts on my upcoming goal and plans for 2020 later this month.
~Happy crafting!
~Melanie