2025. Hmmmm.... I remember as a kid, completing Year 11 in 1985, wondering in a conversation with my best friends, what I would be doing in the "next century". And, now, here we are, a quarter of the way through that 'next century'!!!!
I know, it's been forever since I've posted on my blog, but now it's a new year and a new resolve to maintain my blog posts.
I have almost completed my new qualification to become a Science Laboratory Technician. As I write this, I am waiting for the results of one more subject and then the awards/presentation evening. It was so good to study again, but I had forgotten after so a decade since I last studied, how much time is taken up with research and completing assignments. When I completed my Education Support/Integration Aide and Youth Mental Health First Aid qualifications 10 years ago, I was only working 1 or 2 days a week, this time I was working 4 days and attending the night classes and the 5th day was attending the practical classes and assessments.
Another resolve that I have, is to get some of my projects completely "done-done". That is finished except for labels. They will get labels when I know their intended home and I can personalize the labels for the recipients.
My rough count of UFOs is sitting at 107.
- 5 in the binding pile;
- 27 to be quilted - tops, backings and bindings are together.
- 5 are 'quilt as you go'
- 70 quilts and bags are in various stages of completion.
So, without further ado - here is my first finish of 2025 - Grassy Creek.
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| Grassy Creek - how cool is the backing fabric? It compliments the front so beautifully. |
Started in 2020 as the Bonnie Hunter Quiltville Mystery, I completed the top and quilted it during 2022. I even attached the binding to the front of the quilt. And then it sat, for the next 2.5 years - that was a shock when I read my notebook! - I had thought on 1.5 yrs - ugh! until yesterday, when sewing with friends, I completed the binding and sewed in the thread ends from the bobbin changes during quilting.
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| Grassy Creek - the whole quilt. |
Utilizing the big open piece of floor where I was, allowed me to take a nice, flat photo. I did changed up the borders to use the extra flying geese units so that the 'spare parts' were used up.
Woo hoo.... that is now 1 of 107 completed!
