It has been a while since I joined OMG (One Monthly Goal), and I miss it. OMG is a great way to keep me accountable and move projects forward!
This year, I would like to improve my piecing (and bust some stash), so I am doing the Kathryn Kerr 365 Challenge. I learned about this challenge over a year ago, being inspired by myquiltprojects. She has completed her beautiful challenge while I spent all of last year collecting the patterns. This year I will do the piecing!
My January goal is to complete a month’s worth of blocks (all of January’s blocks). I have two done.
The 365 Challenge is my January OMG goal, but I also hope to get all of the stitching-in-the-ditch quilting done on the Christmas Lone Star project.
That will be enough since I don’t want to fill up my time with deadlines this year.
I am linking up to Elm Street Quilts OMG. Click here to check out other goals and be inspired!
Happy New Year!
Quilt On!
LC's Cottage 
I hadn’t heard of that challenge. I’m good watching you do it. Either the blocks are small or the quilt is ginormous.
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The blocks are small. These two are 3.5″ unfinished. You can watch…that is what I did for a long time. 🙂
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You’re really diving into retirement with both feet, aren’t you?! Good for you – those two new blocks are a great use of yellow. Yellow is a hard fellow to tame in quilt schemes and it seems you’ve got a knack for tackling him! (how’s that for a spontaneous rhymey-thought?)
Looking forward to your posts as 2022 unfolds!
😎
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The end result remains to be seen, Laura. Ha, ha! I do love yellow, but I don’t know about taming him.
It is only one block a day (occasionally a bonus block, too)…surely that won’t take up too much time? I won’t tell that I already spent time with Jack the Ripper on that one itty bitty yellow block. 🙂
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Good to see Jack is keeping you an honest quilter!
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Snort! 🙂
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Now that is the way to begin your “new life” as a retiree! Will this be all yellows?
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Grey, green and yellow…here’s hoping it will turn out okay! It is like making a mystery quilt. 🙂
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You have a fabulous eye for color, Laura, so I’m looking forward to seeing this take shape. 😁
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Yikes! Thank you for your vote of confidence, Kathy! 🙂
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It seems like an ambitious goal. Good luck!
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I was thinking the same thing about your OMG! Good luck to you, too! 🙂
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Those blocks are gorgeous and think your goals are good for the month. I look forward to seeing your 365 grow as the year goes on.
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Thank you, Kathleen! As I am making these blocks, I have decided that this is not only an exercise in improving piecing skills, but also in learning to see value. 🙂
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Gosh one block a day is quite a commitment! Good luck and enjoy the journey 🙂
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It is new enough that I am looking forward to making a block every day, and since it isn’t too demanding, I think I’ll enjoy the whole process. 🙂
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Thank you for the link! Looks like you are off to a fabulous start!
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It is I who thanks you! 🙂
I’ve already been challenged to learn about value as much as about becoming a better piecer.
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