The first day -

Of any New Year is always fun -

A continuation of things done before -

But also -

A day of new beginnings -

And meeting up with some old friends - ;))

I was on a roll -

Got all of the columns sewn together on the Dear William Interweave -

And took a quick photo for this post -

I'll give it a good press tomorrow -

Before I take the "glamour" shots -

Then I pulled out an "old friend" -

A FMQ practice quilt from a Craftsy class by Christina Cameli -
Free-Motion Quilting Essentials - HERE -

I still have the border sections to play with -

So I went to grab the chalk to mark off a section -

And found the basket with the border pieces for Dear William -

No wonder it looked a tad bit skinny -

I still need to make and add the borders - LOL -

Oh, well - I can do that tomorrow - ;))

I had a couple of others things that I wanted to do before the end of the day -

So I stitched some pebbles -

Which obviously need some work - LOL -

But it's a practice piece - emphasis on PRACTICE -

And I'm OK with that - ;))

Another thing that I want to work into my routine this new year -

Is more time to read -

Which I COULD/SHOULD do - instead of playing games on my tablet - LOL -

I have a Kindle with more books on it than I can read in one lifetime -

But I still like the smell and feel of a good old-fashioned PAPER book -

One that I can tag with post-its on the pages that have good lines -

I know you can bookmark pages on the Kindle -

But - it's not the same - at least for me -

Anyway -

I found another "old friend" -

That I want to read again -

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society -
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows -

One of the pages that I bookmarked has this line -

Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.

That is SO true - ;))

Have you read anything interesting lately? -

Do you have any books that you like to "re-read" occasionally? - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2020 -

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! - ;))

Same drill -

But a whole New Year -

No resolutions -

No pressure -

All I want/need to do is -

Maintain my Slow Poke Quilter status -
I enjoy the process and don't DO deadlines anymore - so I sew at a leisurely pace.
I really don't even care if I EVER finish something. I LOVE my UFOs/Projects/Squirrels - they give me a variety of different things to play with depending on my mood - and I sort of miss them when they are finished and done - LOL -

Maybe try to improve my Free-Motion Quilting skills -
Which need a LOT more practice - practice - practice -
And since I have a bunch of practice pieces piled up -
Maybe try to QUILT some of my quilt tops -

And deal with whatever Squirrels cross my path -

Maybe make another Left-Handed Quilter's Sampler Quilt -
LHQSQ for short -
Like this one - but in different colors -

Or maybe make another smaller version -
Left-Handed Quilter's Sampler Quilt - Version 2.0 -
LHQSQ 2.0 for short -
Like this one - but in different colors -

Or maybe just post some blocks with instructions on how to make them using my LEFT-EZE Rule™ - and you can choose your own setting - ;))

So again this year -

What will be - will be - ;))

NEW YEAR -

NEW PROJECTS -

What's not to like?? - ;))



HAVE A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!! - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -