My January One Monthly Goal

Looking forward to the new year, I find myself needing to consider adjusting to a new reality, that of more impaired vision.  While hoping for the best from the cataract surgeries, I always knew there was a chance that a new 'normal' would be part of the equation.  And so it is, thus far at least.  I won't bore you with all the details at this point, but hope still remains that the next new set of prescription glasses will at least allow me to see up close without constant headaches, dizziness, and sometimes double vision. 

So, on to January's One Monthly Goal, that of finishing a baby quilt by the middle of the month!  While I had the fabrics since October or so, I waited until after the surgeries to begin working on this quilt hoping my vision would be improved, and then waiting until the new prescription for reading/sewing glasses arrived.  When I had to send back the first set of glasses, and the deadline looming, last week I finally began piecing some borders onto this absolutely adorable central panel.  So thankful I'd decided to keep things simple!!  It ended up even more simple than I had first planned.

Here is the completed flimsy.  The mom's chosen colors for the nursery are shades of gray and black with accents of blue. 

My One Monthly Goal for January will be to complete this quilt in time for the baby shower in less than three weeks. Joining  Elm Street Quilts for the One Monthly Goal January Goal Setting Linkup.

December OMG Finished

It's time for the monthly finish linkup at Elm Street Quilts.

For this month my goal was to create enough handmade fabric Christmas ornaments so that I could attach one to each of the younger grandkids' gifts.  In all I managed to complete 15 ornaments, enough for each of the grands and some to spare for our tree.

A few of my favorites:

Linking up with Elm Street Quilts' One Monthly Goal December Finish.

December's OMG

Thanks to Patty at Elm Street Quilts for hosting the One Monthly Goal linkups.  I've just recently joined the crowd, and have found it very helpful toward completing 'something' each month, even if the goal is fairly small.  Of course in the back of my mind seven or eight other projects are also clamoring for attention!  And you already knew that, since if you're reading this little blog it's 99.99% certain that you are also a quilter.

Anyhow, this month I've got several Christmas-oriented projects in the works.  Some will be gifted soon, some probably won't be complete until next year.  I've been playing around with some new-to-me fabric ornaments, and my OMG for the month will be to complete enough to be able to attach one to each of the younger grandkids' gifts. 

Three additional totes have been completed, all variations on the first one, though these latter ones have the Pellon 809 fusible interfacing which gave them more body and overall a better finish, I think.

And I used up all of that rain-wear fabric I had found in the bin...win-win! This next one has already been gifted.

And the last one

Off to our weekly quilt ministry meeting in a bit.  Linking up with Elm Street Quilts December Goal Linkup.