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Not bad…..

Tops quilted = 6

Quilts bound and labeled = 7

No tops finished but the Twisted 9 patch is in progress, 22 pillowcases were made, and 72 QAYG blocks were pieced

95 tops quilted or tied

• 76 were donated tops for HeartStrings
• 10 were MY donation tops for HeartStrings
• 8 were quilted for family
• 1 was a quilt of mine that was gifted to Lindsey, Adam’s girlfriend

6 of 16 UFO’s were finished

18 new quilts were started

• 6 of these were finished in 2009
• 11 are finished tops
• 1 is a hand piecing project in progress started in Dec

Stash used = 152 yards in finished projects only. Any yardage used in projects still in progress has been carried over for 2010.

Carrying over into 2010 I have

• 21 personal UFO’s
• 20 donated HeartStrings tops to quilt & finish
• 6 donated tops needing binding

A couple days early but since I’m out of town, I won’t get anything else done this month.

Tops finished– 4 (1 with the Mom’s help)

Tops quilted – 7

Quilts completed (bound and labeled) – 1

On Sunday, I did manage to piece a couple backs and two  bindings made and sewn on quilts but they’re not stitched down yet so they’ll be finishes for next year.

As 2009 comes to a close, I’ve started looking at my database to evaluate my results. I track 5 major areas of my quilting.

1. Tops quilted
2. New quilts started
3. UFO’s finished
4. Stash used
5. Quilts donated

For me, not all UFO’s are bad. Finished tops don’t bother me – I know they’ll get done eventually and I see them as a quick source of gift or donation quilts as I can quilt and bind them in a short period of time when they’re *needed*. The danger for me is having half pieced projects, those are the ones that when set aside never seem to get finished so for the last several years I don’t allow myself more than 1 or 2 projects in the piecing stage. Once I finish a top, I allow myself to start something new.

Of the 18 new quilts I’ve started this year:

• 6 are finished quilts
• 10 are finished tops
• # 17 is a hand piecing project (the Applecore started this month) that will be worked on over time
• #18 was started tonight from leftover strips from #16

And I quilted and finished 6 tops from last year so I consider this another successful year on the UFO front.

What do you track and how did you do with your UFO’s this year?

I wanted to accomplish a lot in November knowing that I’ll be traveling again in December so I’m happy with these results.

Tops pieced – 2

Tops quilted – 15  (12 quilted, 3 tied)

Quilts completed (bound and labeled) – 11

In spite of traveling and illness, I’m happy with the progress made in October.

Tops pieced – 1

Tops quilted – 9 (7 quilted, 2 tied)

Quilts completed (bound and labeled) – 4

I haven’t gone back to my *to do* lists but since I am motivated by making progress and the organization of my blog makes it easy to track, I’ll sum up my results for September.

In my mind, my quilting has 3 milestones: a completed top, a quilted top, a completed quilt (bound & labeled).

September totals

• Tops completed = 1
• Tops quilted = 7
• Quilts completed = 6

This month I also tied somewhere between 15 and 20 quilts at the HeartStrings Maine sew-in.