Well. I've been asked by a reader to resume blogging. She says she misses me! How to start again after nearly 5 year's absence?  How to bring you all up to date? I won't. I'll simply start with now. But first I want to say I've missed reading all the blogs I used to follow. Reading about the happenings at Barbara's Cat Ranch, learning about the Confessions of a Fabric Addict, following the adventures of That Man Quilts, and more--I really missed all of you, but life intruded.

I kept a record of what I accomplished in the sewing room last year. 2023 was the year that I REALLY concentrated on finishing my UFOs! I'd tried this before but I would get sidetracked with starting new projects and not finishing the old. But 2023 was a banner year! I finished 14 bed or throw sized quilt tops--here are two of them:

This is a quilt that's being raffled off at the local museum

a Halloween wall hanging and a table runner:

 and made a couple of fidget quilts,. I also made 3 pillowcases, 5 placemats 9 potholders. I was really pleased with my progress to date. Most of what I finished I gave away--either to family or to the local foster child program. I made up a list of the things I want to accomplish if 2024 already to work on so fingers crossed I'll be as productive as in 2023.

The reason I worked so hard on finishing the UFOs is because I moved my sewing room from downstairs to upstairs. As I was putting things away in the new sewing room, I realized that I didn't have nearly as much room as I had in the downstairs room. What to do?  I decided that I'll just have to sew my way out of the dilemma!  And use up my stash of fabric while I was at it!  

That's as up to date as I can get right now. We made it through the pandemic and continue on with our quilting as best we can. I guess that's good enough. It feels pretty good to be back!