year in review | Handwrought Quilts

I made more than I thought this year. I started more projects than I realized, but I finished them too. I finished some long standing works in progress. I did only half of the mighty lucky club (ML) challenges. I cut way, way back on my fabric spending. I did TWO charm swaps and cut/sent/received more than 2,200 2.5″ charm squares. I bought a long arm. After a decade of being at home with kids I started working 30 hours a week in a brand new field. I joined Instagram. I was part of the New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop. I said no to things. I said yes to others.

Here are my 2016 quilt finishes:

2016 collage.jpg

Left to right, top to bottom: ML bias tape, ML minimalist improv, hexi mini, gap improv, ML quilted writing, Crosscut quiltalong, gift for someone that STILL can’t be shown, mod circles rainbow, Too Good to Waste, Baby Birds, guild block lotto, Black Tea, Fancy Fox goes to the quilt show

and two other projects I want to include as well. I started these in 2016 and look forward to finishing them off: polaroid quilt blocks and ML playing with stripes.

I like the quilts I made this year. Here’s to the year that was, happy new year!

Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs is hosting a best of 2016 link up and I wanted to join in again this year. You can see all the linked posts HERE.

Looking at my stats, all my most popular posts are for finished quilts and fully a third of all my visitors came from Crazy Mom Quilts. If it weren’t for Amanda Jean, no one would read my blog. But they do and I’m glad.

My blog is a modest blog; here are some fun numbers for you (because statistics are nearly as fun as spreadsheets): over 9,000 visitors, and more than 16,000 page views. I wrote 213 posts. I had 433 comments. And now I feel sort of impressed with myself!

Some other highlights of 2016 include:

getting an APQS Millenium longarm

longarm 1st day