I’m really excited about quilting this year. It’s the first year in awhile that I actually sat down and made some goals for what I want to accomplish in quilting *and* in my business. In my personal quilting I want to push the boundaries more when it comes to modern quilting, and be okay with creating original quilts that don’t need to be patternable. These will be just for fun and will give me more permission to play. I’ve already started creating some improv pieces that have no rhyme or reason to them and it has been very joyful thus far.

Improv color blocks made from scraps of my fabric collections over the last few years.

In my business I want to be a bit more organized. I’ve had ideas for big projects I’ve wanted to execute for *years* and this is finally the year to do it! For starters, I’m committing to creating and sharing new YouTube videos each and every week.

Would you believe I have hours and hours of raw video that’s just waiting to be edited? So starting next week, I’ll be releasing a machine quilting video for each and every quilt that I made from my new Dazzle Dots fabric. These will focus mainly on the machine quilting, with a few bonus tips thrown in just for fun!

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Quilt Along Coming Soon!

Another big project I’m excited about is hosting another quilt along and that’s where I need your help. I put a call out on social media and wanted to drop it here on the blog, too. I’m deciding between 2 quilts I want to make: below is a recolored version of my Color Weave quilt made from Dazzle Dots. See pattern covers above for my 2nd choice of Ticker Tape.

Both are jelly-roll friendly. Leave a comment and let me know which you prefer. The one that gets the most votes will be announced on January 16, and the QAL will begin on Feb 6.

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Finally, for years and years, ever since my book 99 Machine Quilting Designs came out, I’ve wanted to do a video series showing how to quilt all 99 designs in the book! My biggest stumbling block was figuring out how to manage that, but I’ve finally got a winning idea.

Starting in May (once I wrap up all of the Dazzle Dots videos I’m planning), I’ll kick off a 16-week video series going over about 5-7 designs each week. Yes, you’ll need a copy of the book to follow along, and I promise that your skills *will* improve if you practice each week. So stay tuned for more details on that front.

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By the time we reach September, if I’m not too exhausted, I may even through in another quilt along to wrap up the year. I just may have some new patterns by then, along with perhaps some (cough cough) new fabric. But I’m getting ahead of myself for now. Just know that this is going to be an amazing quilty year for me and I hope it will be for you, too!

Now I want to know – what are *your* quilty goals for the new year?