2025: Year in Review

Good morning, my friends. I’m writing before we leave the RV park this morning, so I’ll have to tell you about today’s drive in tomorrow’s post. When I left you yesterday, we were preparing to head over to a nearby Mexican restaurant for margaritas and dinner. As it turned out, the restaurant was a sort of a fast food place with drive-thru service only. We weren’t up for that, and so we went to a different place across the street called “Wood Almond.” It turned out to be a good choice with some unusual items on the menu. Mike ordered a “brisket melt” with some macaroni and cheese on the side.

My sandwich was a veggie sandwich made with roasted eggplant. I had mine with fried brussels sprouts. I absolutely love brussels sprouts, but Mike really doesn’t. I almost never make them, and so I have them every chance I get.

My sandwich was good. It had roasted egg plant and bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and some other stuff. Served on foccacia bread, it was everything I hoped it would be.

So, that’s all that’s new since my last post. New Year’s Eve is the day I reserve to mark the quilts that were finished in a single year. I started the year with 23 quilts in progress. The math doesn’t quite work out with this, but I managed to finish 28 quilts this year, and I currently have 26 projects I’m still working on. Yeah…I actually started and finished a few in the same year. So, I ended the year with more projects than when I started, but it seems like it evens out if the number of finishes is higher than both of the other numbers, right? Yeah. I’m going with that.

So let’s just take a look at this year’s finishes. It was a rare winter at home in January, and I was excited to be able to participate in Season 16 of Project Quilting. I made a few of the prompts, but not all of them. The first was this one:

 Bigfoot Crossing

made for Project Quilting Season 16

"Mythical Creatures"

hand embroidery and traditional piecing

Created 1/6-7/25

16 x 16 inches

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 Bear Necessities

free 4-patch pattern from Quilts for Kids

39 x 45 inches

started and finished  1/5-9/25

A gift for the first grandchild of a friend

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 Ombre Sunset

for Project Quilting "Ombre" prompt

created 1/19-21/25

25 x 25

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 Domestic Affairs

"Gentle Domesticity" BOM by Jennifer Reynolds

started 8/25/21 and finished 1/25/25

43 x 53 inches

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 Joy in the Ordinary

free BOM from Jenny of Elefantz

started 1/1/24 and finished 1/29/25

34 x 42

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 Vintage Linen

A crazy quilt made from vintage linens

Hand embroidered or crocheted by

 my maternal grandmother, Bertha Wise Maust

64 x 64 inches

Started 8/26/21 and finished 2/20/25

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"Circus"

a Challenge quilt for The Endeavourers art quilt group

started 2/16/25 and finished 2/23/25

19 x 25 inches

reveal will be 5/1/25

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 Snow Happens

pattern from Bird Brain Designs

started 11/16/24 and finished 3/1/25

30 x 17

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Catmint

pattern from Crabapple Hill Studios

12 x 12 inches

started 1/15/25 and finished 3/3/25

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Easter Egg Table Runner

designed by Corinne Sovey

pattern from weallsew.com

50 x 14 inches

started 3/16/25 and finished 3/23/25

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Jericho Walls

Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilt 2022

needs binding

started 3/11/22 and finished 4/11/25

73 x 89 inches

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 Blue Blazes

a mini quilt from the book "Teeny, Tiny Quilts"

started 12/5/24 and finished 4/17/25

16 x 16 inches

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 Kitchen Herbs

pattern from Country Garden Stitchery

started 3/13/25 and finished 5/15/25

22 x 24 inches

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 A Joyful Journey

pattern by Kathy Schmitz

46 x 65 inches

started 6/11/22 and finished 5/19/25

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 Spring Flowers

pattern from Wandering Threads

11-1/2 x 13 inches

started 4/21/25 and finished 5/24/25

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 Kitty Lover's Redwork

pattern from Bird Brain Designs

9-1/2 x 11 inches

started 5/18/25 and finished 5/26/2025

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 Stitchin’ Wisdom

Pattern from Bird Brain Designs

41 x 51 inches

Started 8/21/22 and finished 8/29/25

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 Sweet Dreams

pattern from Annie's Attic

41 x 50 inches

started 4/28/25 and finished 9/3/25

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 "Mermie's Cabin"

an art quilt for The Endeavourers art quilt group "Sashiko" prompt

rendering a piece of family art into floss and fabric

15 x 17.5 inches

started 8/9/25 and finished 10/5/25

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 Barnyard

Block patterns from Moda and Aurifil

68 x 54 inches

started 11/20/22 and finished 10/11/25

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 It Takes a Village

weekly sew-along from Quilt Art Design

started 2/3/23 and finished 10/30/25

51 x 51

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 Autumn's Harvest Pumpkin

pattern by Meg Hawkey, Crabapple Hill Studios

started 9/17/25 and finished 10/30/25

20 x 23 inches

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 "Motion"

an art quilt for The Endeavourers art quilt group

adapted from a pattern by Palenna Patchworks

started and finished 11/11-13/25

reveal will be 2/1/26

just a peek for now

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 Tea Time

adapted from a pattern by Jenny of Elefantz

hand and machine stitching

started and finished 11/4-14/25

5 x 7 inches

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 The Sewing Room

a free BOM from Jenny of Elefantz

needs binding

12 x 47 inches

started 1/2/25 and finished 11/19/25

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 My Whimsical Quilt Garden

Pattern from Becky Goldsmith & Linda Jenkins

62 x 74 inches

started 11/26/22 and finished 11/23/25

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 "S" is for Sew

Embroidery deigns from Wooden Spool Designs

27 inches square

started 2/16/25 and finished 12/19/25

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 My Embroidered Garden

pattern from Meg Hawkey, Crabapple Hill Studios

11 x 13 inches

started 11/5/25 and finished 12/21/25

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So you can see there were a lot of small quilts and art quilts, but a good number or larger quilts too. For the most part, 2025 was a good year sewing-wise.

Okay, so it’s New Year’s Eve. If you’re like me, you’ll be in bed well before midnight. That’s my kinda new year celebration. But if you’re more adventurous, stay safe and make good decisions. We’ll have more driving to do on New Year’s Day. How are you going to enjoy the scenery if you’re in bed sleeping it off. Behave yourselves, my friends.