Quilting Goals being met!

Several of you have written me about the goals I set for 2006 and the goals you're thinking of setting for yourself. I realize that what works best for me may not work at all for you but setting goals really works for me. No one should feel pressured to set goals .. do it if you want to do it and if it makes you feel uneasy, don't do it. Or, if you want to set goals but not share them with us (and the rest of the world who's looking), just write them down and keep them for yourself. Whatever works for you and helps you to reach your ultimate goal is what you should do. And, if your goal for 2006 is to finish 1 or 2 quilts, that's great! Of the 17 quilts currently on my list, all but three are totally pieced and waiting to be quilted. With the longarm, if I decide to do a meander or panto, I could do a quilt in a day easily. What I'm mainly trying to say is: I am not trying to make anyone feel like an underachiever! I want anyone who is participating in our little group to work at your own pace, within your own comfort zone and just do whatever is fun for you. I can't imagine that quilting wouldn 't be fun and the last thing I want to do is cause anyone to fret about meeting a goal. Like I told Laurie in an earlier post, if you set a goal and don't meet it, you don't have to go to jail or anything! Speaking of goals, if you've looked at my goals, you'll see that I have 2 goals for December met and the binding is almost finished on the Happy Scrappy Houses. The two that needed piecing were partially pieced already but now the piecing is done! I think I've decided on a quilt design for the border of the purple/yellow quilt and that's what I'm going to try to begin drawing out tonight and tomorrow. It will involve trapunto and I would love to get the first layer of sewing done tomorrow so I can spend the weekend trimming the poly batting. Still don't have much of a clue what to do with the blocks but maybe something will come to me as I finalize the border plans. Maybe tomorrow I'll have a picture of the top with all the drawings on it. We're waiting for the snow and maybe a little ice to arrive. I'll be real surprised if we have school tomorrow or Friday. Chad was sick Monday so he may have a real short week if we have snow days. Vince is out of town (Bardstown, KY) and driving back home tomorrow so I surely hope he gets back before the snow/ice arrive. Time to start drawing quilting designs . . :) Judy L.