Friday, January 2, 2026

JANUARY 2026 - Time (again!) for UFOs and Goals for the New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!


Here we go again! UFOs / WIPs / RSC 2026! 

I think I'd better start with the UFO's I did finish in 2025: 
You can see them all here

1) New York Beauty
2) Keep Believing / Tomten's Quilt
3) Dwellings / House quilt
4) Snowman wall quilt
5) No name purple quilt
6) Keep the Home Fires Burning
7) Sherri McConnell BOM 2024
8) Over the River and Through the Woods


My UFO/WIP/OGP list for 2025 is as long as a freight train and here is an updated list per January 1, 2026. It does not look much better compared to the 2025 list! YIKES!!!

1) PSQ 36-patches blocks
2) Wedding Ring quilt
3) Scrappy Christmas Stars
4) Christmas Card Holder
5) Basket quilt
6) Scrappy 4-inches blocks (Diamond in a square)
7) Crumb quilt
8) Got the Blues - Progress: Thread basted
9) Poppy Wall quilt
10) Granny Squares
11) Swirling Stars RSC
12) Star Streams / Progress: Thread basted 2025
WIP: Quilting (week #4 - 2026)
13) Patchwork Potpourri
14) Star Quilt / Brown and Orange RSC
 WIP: Making remining blocks (second week Jan 2026)
Flimsy (Jan 11, 2026)
15) 182 Day Solstice RSC
16) 35 Scrap Jar blocks RSC - Work in progress (end Dec 2025) 
Update: 2 flimsies + pieced backings (first week Jan 2026)
17) 94 Zipper blocks RSC
18) 64 Split Nine blocks RSC
19) Kris Kringle Kit
20) Country Charm / Progress: Thread basted
21) Half Square Triangles (from RSC and other blocks) - WIP beginning Jan 2026
22) Christmas Table Topper
23) Tea cozy / Keep Believing - WIP (Jan 12, 2026) / FINISHED JAN 15, 2026
24) Small Wall quilt / Keep believing - Progress: Flimsy (Jan 11, 2026)
FINISHED JAN 24, 2026
25) House block (leftover from Dwellings) - 
26) Coffee with Dad RSC
27) Sherry McConnel BOM 2025 RSC
28) Eclipse RSC
29) Scrappy blocks RSC
30) Hollow Nine blocks RSC
31) Scrappy Flannel blocks



Knitting / Crocheting: 


Shawl - knitting
Open finger gloves - knitting
Santa - knitting
Gnome - knitting
Bed cover - knitting
Granny Squares blanket - crocheting

As you can see, there are way too many! It won't be possible to finish them all by end of 2026. My goal is to finish at least one per month. Let's see how that goes! 
What about you? Do you have any goals for 2026? 

HAPPY QUILTING! 


12 comments:

Julierose said...

You have a lovely listing of wonderful projects you've begun, Astrid. I don't have a list (and I should forage around and find out how many I have!! ) I do have quilt pieces ready to be backed and layered-up for quilting hanging on coat hangers in my stash closet though...I want to try to work my way through those this year if possible. "Finishing up" is my LEAST favorite thing about quilting S I G H.....Hugs Julierose

Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana said...

OH Astrid, I love this post. You really accomplished so much in 2025. And making progress on the UFO"s too. Thanks for including photos as I will return to have a better look at your projects. And I love to see your work with wool as well. Happy 2026!

Chantal said...

Wow! It looks like you won't sleep much during 2026, too busy sewing up all those wonderful projects. Lol. And yet, I know that you will do many more to add to your Etsy store. Good luck with that and may Health and Peace be at your doorstep everyday. ;^)

Char said...

Wow that’s some list Astrid. I will be happy to fish one of the quilt tops hanging in the closet. Last year was a total flop as far as finishes.

Magpie's Mumblings said...

That's a long list but I know for a fact that you will never be bored! Happy New Year!!

Barwitzki said...

Good luck, dear Astrid. Your projects are fantastic; I especially like the second and eighth ones... and...
I haven't set any goals for myself, but I'm going to create something wonderful. I'm sure of it.
And I'm really looking forward to seeing your work.
Warmest regards.

Astrid said...

Thank you, Chantal! I hope to stick to my goals and finish as many as possible. Happy New Year to you and yours.

Astrid said...

Thank you, Viola! My goal is to finish as many as possible. Let's see how that goes. Happy Sunday!

Alycia~Quiltygirl said...

What a great list you have. That you have identified them and have them front and center will make them easy to work on. Love it!

Mary said...

I respect how organized in keeping up with what's in your to-do list. I'm afraid if I took inventory, mine would be much longer!

Jeanna said...

You had some lovely finishes in 2025. And your 2026 list is also nice. Finishing one per month sounds doable. I still haven't completely formulated my plans for 2026 yet. I may just have to go with the flow.

time4stitchn said...

You may have a lot of WIPs, but you finished some very intense quilts this past year. Don't beat yourself up! You are such a creative soul and love to try new things. And that is GOOD! Here's to the new year!