A little recap of 2021

 Yvonne at Quilting Jet Girl asked me How many quilts did I finish this year?

and I thought in my head - well not very many - this was a weird year...

But then I thought - well heck - go count them on your blog, because you know - you don't keep your quilting secret - its all out there on the blog!

Hosting Finished ( or not) Friday kinda of makes me feel like I should have a finish to show each week!!!

Motivation!

The grand total of Finishes for 2021 is

Drum Roll please

31 Quilts!

I kinda impressed myself when I counted those up! I was still trying to help my parents with my Dad's rehab and meals and all that stuff, when my Mom got sick - and boy howdy - did she get sick....

I went from planning meals to helping plan meds, food she could eat, food good for my dad, working full time and hanging out with them full time, so I wondered if I really finished anything.

I did learn that sleep is waaayyyy overrated!

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I also joined in with the

  Joyful Quilters Table scraps challenge 

and made 58 Placemats - 54 of them are finished, and 52 of those were donated to our Senior Center here in town for their Senior Lunches. I hear the Christmas Lunch was quite colorful!!

Two of them I gave to a friend who just needed them,

and I have 4 more to bind....

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Gifting:

I gifted 11 of my quilts to friends and acquaintances. 

Okay - that one really shocked me too. As I was finishing these quilts they were talking to me and saying - you know - so and so really likes this color, or this pattern and I thought - Girl! you can only keep so many.... share the love. 

I am glad that I did.... It makes my heart happy!  

I am going to try to do even more of that this year.

I was also able to donate 20 quilts to Hospice. 18 of them to our local hospice, 1 to Bernie, and 1 to a relative who was put on hospice before passing.

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lastly Hats

I learned to Make hats... 

In 2021:

I made 15 hats for M's 2021 operation Christmas Child Project.

and I have made 18 so far ( still made in 2021) for her 2022 project.

I am thinking I can at least get 50 more done for her 2022 projects..,... maybe? Maybe I should bite my tongue - cuz you know - the best laid plans.....

Thanks Yvonne for asking. That was kind of a fun exercise to walk through. and Truthfully , made me feel a little better about the year I had. 

Here's to a Bright and Happy 2022!!!