Hello friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and a beautiful Christmas if you were celebrating last week. I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am to share today’s post, my Quilting Life Year in Review: 2021 Quilts & Projects. I’ve been doing a year in review round-up style post for several years now here on the blog. I love looking over what I finished and even reviewing what didn’t get accomplished.
Year in Review 2021: Quilts & Projects
January 2021
I should probably call January 2021 my month of table runners (although I actually continued to make runners throughout the year. I think the fast finishes were good for my soul with so much going on in the world. I also finished up my Moda Block Heads 3 quilt in January.
February 2021
Our Sincerely Yours sample yardage arrived early in the year, and so the month of February was spent sewing projects for that collection. Clockwise from top left are the following Sincerely Yours quilts:
- Together (Stitch Pink Quilt Along Quilt)
- Heartstrings
- Four Square 2
- Homebody
- Daydream
March 2021
March was kind of a catch-up month where I sewed some projects for publication and got ahead on my 2021 Block of the Month projects. I also finished up my blocks for the Fat Quarter Shop Sewcialite sew along.
April, May, June 2021
Most of my sewing in April, May, and June was for publications that I’m not able to share yet 🙂 I sewed a lot of Christmas quilts during this time for our upcoming Home for the Holidays: Quilts & More to Welcome the Season book which will publish in June of 2022. At this time I was also finishing up work on my new Quilting Life Planner & Workbook which is available now.
July and August 2021
In July I was able to begin sewing with our Seashore Drive collection. It’s one of my favorite collections to date, and I can’t wait for you to be able to begin sewing with it early next year. I continued to sew some smaller projects with this collection throughout the month of August as well. The quilts pictured above clockwise from the top left are:
Fall 2021
This fall I sewed some new fall wall hangings and table runners and also got a jumpstart on some new Christmas decor and table runners for gifts (I made over 10 table runners for Christmas this year). I also made a new Patchwork Project Bag using our Seashore Drive collection and finished up a new tree skirt early in December.
Helps for your Year in Review Process
Most years I come up with a count of large quilts, smaller quilts, runners, and other projects. This year I haven’t done that yet, although I might still do it! But what I love about this year’s quilting and sewing is that I made a lot of small things to use in our home. I feel like I was really able to enjoy working on every project I quilted–and that is what is most important. If you are looking to review your quilting year, I have some helpful suggestions below:
- Find lots of year in review and reflection ideas in my new Quilting Life Planner & Workbook here.
- Read last year’s year in review post here.
- And last year I had so many ideas to share that I taped a special podcast/video to share some of my thoughts on the importance of a year-end review as well as to share ideas to ponder for your own review in preparation for imagining your upcoming Quilting Life. You can find that podcast/video here.
- Finally, in this week’s podcast, Chelsi and I shared quilting, personal, and business goals for next year–you might enjoy viewing or listening to those.
Thanks so much for stopping by to read the Quilting Life Year in Review 2021 post. Happy quilting!
Kathleen E Birk says
Four square 2 pattern January 2021 quilt looks lovely. Would love to buy the pattern. The whites, grays, and blues are beautifl.
Margaret LaVenia says
I like to read your review of the year and need to do it myself. I’ve been taking pictures of finished projects and keeping a log of them so I can see my progress. I received one of your books for Christmas and just ordered 2 more so looking forward to using them this year. I’ve already picked out my projects for our daughter’s for Christmas next year as was able to get some Christmas fabric on sale. I plan to make them earlier in the year so I’m not finishing them up in late December (like this year)! Thanks for all your ideas you give us to stay on top of things. I think I may need to order your workbook too!
Barb says
I am looking for an online community to enjoy doing Block of the Month with. I love that your site allows me to use fabric I have without purchasing a kit. That’s part of the fun to me, picking the colors and patterns I want to use. But I have clicked everywhere, is there a group page to see what others are making? How did their blocks turn out each month? I think it would be motivating to see what the others are doing. I am fairly new to all this, and would love some community to share ideas/ pics with.
sherri McConnell says
Yes, we have A Quilting Life Facebook group you can join!
Kelli Allred says
Looking forward to receiving my planning pages to help me complete several projects
Pong says
I love the color of your Four Square 2 quilt! do you have these fabric bundles available or which line of fabric was is used here? Thank you so much for your response in advance!
sherri McConnell says
I used our Sincerely Yours collection which is in shops now 🙂
Jess says
I love your review of the year! So many projects! I have a plan for three quilts this year, and I thought that was a lot… I am looking forward to your mystery BOM. I recently started quilting but I know your videos will help me complete one block a month!
Pong says
I bought the pattern yesterday and it is using your Sincerely Yours which is warm colors. I was looking for the blue/grey/cream color… do you have any winter colors for this pattern as used in your quilt?
sherri McConnell says
My blue/grey version is made with Primitive Gatherings fabrics. Her collections are always fun for winter!
Mary Brinton says
I am having trouble accessing the November and December patterns. I get a message when I try to download them that they are in the owner’s trash. Help! I have the other 10 blocks done, and cannot figure out how to get to these I have PDF Expert as a program to use.
sherri McConnell says
The 2021 patterns are now only available in my shop 🙂
I leave them up for one year only then remove them to make room for the new year’s sew along.
2022 free BOM begins this Thursday.