2016 Goal Review and 2017 Goals

I can't believe that 2016 is almost gone!  It seems like it was just Halloween and yet we are just a few days away from Christmas.  

My wonderful bloggy friend Yvonne, who blogs are Quilting Jetgirl, hosts an annual planning party to layout goals for the upcoming year.  I thought that I would use this post to first go back to my 2016 goals to see if I had actually accomplished them and then post my 2017 goals.

2016 Goals with Clear Deliverables

• Develop and publish the Pattern Writing Blog Series 
•  Done - posted January-March 2016
• Design and host the 2016-17 mystery quilt 
• In progress, started in July and will finish up in April
• Submit a book proposal 
• Done - more info on this coming in 2017 :)
• Co-host the 2016 New Quilt Blogger’s Blog Hop 
• Done - summer 2016
• Make at least two charity quilts 
• Done - I made 5!
• Develop at least 3 new quilt patterns 
• Done - I launched 6 patterns: Vintage Star, Check Plus, State of Being, Half Circle Mirror, Canvas Lines, and Jelly Lanterns
• Post at least 4 tutorials 
• I posted the huge Pattern Writing Workshop, tips for using sheets as backings, and a tutorial for my Cloud9 blog hop blog.  So not quite 4 but pretty decent.
• Take at least one multiple week long blogging vacation
• Done - it was great to take a few weeks off and I will be doing so again in 2017
• Host the Best of 2016 Linky Party (I have had such fun with the 2015 linky party!) -
• Done (well will be done, the party starts on Monday the 26th, the day after Christmas)

2016 Big Picture Goals

• Continue my journey on growing as a quilter by learning new techniques and moving outside of my comfort zone.
• Strive for balance – balance between being a mother and a quilter, between computer time and quilting time, between quilting for “work” and quilting simply for fun.
• Work at carefully analyzing each opportunity I am presented with and have the courage to say no to the things that do not align with my vision, goals, and time restraints.
• Become more organized

• In 2016, I have gotten better at saying no to opportunities (and at least taking a few minutes to think about them before saying yes).  But my balance between quilting for "work" versus fun has been off these last few months and hopefully I will be able to get that back on track for 2017.

I think that I made good progress towards my big picture 2016 goals, these are continuous improvement goals so they will never be done and I would like to carry these over to 2017.  

So in addition to my carried over Big Picture Goals, here are my 2017 Goals with Clear Deliverables:

2017 Goals with Clear Deliverables

• Design and host the 2017-18 mystery quilt (yes this is happening and will start next July!)
• Submit some quilt proposals to magazines
• Make at least 4 charity quilts 
• Take at least one multiple week long blogging vacation
• Host the Best of 2017 Linky Party 
• Learn needle turned applique and make the Rin quilt by Carolyn Friedlander (I already have the pattern :)

Thank you so much Yvonne for hosting such a fun linky party.  Please take a minute to hop over to her blog and visit everyone else's 2017 Planning Links.

I hope that you will consider writing a post and linking up to the Best of 2016 Linky Party on this blog the day after Christmas (you can find out more info right here).

I'd like to finish up this post with pictures of the 27 finished quilts I have made this year, thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a happy holiday! (The pictures use inlinkz so if you are reading this on e-mail you will have to click through to the post on the webpage for the pics to show up.)