Review of My 2010 Goals

I just remembered/realized, thanks to an awesome friend!, that I posted my 2010 goals at the beginning of last year. I was just going through them, and I only knocked about 1/2 of them off of my list, but I have done so much more in the last year than I would have EVER imagined at the beginning of the year! Below is the list I posted last year, and the results.

Crochet Goals:
-Make an afghan - DONE!
-Learn the popcorn stitch - not done
-Learn the shell stitch - not done
-Make 50 baby hats for charity - not done
-Teach at least 3 people to crochet - DONE!
-Make a doily out of thread - not done
-Made at least 6 snowflakes out of thread - not done
-Buy less yarn and use more of what I have (Mom says that's a good goal :-)) - still working on it...

Knitting Goals:
-Learn how to purl - not done (Auntie Debbie - HELP!)
-Make a scarf - DONE!
-Make at least two baby hats for charity - one done
-Make another scarf - not done

Sewing Goals:
-Learn how my sewing machine was made and how it operates - not done
-Make a summer top and shorts - not done
-Design and make more of my own clothes - still working on it!
-Make a patchwork quilt - not done!
-Make fiesta skirt - DONE!


I guess I didn't even get half the things done, but that's okay! There is always this coming year, and look how much MORE I got done!

- Organizing and making things for the Block Party (8 blankets for the first Block Party last year and 6 already for this coming year!)
- Raising money for orphans - Elijah, Tori, Anastasiya, Sergey, and now Eddie!
- Made lots of things for those in EE (like slippers and hats)

This may not seem like a lot, only three things, but they weren't one dish each either. And I know that by doing that that I helped to bless many people.

Adorable Pillow Case Pattern!

One of my mom's friends emailed us the link to this adorable pillow case pattern! The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrYWCma9wgM or you can watch it below. I haven't tried making one yet, but they look incredibly easy!!!

Block Party Report #5 - Final Tallies

Sorry it took me so long to get this posted. We got all of the blankets for the Block Party shipped to Ukraine awhile ago, and this post is the final tallies of things we collected.

• Blankets - 8
• Scarves (made from left over squares) - 2
• Pairs of Slippers - 23
• Pairs of baby booties - 2
• Baby Sweaters - 4
• Crochet baby hats - 34
• Knit baby hats - 17
• Flannel Baby Blankets - 21
  

Total Number of Items made for Ukraine - 111!!!! And if you count all the squares instead of the blankets, and the individual slippers instead of the pairs you get 429 things made for Ukraine!!!!! That is amazing!!! But even though I put this all together, and organized it (with lots of help!) I do not deserve any of the praise. God does!!!! I pray that through this many people in Ukraine who are hurting will be blessed. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!! Thank you for helping me set goals, and over achieve them!

One person who set goals is my Aunt Lori. You can see her squares here. She told me that every night she would set a goal of how many she was going to get done that night. She would say "I'm going to get 5 squares tonight!" And then the next thing she knew it was 1 or 2 am in the morning! (You can tell her mom doesn't live with her to tell her when to go to bed like my mom does!) Thank you so much Aunt Lori for all your time and squares! Thank you so much everyone who donated all your time and yarn to make this possible. I can't even estimate how many hours everyone put in all together, so thank you so much!

I have already received squares for next years Block Party. Thank you so much Geri and Valerie for those. I'll post picture of those when it gets closer to next years Block Party. We are planning on doing it at the end of February next year. Below are pictures of things we collected that I haven't posted pictures of yet.

All the slippers and baby booties

These hats were made by my friend Rachel with "her" pattern for baby hats. Thank you Rachel for these hats!!

"Little" Rachel (my little sister) ing one of the hats!

Here are the 21 flannel receiving blankets that my mom and I made

Here are the four different fabrics we made them out of.

Here are some baby hats that I made. Some have pom poms, and some don't because I really didn't feel like making a ton of pom poms. (That's why I need that pom pom maker!) :-)

My Goals for 2010

I have been working on a list of goals for 2010 that I thought I would share. I am supposed to list some of my goals in my 4-H Record Book so I thought I would list them on my blog. (Hey, did you catch that? I have already started on my Record Book instead of waiting a week before it's due. :-) Hurray for me!)


Crochet Goals:

-Make an afghan

-Learn the popcorn stitch

-Learn the shell stitch

-Make 50 baby hats for charity (about 5 done)

-Teach at least 3 people to crochet (two down, one to go)

-Make a doily out of thread

-Made at least 6 snowflakes out of thread

-Buy less yarn and use more of what I have (Mom says that's a good goal :-))


Knitting Goals:

-Learn how to purl

-Make a scarf (Done)

-Make at least two baby hats for charity

-Make another scarf


Sewing Goals:

-Learn how my sewing machine was made and how it operates

-Make a summer top and shorts

-Design and make more of my own clothes

-Make a patchwork quilt

-Make fiesta skirt

I am sure there is more in all of these categories that I can't think of right now. What are your goals? Leave a comment and tell me. :-)