It cant be...?!!

Yessiree - another flimsy finish for 2013!!

6 am this morning.....

Timmie and I were on a mission

[... a bit of background info....]

My first hexie - June 2010

Papers no longer needed!

Straightening up the edges - sewing on
a border

.... 2 pm this afternoon - battling the glaring sun and the breezy wind, to try and do a photo shoot!

Lie it on the ground, run upstairs to the deck to take the photo
and hope that the wind doesn't blow it away in the meantime!

Bit of a glare, sorry.

Obligatory Stained Glass Window shot from the back.
Can you see the paper I missed taking out?! I can - now!

Playing with settings on my camera - this
was 'High sensitivity"; may be handy to use in the
future to help with colour placement...?

Cool huh? I'm so pleased to have moved this off the UFO pile to the Flimsy pile. Yes I will machine quilt it, but I'm not sure when........

[I've linked up to One Flower Wednesday (after a long absence) today so all the hexie makers can see my hexie quilt!] 

So, after two flimsy finishes and only 9 days into the New Year, I'm going to allow myself to think about what my goals are for 2013.

One very important one has to be to decrease the UFO pile to increase the Flimsy pile AND then decrease the same Flimsy pile!

I'm going to continue on with my 'Just Takes Two', my 'Farmers Wife' and my 'Scrappy Houses' quilts.

I want to decrease my piles of scraps too and in order to do that I will have to start new projects (he he).... but as I had such a great time last year doing the SALs for small quilts (eg Temecula, and Threadhead projects) I think I will focus on those rather than start big scrap quilt projects.

I aim to carry on with my fmq-learning and Practising (yes, that was a capital 'P').

I have two new projects I am starting SOON, too. I've been planning these and looking forward to these for a while. I'll share more of those in another post.

I'd like to upskill myself in EQ7... I can do basics but I know there is so much more to learn about this programme.

I'd like to do some swaps, and take part in 'bloggy sew-ins' to build up a little pile of Christmas gifts.

My ED sent me a link for a cushion she wants this morning, so I guess projects like that will crop up too!

I also sew for my favourite Quilt Shop so that will continue..

!!!!!!!!

What an exciting list - I'm exhausted and exhilarated just thinking about it!!

(As you can tell, I've set very few rules, but I will try to be controlled about what I start and work on!)

(famous last words - watch this space!)

 I started this post with an animal picture, so why not finish it with one?

Here are the happy horses after I shifted them this morning - I thought it was quite a nice view.

Christmas Rain has kept us nice and green.
Click on the photo to see it more clearly.

I hope your week is going well - and hoping that you are able to keep yourselves warm - or cool - or dry - wherever in the world you may be...... I'm thinking of those who are being adversely affected by weather conditions and/or fires...
To those of you who are able, happy stitching,

Footnote - I've just realised this is my 200th post!! I'm sure I see a giveaway in my future somewhere!!