2019 Finish-A-Long Q1

 I tried this whole Finish-A-Long thing in 2017 and 2018 a couple times, and had 0 finishes both times. But I'm trying again this year.
FOCUS and all that, right?

Well, to be more accurate, I did indeed have 2 finishes, just not in the quarters that I'd signed up for.  Last time I had a huge amount of projects on the list, in the hopes of maybe at some point...I'd hopefully be getting *something* done. This time I'm going to actually prioritize my projects a bit more and list what I actually want to get done.

So here goes, my Finish-a-Long list for the first quarter of 2019:

1. Triangle Study - finish piecing, quilt, bind, sleeve, label.

2. Challenge Blue - finish quilting, add sleeve, label.

3. Color Collusion - Finish quilting, bind, sleeve, label.

4. Technology's Spine - Finish quilting, embellish, bind, hanging sleeve, label.

5.  Between the Cypress - Design on remaining appliqué, finish quilting, embellish, bind hanging sleeve, label.

6. Shenzhen Skies - Finish quilting, binding, hanging sleeve, label.

7. Stripes - finish top, quilt, bind, sleeve, label.

8. Body Double - finish quilting, bind?, sleeve, label.

If you've got some stuff to finish in the next three months, here's where to go link up too!

This Might Work

Carrying on thinking about my word of the year: FOCUS.
What are the physical things I can do to help that happen this year?

One of the things that I know I need help with is keeping track of what I do, every single day. Otherwise I lose track of time and kind of drift off into the fog.

I found that having a calendar in the studio where I write down what the heck I accomplish, *however small* is essential to me to keep up the momentum, remember what I'm working on, feel like I'm getting somewhere, etc. I don't spend a lot of time writing it down, just a few words or sentences, but it's enough for me. It makes it more real and concrete if I physically write it down somewhere, cements it in my mind somehow.

This is the second year I'm using a 17 month weekly calendar/planner from Paper Source, it's sturdily bound, and has an elastic that goes around it to keep it closed. Not sure why, but I really love that one detail for some reason. Again I've chosen a calendar that is likely a school year planner, as it starts in August 2018 and goes through the end of 2019. So I use those months' worth of pages as places to glue stick in postcards and business cards and magazine clippings, and jot down the ideas they sparked or why I'm keeping them.