Happy New Year. Welcome to 2026

Now that it’s a new year, I decided to find all the ufos and list them. It took a little while yesterday, but the listing is finished. I have over 30 ufos on the list. I found them in closets, drawers, and bins. Some are ready to quilt. Some of the bins just have fabric and a pattern. That’s not a real ufo. It’s a thought in progress. Some are partially made and need to be finished. All the quilts have been given an order number. That decision is made but it can be changed.

I counted the Magnificent Mystery, Dear Jane, and this year’s SAHRR which hasn’t started yet. Last year’s SAHRR is in the count. I didn’t finish it because I didn’t like the colors, but, for some reason, they look better this year. I did keep the instructions. If I add a darker value, it might work. Quilting always helps, too. The three registered for finish by September are in the count. One is at the long arm quilter. I’m slowly working on the Cynthia England paper pieced wall hanging. I have to decide how I want to quilt the third piece. It’s ready to quilt.

Today has been a good day in the sewing room. I was able to go in after lunch, The instructions for this month’s Magnificent Mystery have come. This month was easy. There were a few flying geese. They are finished. This is the last set of instructions for making blocks. Next month will be the instructions for putting the blocks together.

A friend came to lunch and wanted to see some of my quilts. In the batch that I showed her was the Temperature Quilt from 2018. That was fun to make.

It’s the first of the year and a perfect time to make another one for 2026. I chose 21 different fabrics and put them in 21 labeled bags. The bags were marked in 5-degree increments.

The quilt is made with flying geese. The goose is the highest temperature of the day, and the sky is the coolest temperature. The fabric is pulled from the baggie that is marked in the temperature range for the day. There are 12 vertical rows, one for each month. This is January 1 and January 2.

The geese are made with the Kimberly Einmo flying geese ruler. It’s great for making one goose at a time. Sewing two seams to attach the bird and sky pieces and another one to add it to the row makes this quilt quick and easy even though it takes a whole year. to finish. There’s enough fabric left over to make the middle border.

Two quilts came back from the long arm quilter. I made the binding for this one, so it was ready to sew on today. This ufo is almost finished.

I was making a sandwich a while back. The tomato was soggy so I put a slice in some dirt.

This is what I got. When they’re bigger, I’ll transplant them into their own pots. It’s a headstart on Spring.

The ufo list is made, but that doesn’t mean that I’ll finish all of them. There must be a reason why they’re ufos. But I’ll deal with each one when their number comes up. My mile a minute basket is empty. It might be the home to some of them.

Have a great day and happy quilting.