2013 - In Review

I'm doing this a little backwards - since 2014 is already up and running. Oh well, here's 2013 anyway!

Fireman T-Shirt Quilt / Raiders T-Shirt Quilt / Squadron T-Shirt Quilt / Family T-Shirt Quilt #1 / Family T-Shirt Quilt #2

Swoon / Rainbow Sherbet

Really Random Quilt #1 / Rainbow Boats / Really Random Quilt #2 / H is for Henry / Sunkissed Jewel Box

Fractured Four Patch / Fall-gyle / Nine-Patch Snowballs / Olivia Schnibble

Layer Cake Snowballs / Loopy Ewe / How Charming - Girl version / How Charming - Twin Boy versions

Not bad, huh? 21 quilt finishes, including five commissioned t-shirt quilts and six commissioned not-t-shirt quilts.

Of course, a lot of these were pieced or partially pieced in years past, and a couple are nothing more than borders on a panel, but a finish is a finish, right?

I also kinda sucked at naming quilts this year. Nine-Patch Snowballs? Really? Okay...

Zombie Pillow / Creeper Pillow / Starburst Pillow

Two of Hearts Wall Hanging / Gobble Gobble Wall Hanging

Creeper Halloween Costume / Yoda Halloween Costume

Triple-Zip Pouch / Squadron Baby Blankets / Fabric Covered Corkboard

Kindle Paperwhite Cover / Weighted Blanket and Cover / Ribbon Blankie

I also had some smaller finishes, and even added that to the blog header. They might be little, but they're something I did, and pillows ought to be celebrated. Especially Minecraft pillows.

Life had some ups and downs. 

My husband came home from a seven-month deployment, we went on a cruise, Lori and I qualified for Half Fanatics and set some personal records.

But my beloved lap cat died, we had a rough move from Oklahoma to Washington State, and our house sale...well, it sold.

In addition, our adoption stalled when Korea halted all international adoptions for about six months. Now that we've finally been submitted to court, it's hard not to be bitter that we would have had him for at least Christmas, if not his second birthday, if it weren't for that stoppage and a couple snags with the move.

Bright spots at the end of the year include my sister's wedding, learning how to long-arm quilt, and for the Dude, CC the kitten. Tycho and I are still not huge fans of the kitten.

So, we're hoping 2014 will be a little better as we finally settle into our home, bring the Little Man home, work through the FIZes, run some races, and convince the kitten to stop acting like a kitten.