mid-year PhD report

For the third year in a row, I'm following along with Gail of Quilting Gail for her PhD (Projects Half Done) challenge.  Since the year is now officially half over, I thought it a good time to look at my progress.



The main point of the program is to list your UFOs and commit to finishing 12 from the list in 2020.  I had 14 on my original list in January.  I found another one after making that list and now have 15 on the list.  Of those 15, I have completed 4.

Awesome Ocean

I modified my goal a little from Gail's original to make it work for me.  By my definition, a UFO has to be started in some way (cutting, and probably some piecing) to count as a UFO.  But I have a lot of projects that I have the fabric and a plan for, I just haven't actually started.  I'd like to get those done, too.  So my additional rule was I could count up to 1/3 (or no more than 4 finishes) that weren't actually started, but that I owned all the supplies and planned to make.  I've finished 2 that fit those criteria.

Scrap Everything

So that puts me at 6 finishes.  Not bad to be half done at he halfway point, though I'd like to finish more than 12.  I did highlight 3 projects I'd most like to get done and I'm happy to report that I've finished 2 of the 3, with significant progress made on the 3rd.

Project I most wanted to finish: Ultimate I Spy

The other piece of Gail's PhD program is to finish all the new projects you start.  I admit I've been more susceptible to new projects and QALs this year than recent years.  I think it's part "ooh, shiny!" part excitement at a new project, and part wanting to be a part of things right now more than usual.  But I've also finished all but two that I've started.  One of those will be done in a few days.  The other is my original Rainbow Scrap Challenge project for 2020 that I stopped after 3 months because I wasn't enjoying the blocks.  I'll either make something out of what I have or give away the blocks I made, so hopefully that won't count against me.

Here's my chart so you can see my original list and dates finished.

PhD 2020

I Spy leader/ender	1	2-9-2020
Western kids’ quilt	2	3-28-2020
Awesome Ocean	3	4-9-2020
I Spy for our bed	4	5-13-2020
Food themed picnic blanket	5
Smitten Kitten	6
Blue Forest Animals	7
Laura’s quilt	8
Bookshelf quilt	9
Magical Forest	10
Snowmen	11
Extra for Miren	12
Giraffe Pillow	13
Lion Pillow	14
Patriotic Stars (2nd)	15

Completed: Planned Projects with Fabric Already Owned

Scrap Your Plans	1	4-3-2020
Brown Bear, Brown Bear	2	6-6-2020

Here's hoping to a productive 2nd half of the year!