Tuesday, June 30, 2020

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!



5 comments:

  1. You've done well on your list, Emily. Enjoyed seeing each quilt, and it looks like I Spy is being well used and enjoyed (cute photo)!

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  2. Looking good! Especially great you finished the one you most wanted to finish, Emily!!!

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  3. You are doing great and I love seeing you on your quilt..so happy. Good luck with the second half. This has been a hard quarter, so we are adjusting and will see what happens on the other side!

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  4. You've done really well on the finishes so far this year. I love your sea creatures quilt. Good luck with your PHD plans for the rest of the year.

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  5. Great job keeping your focus on projects you want to finish. Now if only the "squirrels" would quit distracting us!! Love the Brown Bear quilt and the I Spy for YOUR bed. Very nice. Keep up the good work!

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