It has been well documented in this blog that I am a list maker. I make shopping lists, Christmas gift lists, and to-do lists. I make a list of customer quilts that I have and what day I plan to work on them. I make lists so that I don’t forget what I want to do and to motivate me to accomplish my goals. Motivation has been a prime reason for my yearly UnFinished Objects (UFO) list. When I know that I’m going to report on my progress every three months I am more likely to be

Quilting for customers has given me the opportunity to work on several interesting projects that I might not have otherwise gotten to do. For instance, a few months ago I did a binding on a quilt that had pointed edges. Several years ago I became acquainted with the fantastic paper-pieced patterns designed by Violet Craft. And recently I made two memory quilts out of Navy uniforms. Last spring a customer contacted me to make a few quilts for her out of her grandparent’s cloth