I did well on the goals that I identified in my #2023QuiltingQ2Checkin post. The only goal for the last half of 2023 that I haven’t gotten done is working on a sea glass wall hanging, pattern/class by Allie of Exhausted Octopus. At this time, I think I will move that goal to early 2024.

Quarter 3 Finishes

My favorite finish this quarter by far was my Mid Century Modern quilt. Details are in this post.

My second favorite Q3 finish is my Mosaic Story Camping quilt. Read about this quilt here.

The Beach Quilt that I made for my friend, Annette, was also on my list for this quarter.

Donation Quilts

I made two donation quilts this quarter. The first was a boy’s baby quilt that I donated to Little Lambs Foundation of Utah. Read more about this quilt here.

I also made a donation cradle quilt. Read more about this project here.

Halloween Projects

In the past couple months I fell hard down the Halloween projects rabbit hole and made three wall hangings, a tiny ghost wrapped around a 6″ tile, a throw quilt for my bed, a table runner, and a pillow. Read about these projects here,  here, here, and here.

Goals for the last quarter of 2023

As of right now, I don’t have any quilting or stitching goals for last quarter of 2023. As many of you know, I’ve had significant pain/numbness in both my hands. Cortisone injections have been a decent short term remedy along with wearing wrist braces at night, but I’ve decided to have carpal tunnel release surgery starting with my right hand on October 12th. I will probably wait until early 2024 to have the left hand done. So in the last three months of 2024 I have other priorities:

• Continue providing part-time online therapy to individuals and couples.
• Continue a regular reading practice including reading book group books (our current book is The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride which I have just started) and to do some professional reading including The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work and The ADHD Effect on Marriage.
• Continue listening to two therapy-related podcasts: Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel and Dear Therapists with Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch.
• Continue riding my Peloton bike on a daily basis when possible.
• Go for more walks.
• Do some household and quilting organization.
• Put together some puzzles given to me by friends.
• Go back to yoga after I recover from my hand surgery.
• Make more home-made meals. I especially love making soups in the fall. It’s a good thing my best friend, Mary, doesn’t mind chopping/dicing all the veggies!
• The one quilting-related priority is to complete an entry for my Mid Century Modern quilt to the Modern Quilt Guild’s quilt show in Raleigh, NC, in February. A big shout out goes to Yvonne@Quilting Jetgirl for her recent, very helpful post on Quilt Show Entry Tips.
• And of course, continue to enjoy my retirement. Even though I’m doing a little part-time work, it’s work I enjoy with minimal paperwork, and it’s been really satisfying to grow my skills in working with couples. I control my schedule and the number of clients assigned. Right now I have eight clients and don’t plan to add any more for the next several months. My current retirement guilty pleasure is watching the Major League Baseball playoffs. My San Francisco Giants did not make the playoffs. I’m rooting for any team but the Dodgers!!! And also not the Braves, that tomahawk chop needs to go! I’d really like to see the Minnesota Twins do well. I imagine my friend, Wendy, would like to see them beat the Houston Astros.

Linking up to #2023QuiltingQ3Checkin.