This is the final week of Quiltmaker’s Countdown to Christmas. I’m glad you’re here!
The folks at Martingale have outdone themselves with beautiful calendars for 2013. We’ll pass them along to you as a giveaway below.
Kim Diehl’s Simply Beautiful Quilts 2013 Calendar features quilts from her popular Simple series of books. The quilts are featured in cozy setup shots with antiques and seasonal items. Just a whole lot of fun to look at!
Get a lot of bang for your buck with That Patchwork Place Quilt Calendar 2013. Complete instructions for making each of a dozen favorite designs from the likes of Nancy Mahoney, Carrie Nelson, Kim Brackett and Amy Ellis. Each monthly image is a flat shot of the quilt and styles range from traditional to contemporary. Remember: you get a pattern for each and every quilt!
Seriously special quilts are the focus of Award-Winning Quilts 2013 Calendar. This one features quilts from the International Quilt Association, producers of International Quilt Festival and International Quilt Market. Each featured quilt won an award at one of IQA’s several shows around the country. These are the kind that take quilting to a whole new level.
Three equally gorgeous calendars arrived recently from Landauer Publishing. First there’s Quilts from a Painter’s Art 2013 Calendar. Watercolorist Diane Phalen is best known for her popular American quilt series—a vibrant collection of paintings featuring the flowers, cottages, barns, country stores and Amish of rural Pennsylvania.
Lynette Jensen’s Thimbleberries 2013 calendar features a collection of beautiful photographs showcasing quilts selected from her most popular books. Thimbleberries fans will enjoy the beauty of Lynette’s designs set in lush natural surroundings and cozy cottages.
Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts has put together a calendar to make you look forward to each new month. Gorgeous photos from her book Scrappy Firework Quilts are showcased all year long. Edyta’s beautiful batik fabrics highlight every page.
Four of these calendars are up for giveaway! Leave a comment below before midnight Tuesday, Dec. 18 for your chance to win one calendar. There will be four different winners. In the comment, tell us one quilt-related goal you have for 2013. We’ll choose winners and announce them here. It’s been so much fun to see what goals you have for 2013—and it will help us think about what kinds of things you might like to see in Quiltmaker. Thank you for sharing them with us. The giveaway winners are Mary-Frances #30, Christy #152, Denise #177 and Diane #68. Each has been notified.
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My goal is to finish a quilt for each member of my family (since they are all started, I’m halfway there!)
I really want to try needleturn applique.
I really really like to finish the swedish red and blue log cabin top for our bed…
I am going to be a Great Great Aunt in April 2013 so my goal is to make a quilt for my new Gt Gt Nephew. The best bit is it’s going to be hand delivered to the UK (I now live in France) so I get to see him and the rest of my family….. can’t wait. Linda
I would like a blue and cream lone star for my bed. I’m rather intimidated, as well as intrigued, with the pattern.
I’m making a quilt for my bed. It’s my 1st Large quilt and I love the colors in it. They are colors that I would never have chosen myself. I purchased a Kit, but I’m adding to it so the quilt will be large enough for my queen size bed. I also love making wall hangings and table runners. I do belong to a quilting group where I have learned so much.
My goal is to finish what I started in 2012!
I would like to finish at least three projects I’m working on already:
- Mystery by Bonnie Hunter : Easy Street
- A green Bargello quilt
- Surprisingly Red, a pattern by Be Colourful
The last one is well on it’s way; I’m in the proces of quilting, the top is done. The other ones; the top is far from done!!
Ooooo, I love quilty calendars to pencil in all my patchwork group get togethers.
My biggest quilt goal is a double act. My son gets married in the first half of 2013 and my daughter is getting married towards the end of 2013 so that’s 2 wedding quilts at the top of my list.
I have 3 big goals for the coming year: Complete Easy Street by Bonnie Hunter, complete Lori Holt’s Row Along, and make a twin-sized quilt for DS2.
My big goal is to learn how to free-motion quilt on my sewing machine so I can finish some quilts for my family. Thanks for the chance to win a calendar!
My goals are to learn applique, and to quilt 12 quilt tops from my stack of unfinished tops. Thanks for the chance to win a beautiful calendar.
Each one of these calendars is more beautiful than the next! My goal for 2013 is to have fewer UFOs – is that an impossible dream??
I have a couple of goals. First, I want to join a quilt group at my local quilt shop. As a fairly new, self-taught through books and computer quilter, I find myself needing the companionship and inspiration of other quilters.
Second, I want to finish the quilts I started in 2012: a craftsy block of the month and a king size bed quilt that I am quilting block by block on my home machine.
Perhaps when I answer this question next year, I will be comfortable enough with my quilting that I will say I’m going to make quilts as gifts
One quilty goal for 2013 is to back and quilt the two tops I have finished and to complete by scrappy EPP hexagon quilt for my bed! Thanks for the chance to win!
Back in 2008, having been inspired by the novels of Jennifer Chiaverini, I started my first-ever hand pieced and hand-quilted quilt. It is a sampler consisting of 35 12-inch blocks that with sashing measures 84″ by 126″. I now have only to finish quilting the 4-inch wide border of sashing around the edge and bind the quilt. That is my goal for 2013, to finish that quilt. My dream goal is to find someone to repair my 1898 Domestic Sewing Machine that I used to piece my first quilt top nearly fifty years ago.
My goal is not to have a cupboard of “flimsies” – either quilt them myself or send out to a longarmer
All the calendars look great – thanks for the chance to win
Goals change. I arrived in TX for the winter with plans to finish a quilt for a friend I’ve known from birth, make a signature quilt for an ailing quilt group friend and to make 10 bags for a family of girls, only to discover that when my son-in-law’s mother passed away last month, she left at least a dozen UFO’s behind. So now my goal is to finish her quilts for her family members so they will all have a treasure to remind them of her loving heart.
My goal is to use up more of my stash that I have collected. I love scrappy quilts so I know I can do it:) I love all the calendars!
One goal I have is to finish a sampler quilt that I started 16 years ago.
Although I have had a fabric stash for years, I am really just starting to seriously get into quilting. I would love to learn some new things and have some challenging projects. I have sewn clothes and crafts since I was a teenager, but quilting is a whole new ballgame. I am learning to be precise – measure twice and cut once! It’s not been easy going from sewing clothes to making quilts
I have a Thimbleberries log cabin quilt kit for a queen bed that I would like to make in 2013.
I have some quilt kits I have purchased over the last few years so I am going to get those finished. I want to see about taking them to a cancer center or a nursing home. There is always someone who needs some warmth & encouragement!!! I am excited to get started.
Love Diane Phalen painting would lover her Painters art calendar it would put me in the mood to make quilts.
I need to use fabric I have purchased just because it is pretty hate to cute into it.
Merry Christmas
My goal is to FINISH the many projects I have started .Would love to win the calendar.
My goal for 2013 is to get my 2012 signature quilts from my small group put together and quilted. I have 3 of them in various stages of completion. I also hope to complete at least 2 mystery quilts at my local quilt shop.
To make quilts for all my family members. Its a tall order but one I hope to do.
My goal is to try and finish my King size quilt for my bed and learn to do applique cushions to go with it. Would adore one of these calendars!!
My wish is to make a quilt for ME!! A lone star for my bed would be nice!!
What a great post. Quilty Calendars are a fantastic idea for last minute gifts As far as goals for 2013, I would like to finish up at least four of my ongoing projects, otherwise known as UFOs.
My goal is to finish a project before adding to my stash.
I will be making a wedding quilt for my oldest daughter! An exciting goal. And, I really want to get my stash under control – using it, giving some away, making charity quilts, and finishing my many UFOs!
My 2013 quilty goal is to make at least six gift quilts for Christmas 2013 – one each for my soon-to-be stepkids and their respective spouses, and four for various granddarlings.
Each 2013 calendar is a wonderful keepsake. My 2013 goal is to make each member of my family a mug rug along with either a hot chocolate sample or a grounded coffee sample and muffins. Can’t wait to get started. I will certainly enjoy my calendar if I sure win that opportunity. Thank you for giving all of us a chance to win.
Sandi Timmons
sandit1@sbcglobal.net
I am relatively new to quilting and would love the chance to expand my skills for this coming year. I am always looking for new designs, patterns and things that I can learn. It would be great to look at the calender often for even more inspiration (and a reminder to get moving on any unfinished projects too).
My goal for this coming year is to actually to start whittling away at my fabric stash….it is seriously taking over!
My goal is to start with my Christmas sewing in January!
2013 is a very special year for me. On January 14th I will find out whether my second grandchild is a girl or a boy! Definitely a date to mark on the calendar. Then I will become a grandmother again mid-June! Another date to remember. In the meantime I need to mark the days until that baby quilt is done. It is also the year of my guild’s bi-annual quilt show. I’ll need to mark down the various deadlines for entries.
So lots of dates to be noted in 2013!
My goal for 2013 is to finish several ufo’s that have been hanging around for years, and then to start on making a quilt for each of my grandchildren.
One of my (grown) children’s bedrooms is overflowing (floor to ceiling) with fabric, boxes, patterns, more fabric, quilt books, large scraps of batting, even more fabric, etc. My goal is not to finish the many quilts that I have started (I eventually will!) or to actually begin some of the others that I am dreaming of (I eventually will!!), but to take some time, in specific increments, whenever possible, to physically organize that room…knowing what I have and where I can find it, knowing that I’m not duplicating purchases, knowing that my husband and family will appreciate it…that is a peace-of-mind goal that will result in less stress and more personal satisfaction for me!
My goal for 2013 is to make a quilt for my two children and two grandchildren.
I plan to begin using up my stash for quilts for the NICU unit of a local hospital – this is going to be my volunteer project for 2013.
I want to use 100 yards of fabric from my stash.
My goal is to use some of the fabric I’ve collected! I’ve been so focussed on finishing a project completely, that many UFO’s are lying about. Now I’m going to focus on getting tops done and project boxes emptied. I will worry about the quilting and binding later.
Oh, lovely calendars! My goal this next year is to finish off the UFO list I started with Jan. 1, 2012. I want to finish those quilts and since I didn’t get them all during our guild UFO Challenge, I’m going to finish them in 2013. Then I’m going to learn hand quilting.
My goal is to handquilt the beautiful Hawaiian quilt top that my aunt appliqued .
One of my quilting goals for 2013 is to complete a king-sized English Lady quilt that I started several years ago. I absolutely love quilt calendars!
My quilting goal for 2013 is to make some baby quilts to give away to local non-profit organizations.
All the calendars are beautiful and would make a fantastic addition to a quilt room! I try and obtain one each year. Thanks and everyone have a very Merry Christmas!!
My goal is to practice applique so I become more comfortable with doing it.
I’ve accomplished finishing quite a few quilts and will be giving them for Christmas, but have many to go yet. I also have a large stash, not just scraps, that I need to use up. I would love to have one of these calendars to try to use some of the fabric collections I have. Thank you.
One of my 2013 quilt goals is to complete a quilt for my husband. He is so supportive of my “quilting addiction” ……. and continues to surprise me with quilting goodies. I just got a completely restored 1952 Singer treadle machine in the cabinet for Christmas!
I want to finish 4 stunning quilts.
My goals for 2013 include completing my just takes 2 quilt from sentimentalstitches.net quiltalong , starting on my Nearly Insane quilt and at least one other very special quilt! Shall decide which after receiving the calender!
My goal is to finish 2 bedquilts! Thanks for The give away.
Moving in to a new home, so will look to make several new quilts that reflect the decor. Plus, my 2013 goal is to have a new quilt studio built next to the house for my longarming. Of course, I’ll need to fill it with new quilts!
My quilting goals for 2013 are to continue to finish UFO’s and to continue to organize my sewing space and to help others through quilting.
My goal is to finsih a sampler which I have begun in 2012. Every months I sewed another block but it isn’t yet finished. Merry chrismas and a happy New Year from Germany.
My immediate goal is to put the binding on a charity quilt so I can give it away in January. After that, I will start another charity quilt and a seasonal wall hanging for my home.
I have a new long arm machine so I’m hoping to practice lots and start up my custom long arm business!
My goal is to finish some of the ufos that I have and use up some of the fabric that I have here!
hulseybg at gmail dot com
Finish some of my UFO’s and work on my applique.
Each year at this time, I look forward to these publishers calendars for the coming year. What a pleasure it is to turn a new month and be inspired by the Quilts, their stories and patterns. As a ‘Traditional Quilter’ who loves the 1930′s Classic Patterns and Fabrics, my goal for 2013 is to ‘Get and Go Contemporary’. I hope to design and make some quilts using Traditional Patterns with a 2013 Twist.
My goal is not to add anymore projects. Just finish some of them that have bee waiting in the wings for years.
My first goal for quilting for 2013 is to finish a paper-pieced quilt I started about 4 years ago and finally got the piecing part done last summer! The second is to make the quilt that I bought a beautiful Moda jelly roll from and cut all cut out in August at the cottage but haven’t had a chance to stitch it yet! Both of these are quilts for me and they will be done before I start anymore quilts for others! Looking forward to the new year when (hopefully) life slows down a little and quilting picks back up! Merry Christmas!
I want to make a quilt for my bed this year! Just trying to pick the pattern and then on to the fabric!
lisamcgriff (at) hotmail (dot)com
There are two new nieces or nephews expected in 2013 so baby quilts are first on the agenda. These quilts will give me lots of much needed FMQ practice. Thanks for a chance to win one of these beautiful calendars.
My goal is to finish up last year’s UFO’s. Oh…. I’ll need a poke every once in a while to get me motivated. LOL Merry Christmas!
I always look for a stunning quilt calendar to keep track of my schedule! Would love, love, love to have one of these!
My goal in 2013 is to always walk into my sewing room with a smile on my face…to make it a judgement free zone and to embrace that quilting is not a race but to be savored like a great dessert!
My goal is more quilts. Having a cancer diagnosis makes you reevaluate things. I want to leave things of value (not too soon of course). Love the calendar
I just started quilting one month back, i live in bangalore, india. The only sewing i have done upto now is threading needles for my mum, so at age 42 thought it was a good time to start without pressure of what people will say !!!
Got my cutting mat and rotary cutter delivered thru amazon today so m excited to begin, saw your calender and the designs look amazing !!!
My goal for this year is to finish 2 UFO’s, and make my hubby’s quilt
I plan to make my first Baltimore Album quilt, all hand applique, in 2013. I also hope to finish all the center blocks for my Dear Jane quilt, also by hand (I have 39 left to do). And, since my wedding anniversary (41 yrs!) is 12/18, and my birthday is 12/19, a calendar would be a fantastic gift. Then I can plan out which blocks I am going to work on for the entire year. That should keep me on track to complete both my goals for 2013. Thank you!!
My goal is the same as last year: finish up my UFOs before starting something new!
I did finish a few this year, but also sneaked in a few new ones.
A quilt calendar – a great way to start each day. Thanks for th opportunity to have one. My goal – getting my quilt room set-up after our recent move.
My goal this year is to get better at organizing my projects and the time I have available for them! Thanks for the great giveaway :*)
To piece and quilt my first quilt all by myself. thanks
I would love to win one of these calendars! My goal is to finish quilting my mom’s quilt and to begin and finish quilting my cat quilt.
my goal for next year is to have my ornaments done in the early part of the year and the other hand made gifts done by the middle of the year. i am so far behind because i waited till sept. this year. maybe a calendar would keep me on goal. thank you.
How wonderful to have more Quilty art as a calendar! Thanks!
My quilting goals for 2013:
Finish my king-sized Patriotic Sylvia’s Bridal Sampler.
Make the firefighter quilt for my husband to take to the fire station.
Make the Brown Bear quilt from the kit I have, for my one son.
Make a quilt from the Riley Blake Pieces of Hope bundle, for my son with Autism.
I am making Christmas quilts for my two granddaughters. I want to get them finished in 2013, so I really need a calendar to assure that I get them completed on time.
Two things for 2013:
1. To make and finish five quilts members offor my familymembers
And
2. Learn to hand quilt so my embroidered wall hanging will be on my wall above my lounge.
I would love to win one of the quilt calendar – love them.
Take care,
Donna in Brisbane.
My goal is to enhance my skills through quilting for charity or gifting.
I would love to win one of these pretty quilt callendar. My next goal is to make mini quilt with my own designs. I’m new in the USA and I’ve been learning to make small quilts. My mind always thinking about quilts, I guess I’ve been addicted since then! <3
I do believe this would be the way to go each month a new block, put them together one by one, then I have a one and only design
My goal is to finish a quilt for my Dear mother. She lives in Lima, Peru. Quilting is new for her.
My 2013 goal is making quilts for each of my niece and nephew, had made one for a niece, still have to make 4 more
I want to learn how to quilt, so my goal is to start and complete a small quilt. The calendars are a beautiful inspiration!
My goal for 2012 is to finish most note I said most of the quilts I have started before I start a new one. I have many waiting to start but am really going to try to finish MOST of the UFOS before I get into another!!!!
My goal is to finish my aunts quilt, she started it by making the blocks from old hankies from her mother. I want to finish puttin it together and quilted by her birthday.
This time of year I always think I should spend next year making Christmas quilts. That never happens! So my goal for 2013 is to learn to make tshirt quilts. I have many cute shirts from my kids that i want to use.
My goal is start and finish quilts for my three daughters in 2013. Something simple but timeless.
My goal for 2013 is to finish making wall hangings for the local Senior Citizen Center one for each month of the year. I am about half done and the seniors enjoy seeing the different projects that are relative to that month.
My goal is to finish some ufos next year.
My goal is to finish up quilt tops I have ready for the backing and to give to a homeless person on the street as it will help keep them warm and will be something pretty that they probably will never let go.
My goal is also to finish my many unfinished UFO projects in 2013. Have a great holiday. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
to finish my studio!
Piece a queen size storm at sea quilt and quilt it. (I have 4 kits that will create this size quilt).
It my same quilt-related goal as every year: FINISH SOME QUILTS! DON’T START MORE!
Love all the calendars, but especially Kim Diehl’s. My quilt related goal for 2013 is to get a copy of Electric Quilt 7 and learn how to use it for designing blocks. Thanks!
I haven’t got a calendar for 2013 yet, so hope to win one! My goal is to finish some UFOs.
As I was trying to nod off after a busy shopping and baking day, what came to mind were the large quilt kits I have waiting….unfinished. Time to make those a priority for 2013. Mocha Latte will be my first for my bed and continue on with a Quilt for a Cause to gift for a charity .
Kim Diehl, Edyta Sitar, and Thimbleberries? I’d love to have any of them hanging on my walls!! I’m glad I haven’t ordered my 2013 calendar yet.
My quilting goal for the new year is to finish the quilts I have started. I think I have 6 to finish as of right now. Half of those are for charity.
My goal is to take a class on longarm quilting and finish the quilts that I made in 2012.
One of my goals is to finish more quilts than I start. I’m hopeful, as I’ve made progress on several projects.
Though I subscribe to many quilting magazines, Quiltmaker is my favorite and the ONLY one that I save year after year. My 2013 goal: finish as many UFOs as possible!
My priority this year is to use what fabric I have collected. We coordinate a large quilt-in in the summer and design a quilt top for participants to make. I plan on using a very large part of my stash for them. In addition I use a calendar to plan the completion of 6-8 quilts each year. By writing them down as appointments, I am able to devote several days a month to each desired project. Last year I finished about 15 quilt tops using this method.
I have gathered the fabric to make a quilt for my own bed. In 2001 I won the quilt that is on my bed and it’s 100 x 100 and hand quilted but it’s time for me to make one myself!
My goal is to reduce the size of my stash. I’m running out of room.
Very lovely calendars. My goal for 2013 is a quilt for each of my six grandchildren.
I would love to have a calendar for Christmas,
Thank You.
My goal for 2013 is to take the quilt tops I made in 2012 – my first three ever! – and finish them….. I believe this will be accomplished because I just finished my machine quilting class.
Thank you for the chance to win one of these beautiful calendars.
My goal is to set more time aside for quilting. The covers of the calendars are beautiful to look at and inspiring. Thank you for the chance to win one!
To be able to quilt and make beautiful things for my family and friends is a delight. I just look around and there is so much inspiration in our world…Peace and Love
My goal is to get back to my patchwork. I have had to take a seasonal break to dust and clean before family and friends come. I love to see them come, but I love to see them go, so I can get back to doing what I love to do. PATCHWORK!!!!!
I would love to have a new calendar for my sewing room!
My goal for 2013, is to finish one little UFO after every big project I finish. There are 4 large projects that must be finished this year.
A calendar with 12 beautful projects to do what better way to start a nes year.
My plan is to finish the quilts for my two grandchildren. Send me good wishes to finish!
When I retired in 2011, my husband and I traveled west and I purchased fabric in Cody WY for a special quilt for my husband. I have started it, but my gola is to finish it by April 4, 2013 in time for my husband’s birthday.
My goal is to do more and more and more charity quilts.
When I retired in 2011, my husband and I traveled west. In Cody, WY, I purchased fabric to make a special quilt for my husband. I actually started it in 2012, but have not finished it. My goal is to finishe ot by April4,2013 in time for my husband’s birthday.
My goal is to create and complete a quilt for my guest bedroom. I have tried several new blocks from the co-ordinating fabrics that I have purchased, and look forward to more ‘sample blocks’ to inspire me!
my quilting goal for 2013 is to complete at least 12 PHD’s one a month. If I sew a little bit every day….I think I can do it
beautiful calendars
I love quilt calendars. My goal for the year is to quilt at least one UFO from my very large stash each month. That will leave me room to add the new completed projects from 2013 to my depleted UFO pile.
For 2013 I would like to make quilts for each of my children and myself. I would also like to make some for my motorhome. I would like to also finish all of my UFO’s. I love the quilt calendars. Sure hope I win.
My goal for 2013 is to finish quilting the tops that I have made in 2012. It should be a good year.
Having just begun quilting mid 2012, 2013 will be a year long voyage of learning and discovery. I have several projects ready to start, one top finished and ready to quilt. My goal is to forge ahead with my online classes and hands on training. You site is terrific! Mahalo for the chance to read all the previous posts and to know I am part of a large community of quilters!
In 2013, I want to make a Log Cabin quilt. I keep saying I am going to, and have somehow never gotten around to it.
I’ve recently moved and haven’t got my sewing room set up yet. That’s my first goal … and then I have a quilt that has been waiting for far too long. Its a lovely blue and purple pinwheel-type for my new master bedroom! Thanks for this opportunity.
My goal for 2013 is to finish the drunkard’s path quilt my mother had just completed the assembly one week before her accidental death. It will provide good memories and moments where I feel I am connected to my mom.
I would like to set up a sewing area that I can close the door on when needed. I also need to finish projects I’ve started. I would like to learn to do my own machine quilting, starting with smaller projects.
I want to finish a bunch of UFO’s so I can look at my project shelves and not feel pressured! Thank for the chance to win a calendar.
In Jan. I am starting a quilting group at my church, so my goal for 2013 is to make it a success! We will be learning about block of the month, tool of the month and of course snack of the month.
Beautiful calendars.
My goal for 2013 sadly, (and I hope I’m not the only one to say this), is the same as the goal I had for 2012.
I want to make a great quilt for my husband and all three of our Grandchildren. I am very much hoping that I will be able to quilt each of them myself as well although I think hubby’s quilt may have to go out for that.
I would like to conquer my fear of Free Motion Quilting!
This year I am going to get brave enough to machine quilt two quilts. I am new at quilting so I have a lot of practicing to do to learn how to do this. I like to challenge myself with something new in quilting each year.
My goal is to get my sewing room cleaned up and organized so I have room to work on quilts.
I want a design wall! I will make one and get it installed!
My one goal for 2013 is to make a quilt for me.I have yet to make one for myself!
My goal is to finish the antique family quilts I gave my nieces when they graduated from high school since they graduate from college in May and Dec 2013. Go figure……I’m in great need of having my focus focused!
I am making memory quilts for my grandma and my aunt from my Grandpa’s flannel shirts. RIP Papa. We miss him so much!
My goal for 2013 is to learn how to hand or machine quilt so that I can quilt the tops that I have pieced over the last several months. I made my very first quilt ever in July. I tied it because I wanted to finish it in time for my husband’s birthday. I’m a fan of Lynette Jensen and would love to win her calendar. Merry Christmas, Tami
My first goal is to get a calendar! lol. I need to finish more quilts, and work on the BOMs and shop hop block quilts I’ve started.
My goal this year tis to use up my stash, when possible.
My goal is to get proficient at Applique, and since 2013 is the year of Applique for Quiltmaker I hopefully will get lots of practice. Love all the Quilt calendars.
Merry Christmas
I just started sewing and quilting in October and my goal for 2013 is to start off with some quilted wall hangings for family members and then finish off the year with a quilt for our bed. Quilting is real exciting for me and I can’t wait for the New Year! Thanks for your consideration on this!
I would love to be well enough to finish my 14 yo sons quilt. He picked the pattern and the fabric. I feel so guilty for not doing it sooner. Im just unwell. He understands.
I love the quilt calendars! It’s like getting a little surprise every month and I can use up some of my scraps and stash.
My goal is to finish more quilts than I start this year! I want to keep the interest going but I also need to move some stuff out of my sewing room so I have room to sew, and the best way to do this is to finish a bunch of projects. Perhaps if I had the quilty calendar I could schedule myself some deadlines and be productive!
my goal is to make some lovely quilted tote bags out of batik colored fabrics and do the free motion quilting designs on them.
To bite the bullet and machine quilt those 8 pieced tops just sitting in the box, lonely and feeling unloved!!!!
I wish to get my quilt finished for the June 2013 Quilt Show my guild is having.
My goal is to make a wedding memory quilt for my daughter with pictures from her wedding. Thanks for the chance to win the calendars.
My goals are to finish my UFOs, improve on my applique skills and to spend more time with my quilting buddies!
I love having a quilt calendar above my desk — it inspires me to finish what I am doing so I can get back to sewing!
My hopes for this year: to try some less traditional techniques and patterns … but first there are some UFO’s ..
I want to finish a hand embroidery quilt for my daughter-in-law for my large quilt challenge for the year. I also want to make several lighthouse art quilts.
My aim is to use up my stash by making quilts for project Linus.
I want to quilt the 3 tops I have ready on my home machine next year. Thanks for the chance to win one of these beautiful calendars.
I would love to have one of these! Need some wall deco for my new sewing space! I’ve sewn several quilts for Marines returning from OCONUS. Love to quilt! Thanks!
Free motion quilting–it has been frustrating me–I have never met my match until now and my goal is winning/taming it in 2013
finish quilts for my 3 brothers before may, finish quilts for a ladies’ shelter by dec.
One of my goals for 2013 is to learn how to use a longarm quilting machine. I am already signed up for a class!
I just laid out all my unfinished tops, and my 1st goal for the new year is to back and quilt them all – there are 13!!
My main goal is to finish a quilt that will be auctioned off to benefit our Wounded Warriors. Secondly, make something “just for me”
Jo
I have just started on my daughter’s wedding quilt. And I am working on my grandson’s next quilt.
I am GOING to conquer Free Motion Quilting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I definitely need a calendar and a quilt one would make me happy all year long!!
My goal is to take a year sabbatical and spend the year with my homebound mom and quilt with her all the year long and make wonderful memories to give to her grand and great grandchildren.
I would be thrilled to win any of these. My goal for 2013 is to get a quilt made for my best friend who is dealing with serious health issues.
My goal is to become more accurate in cutting and sewing straight lines. To reach this goal I am going to try a quilt pattern called “Big Bang” (http://www.gloriouscolor.com/storeimages/KQuiltsAgain/EarthyBigBang_tn.jpg) which is multiple diamonds sewn together in a circular pattern. It will take the longest of any quilt I have tried so far and will be my largest. Hopefully my daughter will like it
My goal is to finish one quilt. I’m a beginner and mainly a stalker on this site
My goal is to learn machine quilting on my own machine. No long arm in my future
My goal for 2013 is to finish the many quilt projects which I have started.
There are boxes in closets, and under the beds in which the quilts
are crying out to me, “Finish me, finish me!
I want to learn Trapunto.
my main quilt goal for 2013 is to finally make my husband and I a quilt for our bed. we have been married for 17 years, it is time. we picked 35 blocks out together for the quilt which was not easy to say the least considering quilting is not high on his list. so I am really excited about this quilt.
My goal is to make paper pieced quilts and then design my own.
My goal is to finish UFO,s and BOM’s before buying anymore fabric. LOL
I absolutely love quilting calendars – especially the ones with instructions! Every year I give quilting calendars to my quilting cousins (really!) and friends. My goal for 2013 is to continue to delve into my stash and find more fabrics that I’ve “forgotten” about and make more quilts! Making more charity quilts is also on my list. I love giving quilty hugs via my handwork.
Every time I go to the store or look at fabric on the web-sites, I promise myself that’s the last time I’m going to buy another piece of fabric. Would you believe I never keep that promise.
(Did’nt get to finish my commnet. ) My goal is to stop promising myself promises I can’t keep.
One of my quilt goals is to finish twelve UFOs this year – one for each month. I have very many from which I can choose and need to either finish them or pass them along to someone who will.
I definitely have have goals for 2013… it’s gonna be MY year! First thing is to make a quilt for my wonderful hubby… then finish my mom’s quilt in time for her 80th birthday in January, then a jar quilt for my kitchen, then a king size batiks quilt for my own bed… 2 Quilts of Valor, a pin cushion swap … then we’ll see what the second half of the year holds !
Love quilt calendars-such beautiful inspiration!
My goal is to attend quilting club meetings and finish all the profects I have started, one is started 30 years ago!
My goal for 2013 is to figure out what is causing my back pain when I quilt and fix it so I can continue.
I plan to finish all of my UFO’s….of course, I plan to do that all the time but I usually find something new I want to try.
A new quilt calendar would be nice-love all the new patterns and ideas!
My goal is not necessarily to complete any specific quilt, but I sure would love to learn how to free-motion quilt on some already completed projects. And I guess, thinking about it, I might want to complete a landscape quilt that I have envisioned and planned in my head for about two years now!
i want to learn fmq hopefully
To finish up the seasonal wall hanging panels that I have so that I can decorate with them in 2013:)!! Thanks for the chance to win!
I have many unfinished projects that I hope to finish in the new year, but I don’t want to stop learning new technicques and trying new things!
I’d absolutely LOVE to win a calendar for 2013!! My goal(s) for 2013 is to finish the quilt I started for my son & his wife when they got married (back in 2009!!) I keep saying I’m going to finish it, but always manage to find something else to work on. And now my daughter got married this year, so I need to make them a quilt, as well! I MUST do those two things, if nothing else!! Thanks for giving us a chance to win!! Merry Christmas!!!
What better way to count off the days of 2013 than with a beautiful calender, while being inspired to create?!
I want to make a quilt for my granddaughter, have been building up stashes of fun fabrics.
One year, my new year’s resolution was to finish a project every month, or I couldn’t start something new. So I did! And I got through the stack that was sitting there. Whether it was just add the binding or finish the applique, I did get something finished every month. Started plenty more! But you feel so productive…so I need to concentrate on finishing things again this year.
My goal is to start (and hopefully finish) the hand quilting on my double wedding ring quilt.
I want to organize my sewing area to be able to efficiently sew more quilt projects during the next year.
My goal is to finish all the tops I have oieced together and not yet quilted, that should keep me busy all year and then some…..
I want to finish a couple projects that are mostly done and improve my skills for free motion quiltying.
I need to get the grandbabies quilts done – oh yeah, they aren’t babies any more!! I need fabric!
My goal in 2013 is to finish 2 UFO quilts I have hanging in my sewing room.
My 2013 goal is to finish the many projects I have started. Plus I have been thinking about making a quilt for my husband. I also have other projects such as crochet, cross stitching and others to work on, I would love to win the calendar.
To hand quilt the flower garden quilt my mother-in-law hand pieced several years ago
A calendar with patterns to challenge me more. This year my Christmas sewing starts in January and two quilts per month. (But first to the repairman I go, while wishing Santa will bring a new machine.)
I will try new technique each month no matter how intimidating it seems.
My goal is to make a quilt for me!!
I am a longarm quilter so my goal for 2013 is to find more balance so I can work on my own projects, also. Thank you for the chance to win!
I have many quilting goals for 2013but just a couple of them are to finish at least two unfinished projects for every new one that I start and the other one is to make more quilts of valor plus kids quilts for donation. It is going to be another busy quilting year.
My wish is to finish what I started and not see something so stunning that I just have to make it! I will never live old enough to finish all my projects haha.
One of my goals is finish a queen-sized Japanese Fan Quilt – which needs sandwich and quilting.
My goals are simple. i want to finish the two quilt tops i have planned, plus maybe one more so that i can then hand quilt them on my custom frame! i love the quilting part more than the sewing part, but i have to make the quilt tops before i can get to the quilting. i have a psychedelic quilt in process, and a curlique one that i have the fabric but havent touched yet!!!
I have a new grandbaby coming in April and I need to make a baby quilt! Also finish some UFO’s (doesn’t every quilter have a few of them?).
My goal for 2013 is to finish off my ‘Teddy Bear’ quilt. I have been trying to quilt around them with a walking foot. Impossible to do. I have nearly ended up in tears over them. So, when I buy a FMQ foot, I will finish off the quilt in the new yr. Feeling much better about the quilt, hopefully…
My goal for 2013 is to master free motion quilting on my sewing machine. I would love to win one of theses beautiful calendars. We don’t have anywhere in town that sells them….If i don’t win one I will surely buy one online.
My goal is to make an applique quilt. The calendars are all beautiful!
My goal is to finish the quilts that I didn’t finish this year and make a quilt for myself from some fabric I love that I purchased a few months ago.
My goal would be to get my “Hobo Quilt” quilt top quilted – Oh boy try to say that fast a few times – LOL
Oh my gosh. My 2013 goal is the same goal I have every year: finish up those UFO’s!! (Have you ever heard them called PIGS? Projects in Grocery Sacks. HA!)
I learned to cut { post card quilts} with my Grandma Bagley when I was young. then started to sew clothing in 62, as 4H project. Now I’m blessed to be quilting with a grate group of ladies at the Patchwork Quilt Guild, in Baker, Mt. My first one was a round robin{row by row} nine patch.My recent was a strips and curves using 75 different fabrics. I would put it in my sewingroom, so i could enjoy it every day.
Who wouldn’t want one of these calendars! They look fantastic! My goal is to finish several UFO’s and to begin my new king-sized bed quilt, which I swore never to do another one! Merry Christmas everyone and God bless you and yours!
Oh, I’d just love one of these gorgeous calendars.Thanks for the giveaway.
I have a number of baby quilts to do by May, one of which is for my 6th grandchild.
And then I would like to try my hand at an art quilt.j
I will continue to finish up some more of my UFOs in the coming year. With a quilting calendar, I could keep track of my progress!
I want to reduce the number of UFOs cluttering up my quilting room. I am retiring this month and while I will be looking after my 3-month old GD, I hope to find time to get some quilting donr
We will be moving into a new home in January, so my goal is to get my sewing studio organized so I can start working on my UFOs. While we have been in the rental house, I have been making tops so I have a lot to complete.
I’d love to win a new quilt calendar. I could keep track of all the upcoming quilt shows and get some new patterns to make more quilts!
My goal for 2013, is to create and publish more quilt patterns! Gives me a reason that my DH understands as to why I need more material!
These calendars are just beautiful. I would love one.
I would like to finish several quilt projects that I started in 2012. Also working on some smaller quilting projects such as table runners. I would love to win a new quilting calendar.
Usually this time of year I have my Quilting Calendar for the new Year. Not yet this year. I try to make at least one of the quilts in each Calendar I buy. Hopefully I can win one.
My mom and I love to hang quilting calendars in our sewing room. Not only are they pretty, they also inspire us with ideas for projects to work on. Would love a new calendar for next year!
I love calendars and have them all over in our house. If I have no room anymore at home, I put them up outside my office space so others can enjoy them, too.
My goal is to finish all the quilts I started in 2012.
Beautiful.
I was just in my sewing studio and noticed my calendar and thinking I need to get one for 2013! I would love to win one of yours. My goals are to finish the 2 mystery quilts I am working on right now and to make at least 3 quilts for charity in addition to all the other ones! I think it is very doable!
Since I bought several projects in 2012 which I have not yet started, my 2013 goal is to make time on my calendar to work on a specific part of each project. One week cut, next week sew, on so on, until I have a pile of completed quilt tops!!
My goal is to actually set aside each Wednesday as quilting day. Put other stuff aside and get up in the studio to quilt! Wish me luck!
In 2013 I would love to finally create a quilt that I deem worthy enough to go in a competition
I have purchased all the material for finnally making myself a quilt. I plan on working on it everychance i get. Also attempting a wool hand sewen quilt being offered by my local quilt store as a block of the month program.
My primary goal for the new year will be a quilt for my new grandson. I also plan to complete a wall hanging of the three wise ment in time for Christmas. And in between maybe a quilt for my husband. I have made many many quilts, and he should be at the top of my list. I love the “Simply Beautiful” calendar!
I would like to finish some, if not all, of my UFO’s. I have multiple projects that beg to be finished!
i’m going to make a runner for my entry table for each month , appropriate to the month, season or holiday. i’ve collected a few patterns and ideas, enough to make a start on my project. my entry table needs a pick-me-up!
I want to make 4 really gorgeous quilts this year!
I would like to make a new quilt for our queen size bed– I have the pattern, fabric, everything but time. Life keeps getting in my way.
I would like to strengthen out my sewing room so that I can find and complete some of my unfinished projects some dating back 3 years.
My first goal for 2013 is to finish my son’s red/black/white quilt. I only have a few blocks to finish piecing, so this is very doable. Then maybe I can finish my quilt! I hope everyone enjoys the holidays!
My goal for 2013 is to finish more projects than I start. That has been my goal for several years, and I think I might be gaining on my many UFOs!
My goal is to complete the wedding and baby shower quilts that I owe my son and daughter in law & quilts for my 3 other grandchildren.
My goal is to make christmas quilts and gifts all year long, so I will have things for myself and lots of gifts to give to others.
Debbie
My goal is to finish an i spy quilt for my son
I would like to complete an ocean waves quilt for a gift for a fiftyth wedding anniversary and then start on a wedding quilt.
My goal is to quilt those 10 tops I’ve been piecing this year. Playing catchup!
Having just moved in November, and yes, still unpacking, I’ve placed my hands on my UFOS twice now. Once to pack it, and another time to unpack it. Realizing how many UFOs I have, I’m going to try to chip out time EACH day to sew. I’ve said it before, but I’m really going to try to stick to it. So what if I’m sewing at 11.59pm trying to reach my goal:)
My 2013 goal is to finish my first big quilt ever.
my goal is to finish as many UFO’s as possible, use up some of my stash and most of all….finish my son’s wedding quilt. I plan on being in my studio a ton in the coming year!!!
I can’t wait to see the quilts in these calendars. Then I can finish the quilts I am trying to make my nieces, and start and finish one for our grand-niece who is getting married in August!
I love your calendars. My 2013 is to make and finish five quilts for family members and also learn how to hand quilt.
Love the calenders!! I hope to complete a quilt for each of my grandchildren and one for my husband!!
My goal for 2013 is to quilt my King size log cabin quilt, which is pieced using 4″ blocks.
I really must finish a 50th birthday gift for a friend…(who will
turn 53 in 2013!) You can’t rush these things!!
And I know somewhere is a quilt I started when I first met my
husband (20+ yrs ago!).
I plan on to finish a paper pieced quilt I began last year AND to quilt some of the unfinished quilt tops accumulating in my sewing room.
My goal is to make a large lap quilt for my sister which I am hoping to FMQ. That means I have to practice, practice, practice since I’m a beginner. Would love to win a quilt calendar! Thanks for the giveaway.
I love quilt calendars – I would really like to play with Batiks in 2013. They are a fabric I love, but have never worked with.
Thanks for the giveaway! I would like to learn to FMQ on my new Janome 7700 (which I also have to learn to use!)
I need to seriously use my stash and make some quilts. I recently moved to another state and it took half of a moving truck just for my fabric. I love fabric and the beautiful things created with it. I made myself a promise to use what I have before purchasing more…well, it was a nice goal. Maybe for 2013 I will do better, or maybe just sew more so I can use up what I have and still begin a new stash for future projects. After all, fabric withdrawl could be dangerous to my health, right? Thanks for the chance to win. I love new projects.
Psst, Santa, the Award-Winning Quilts 2013 Calendar would look really great on the wall in my studio to keep me on track for the year. One goal: first, clean up the mess that has accumulated from this year. It is a disaster area. Second, complete my Hoffman challenge. Third, I sent for the challenge package for another challenge yesterday. Mostly, make more quilts to send to the Hurricane Sandy survivors, and possibly one to Newtown. And at least one QOV for a veteran.
First I should finish couple old ufos so I can start new projects. I’m planning to improve my skills in quilting with domestic sewing machine and hand appliqueing. I think I’ll have a very interesting and enjoyable quilting year 2013. Thanks for a chance.
Working on a quilt for each member of my family, bed size. Wonderful calendars, count me in.
Carol L
My goal for 2013 si to finish some of the unfinished projects I still have from 2012. They are projects I do want to finish but just haven’t had the time. Next year, I’ll be making time for them!
I have so many projects that need to be finished! I hope to finish ONE of them in 2013. Let’s all cross our fingers!
How ’bout to make a freakin’ quilt??
My goals are to finish some UFOs and to better organize all my fabrics and notions. Thanks for the giveaway – I love the calendars.
Wow I can only list one. It would have to be the quilt and accessories I am making for my room. I have portions done on the quilt and shams and material bought for the pillowcases. Just trying to find the right sashing material for my quilt.
I recently got a new sewing machine that has lots of space to allow quilting. I have no more excuses for not getting my tops quilted now. 2013 will be the year of finished projects!
I want to do more quilting on the tops I already have stockpiled in the closet so my good intention for 2013 would be to come out of the closet (so to speak!
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My goal for 2013 is to finish the quilt I started in 2004 and to make a baby quilt for a former coworker. And then…..
My goal is to quilt the tops I have hiding in my closet… 6 or 7 of them!
One goal is to quilt some of my finished tops that have been put aside while I piece new ones. I have a wedding quilt to make, a quilt promised to my niece and a quilt my dad asked me to make. Lots to do and wish I had more time to sew.
One of my quilting goals for 2013 is to use up my existing containers of scraps by making quilts for small children.
In 2013 I plan to finish the quilt for my guest room – it has been way too many years in the making! A nephew is getting married, so I will be hosting a Quilting Shower and will do the quilting after the top is pieced. Most importantly, two quilting friends lost their husbands this year; so I want to spend more quilting time with them as they go through the grieving process.