Anna & G on the Road: Happy New Year!

It is time to put away all the holiday decor and begin plotting the new year. Thank you so much for checking into the Anna & G On The Road in the TQS Daily Blog. 2016 was a wonderful quilting year which you can check out on the Woolie Blog...the 2016 slide show was a wonderful way for me to see how much I had really accomplished. In 2017 I am planning a couple of Quilt Alongs and will continue to set manageable goals. AND...G and I will be hitting the road again searching out the beauty in our country and hopefully we'll run into a few quilters along the way! We keep changing our direction as people share what their states and cities have to offer. I do have Empty Spools at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, CA, already on the calendar and will be teaching at the Quilters Affair this summer. I hope you will open your quilting heart to a new technique or class and support the quilting movement. There were a lot of changes in the quilting world in 2016, but I feel like quilting is what will keep my spirits up in 2017 and I want to support all aspects of my quilt world.

I also encourage you to pick a word for the year as a focal point for not only how you want your next year to bloom, but also how you would like your quilting life to develop. My word for this year is Detox...I like the power of it and the motivation I feel when I say it! I am going to detox the negative from my life...whether it is the negative tabloids or negative people, and I am giving up self judgment...totally detoxing it from my life!!! I love quilting and get such joy from stitching...I no longer want to hear myself in a self-deprecating mantra talking about how much fabric I have...or how I need to finish one thing before starting another...NOPE...no more quilt spanking going on in my life. 2017 will be the year I detox all the negatives out of my life I hope you will consider what you would want your word to be for 2017.

And so I say again, thank you to all the quilters out there...I really need you in my life :)

Comments

#11 Diane Mitchell 2017-01-26 13:08

Anna, I'll be at Empty Spools Session I, taking David Taylor's class. Which session are you attending?

#10 Giquilt 2017-01-06 06:56

Thank you for the positiveness of this post. I also would like to stop saying negatives things about my stash and finishes. I put down one quilt as a New Year resolution to finish. Only one. But I quilt everyday on others too.

#9 joleneshindler 2017-01-05 17:08

So excited for the quilt/stitch alongs with you! Wool arrived today for Give Thanks. I can't decide if my word should be Focus or Flourish? Or maybe Flourcus or Focrish? Lol! Either way, I know we are both dreaming of fabric in our hands and beautiful scenery. I look forward to another year of riding along with you, G and Enzo via Vlog! Many blessing to you all in 2017!!

#8 tmvivo 2017-01-05 13:41

I am adopting your idea also! My word for 2017 is JOY. I will look for the joy in every day . joy from my family and friends, joy in nature and joy in quilting and creating!

VivianD

#7 quiltinful 2017-01-05 12:56

I love your word for the year and have appropriated it for myself...we all can do with a lot less negativity! i have enjoyed your quilt roady posts and look forward to more this year and yes, you have turned me into a fellow wooly mammoth! THANK YOU!!

#6 Connie T 2017-01-05 10:25

Great word Anna. I am going to keep that in my mind also. I have so enjoyed your blog, and Quilt Roadies. I have learned so much from your stitching tutorials and have actually finished a few projects because of them. I love my quilting friends from near and far, and those that I only see through Instagram as well. Sure makes this hobby fun!!

#5 Lara B. 2017-01-04 13:56

Detox! That's a great word Anna and after this last year, as very good pursuit.

#4 babawawa 2017-01-04 11:46

This has been one of my all-time favorite TQS features. I will be following Anna's adventures in the new year. Thanks for a great year and inspiring "words to live by" in 2017: Detox! Quilting without the guilt!

#3 Sandi 2017-01-04 10:56

Have a great2027 Anna, look forward to your On the Road adventures and Woolie Mommoth blog updates, along with these posts!

#2 Priscilla 2017-01-04 10:10

Me too! It's so easy to forget that we do the best we can and sometimes it's not perfect, but we made it.

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