2025 Goals

This year I've decided to simplify my goal setting a bit. I'm going to have one main focus:

Learn 25 advanced sewing techniques.

Last year Dale and I watched several seasons of The Great British Sewing Bee. It got me excited about sewing again. So instead of having my usual massive list of goals that I push myself to achieve, I want to sharpen my sewing skills. That seems so doable and life enriching. After all, sewing was my first love.

I've picked out 19 techniques thus far that have been on my radar. That narrow hem I used on my damask tablecloth was the first to try.

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Now, I am still Margaret, so I still have great ambitions. The other things I want to dabble in are primarily extensions of goals I achieved over the last few years. So here are 24 other things I might do:

Crafts and Sewing

1. Develop 25 sewing skills

2. Refold fat quarters and make them look pretty (and be useful)
   
   

3. Turn white oval tablecloth into circle tablecloth
   
   

4. Make a travel pouch for my drinking straws for my purse
   
   

5. Rearrange / reorganize Studio
   
   

6. Make crafts from stash as much as possible instead of buying new supplies
   
   

7. Fix vintage yoyo quilts for Julie
   
   

8. Learn to use new sewing machine
   
   

9. Crochet Annie’s Owl purse
   
   

Once a month

10. Make cookies (perhaps for holidays and to share) 
    Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct   Nov  Dec
    
    

11. Whiten teeth
    Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct   Nov  Dec
    
    

12. Go on 12 Artist Dates
    Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct   Nov  Dec
    
    

13. 12 Love Gestures to Dale (keep it simple)
    Jan Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct   Nov  Dec

14. Crochet 12 purses for Bags of Love
    Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct   Nov  Dec
    
    

Twice a week

15. Touch base with my kids

The 25s

16. Visit 25 parks

17. Find 25 geocaches (get to 836)

18. Read / Listen to 25 books with an emphasis on audiobooks I already have.
    
    

19. Make / send 25 letters/cards
    
    
    

One Offs

20. Fill patio planters and gardens … Ground cover. Mint. Daffodils. Sunflowers. Pumpkins.
    
    

21. Sell massage table and chair and equipment
    
    

22. Work on garage organization / label shelves
    
    

23. Redecorate bathroom walls
    
    

24. Go to Enchanted Forest
    
    

25. Go to the Oregon shore

I've already started on several of these. But if they don't all get done this year, no biggie.