January 2025 Furtle - Fettle Those Finishes Update

January Review / Furtle

As defined by Mini Archie, ‘Furtling’ means ‘having a rummage, a delve, a look at the contents of something’. So I have furtled around to see what I have been doing this month and now I’m going to furtle around the blogs of anyone else who links up over at Archie the Wonder Dog!

-Janine at Rainbow Hare on 2/28/2019

To socialize with my online crafty friends I'm linking up with Mini-Archie, one of my favorite online personalities, and his person for the monthly progress link-up from Fettle Those Finishes! 

Continuing weekly stats here for possibly linking up once a month with Kate at Life In Pieces. My 2021-2024 goal was to stitch at least 15-minutes 50% of the days in the year. Now, the goal is any number of minutes in a day for 50% of the year since I've got an almost 7-month old puppy. I want as much time with him to enjoy our time together. 

• Week 1: 6 of 7 = 86 %
• 40 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 2: 5 of 7 = 71 %
• 42 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 3: 5 of 7 = 71 %
• 23 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 4: 5 of 7 = 71 %
• 33 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 5: 5 of 7 = 71 %
• 28 minutes/day average across 2-days
• January 23 of 31 = 74 %
• 2025: 23 of 31 = 74%

January flew by so fast. The Puppy is getting bigger and more mature, but he's still a puppy. Sewing continues to be on the back burner. Fitting in a few minutes of sewing does help me keep sane so I am trying to put a few minutes in.  

Focus continues slowly on my projects planned in 2025 see my Furtle planning post HERE.  

Projects Half Done Progress update:

There were 52 projects already started before January 1, 2025 (up from 46 in 2024). The below screenshot of my projects from the spreadsheet provided (and a little expanded) by QuiltingGail is my 'official' list with reference numbers used throughout the year.

As of January 31st, 1 project has been completed (Blue Highlight), 1 UFO and 0 new projects. 1 project completed this month (Green Highlight on completion Date), 1 UFO and 0 new projects. 4 projects progressed this month (Pink Highlight), 3 UFO's and 1 new project. 

How did sewing go?

January Project Completed:

1) Ottoman Topper is 2025 UFO 52 completed in 4-hours and 18-minutes. This first finish of 2025 was a project originally envisioned differently back in 2017. On vacation during the end of 2024 I had a flash of inspiration when the old tablecloth being used to keep dirt off my chair’s ottoman seemed to be getting too ratty to use. The design revision started before the old Heat Press died. Since I wanted to press the fabrics before cutting, all the supplies sat for over a week waiting for a new heat press then finishing a milestone of another project before the topper progress could continue. The back is flannel fabric so it has a little bit of friction with the ottoman fabric. You can see the meandering quilting on the backing side. There is no batting/wadding. The cover's top fabric was also used as the backing for Kipper’s couch cuddle quilt which I still use in his memory. 

January Projects Progressed:

1) Moon Garden Smitten2 (2025 UFO 7) Block 5B assembly completed and ready to be added to the flimsy. 3 of 4 Blocks of Month 5 have progressed in 32-hours and 11-minutes so far out of 201-hours and 46-minutes on the entire quilt top of 16 Months.

2) Easy Breezy twin size, Quiltville's 2020 Leader/Ender pattern (2025 UFO 4) - now have 75 blocks of the 180 needed for UFO, 95 blocks will be done when the kits at the sewing machine are completed. A tracking spreadsheet has been created for all the elements needed to assemble the top and figured it's 52% complete. 

3) Renaissance Ribbons' ByAnnie's Zip It Up in Moon Garden is 2025 UFO 51:

4) Sue Spargo Needle Roll is 2025 Project 1. Instead of using all the wool pieces, I'll be using the scraps from the Moon Garden Zip It Up. 

January Stats:

• 1 Completed
• 4 Progressed
• 51 UFO's remaining
• 1 2025 started projects remaining

What did you get done in January?

Link-Ups:
* Mini Archie's January 2025 Furtle Around The Blogosphere as #3

* Ms P Designs - January PHD in 2025 as #5

* Life in Pieces - Stitching Stuff Week ? of 2025 as #TBD