Looking back at 2015 is rather mixed. Creatively I have achieved a lot, culminating in the Thread and Exhibition in November which was a great success. But looking back at my targets, so many have not been achieved.
1. Make smaller items alongside larger items - when making a quilt, prepare smaller similar pieces that can become smaller mounted textile art, postcards or cards. For each of the main pieces, I made greeting cards which can be mounted or framed as small pieces of textile art
2. Use the smaller items to sale on Folksy and outlets currently used. Also review all the pieces of textile art that I have and add them to the items for sale. Very little success with Folksy this year so I have really abandoned it for now. I still continue with one of my outlets in Pagham but sales are small but as it does not cost me anything, I will continue for the time being. I pulled out of the outlet in Chichester as despite the owner working really hard on my behalf, I did not achieve any sales.
3. Attend at least one workshop with an artist who inspires me. Sadly this has not happened this year. I did look at various venues and artists but nothing in the right place at the tight time.
4. Meet with Thread and Shutter at least once a fortnight, as well as outings to exhibitions, shows etc. This has again been difficult as we are not at home for much of the time from March - October. We did manage to visit some exhibitions together which is always enjoyable.
5. Continue with regular blog posts, at least two each month. Looking back I achieved this many months but some months it was only 1 blog. This was balanced with some months with 4 blogs so I'm giving myself a tick for this one.
Looking forward to 2016 is very exciting for me as we are moving to Dorset later this month/early February. This is of course tinged with sadness for the friends I leave behind but I see it as a chance for new beginnings and already I am thinking about new things to do. With this in mind, I'm setting myself smaller targets for the year......
1. Sketchbook - work in a sketchbook at least twice each week. With this in mind I have made a list of media, techniques and tools to use with the intention of choosing one at random as the starting point for each day. I intend to only spend an hour on each page, not always aiming for a finished piece of work.
2. Join a local group. There is an Embroiderer's Guild that meets nearby so I will start with that and see where it leads.
3. Make quilts for Project Linus. As I pack ready to move, any quilts that have not sold or used and are no longer needed will be donated to Project Linus so I intend to keep my self busy once we've moved by using up any fabric that is not required and make some more quilts.
4. I'm also sorting out my textile art as I pack and selecting some pieces that I think may sell. This time I am going to try Etsy and see if it is any more successful.
Whatever happens next year, I will have loads of new places to inspire me so lots to look forward to.
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