Happy New Year! 

What will happen in 2014? . . . .   I don't know, but

I am looking at this new year as a new quilt!  I get to pick the pattern, the size it will be, chose what colors I want in the quilt, and search for the right fabrics to make it pop!  I get to decide if it will be a challenging pattern or something easy with little matching.  Do I do traditional or try out this new Modern Look in quilting?  Will it be wall quilt or a bed quilt.  Art quilt or one to snuggle in? 

 The same questions can be asked about life.  Do I continue to work?  Do I try a new techinque or adventure?  Is this the year we remodel the kitchen which of course means a lot of redecorating in the other rooms on the same floor. (Boy lots of choices and decisions there!)  Do join a new group?Or do I continue doing the same old thing? 

In Quilting Arts Magazine, they asked you to chose a guide word for 2014 and I have been giving it a lot of thought the last few days.  But tonight, I am choosing the word Explore.  I can explore, my quilting and the world of quilting.  I can explore my world, through trying new things and going new places, tasting new foods.  I can challenge myself to explore an activity I have never done and so on.

So 2014 will be a year of Joyfully Exploring the world and all it holds.

May you also have a joyful 2014 and do your own exploring!

Marsha