Snowflake Shimmer Quilt Along , 2016 Mid Year Review, and Fabric Postcard in the Works

The Snowflake Shimmer Quilt Along hosted by Yvonne @ Quilting Jetgirl, which began the first of July, is now having it's first link up.  Being the wishy-washy person that I am, I've still not completely decided on my fabric choices, but I do believe this might be it.  The only questionable fabric is the middle one.  I have a darker purple for it, but I don't think there isn't enough contrast with the background fabric for me to use it. 

Another thing that popped up this week from Yvonne at Quilting Jetgirl is the 2016 Mid Year Review so here I go with mine.

• Complete my Midnight Mystery quilt.  I hope to donate this to QOV.  I just joined this group through my local quilt guild and it is such a worthwhile organization.  If you'd like to know more about this organization, click here.
• I finished my Midnight Mystery Quilt and it was donated to QOV. 
• I want to learn more about blogging so that I can get better at it and be more consistent in my posting.  I've been flopping along on this and I know there is a lot I need to learn to be successful at it. 
• I was so fortunate to be included in the 2016 New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop led by Yronne @ Quilting Jetgirl, Stephanie @ Late Night Quilter, and Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs.  I have learned so much being a part of this group of wonderful people.  Thank you Yvonne, Stephanie, and Cheryl.  I highly recommend it if they do it again next year.
• Get a tote made for my aunt as I'll be visiting her this winter in Florida.  I already have cute kitty material and the pattern for this, just need to do it.
• Not done, not even started.
• I had planned to make a banner for each month to hang outside.  I got September and October done and then the holidays hit and November is still in the works.  I want to start in January and make one for February and finish Novembers and then in February make the one for March and so on. 
• Yep, November is still in the works, exactly where I was when I added this to my list.
• I started collecting material for Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt for this year which started on Black Friday.  I'll save all the clues and get working on it once I get all the material I need.  I plan on this being the only mystery quilt I do this year.
• I decided not to take part in this.  :(
• I plan to make another QOV quilt as I have collected a lot of red, white, and blue material.
•  I completed another flimsy and it was also donated.  You can read about that one here.
• I also plan to make two baby/child quilts to donate.  I have the material for two quilts.
• I finished and donated one baby quilt and have another one that just needs backing, quilting and binding.  Here is my post about the one I finished.  The other is back in Nevada and I hope to get it finished before the end of 2016.
• I plan on using a lot of my stash that I've been building up as you can tell by the above.
• I've used some and I've added some. Opps!
• I want to complete one Rosette each month for the New Hexagon Stitch Along.  I ordered the paper templates for this as I was printing them out and going through ink like there was no tomorrow and that stuff isn't cheap.
• I'm way behind on getting these done and I'm sure I won't have twelve done by the end of the year.  Another Opps!
• Practice, practice, practice my embroidery stitches weekly.
• About all I've done in the way of embroidery stitches is some redwork which is only backstitches.  Maybe next year.
• Make two cross-stitched stockings, one for my granddaughter and one for my granddaughter-in-law to be (August 27th).  These, of course, need to be done by next Christmas.  I've bought all the floss they had available at Walmart recently and hope to get the rest while in Las Vegas with family over Christmas.
• I have the cross-stitch done my granddaughter which will need to be made into a stocking.  I have started the one for my granddaughter-in-law.  Unfortunately, I left it behind in Nevada and will have to work on it like crazy when we get back in mid-September to get it finished in time for Christmas.
• I hope to do more wool applique.
• I haven't done anymore, but have been saving the monthly  Mystery BOM from Buttermilk Basin so hope to work on these when I return to Nevada.
• I would love to create a tutorial for my blog, but not sure what in the world I could do one on, but will be thinking of this a lot.
• I have applied to create a block and tutorial via our 2016 New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop and hope the material provided arrives at my daughters so I can get busy creating it.  I have a couple designs in mind and have drawn them out on graft paper.

I have been working on a fabric postcard swap this week and hope to finish it up today so I can get it in the mail Monday.  It is going all the way to New Zealand.  Here is what it looks like so far.  I'll need to print out the back then zigzag around it.

Linking up with Snowflake Shimmer QAL, 2016 Mid Year Review, and Slow Sunday Stitching.

Happy Stitching!