I had this done before January 31 but was out of the house yesterday and forgot to post it. Oops.
As I'd said at the end of 2014, although my Craftsy classes are no longer part of my quilty resolutions for 2015, I do want to keep making progress. I've learned so much from them! Therefore, I'm going to keep posting my monthly updates here. I've found, however, that a couple of the classes I'm now working on are definitely long-term classes so you'll be seeing them listed in the "in progress" section for some time to come.
By the way, one of my podcast listeners wrote in with her own Craftsy count, and she's got me seriously beat in terms of quantity! (You know who you are!) So I'm not the only one out there...
New Completions
(+1)
- Free Motion Quilting a Sampler with Leah Day (see review here)
(Does finishing the January block of the Craftsy BOM count? I could count that as a new completion every month!)
Classes in Progress
(5--ahem. Maybe some more "in progress" than others. But still.)
- Fabric Patterning with Wax Resist with Malka Dubrawsky--I'll be breaking out those wax resist tools supplies week.
- Machine Quilting: Small Changes, Big Variety with Angela Walters
- Embroidering Texture & Dimension by Hand with Sue Spargo--that background is taking me forever!
- Cooking the Perfect Steak with Bruce Aidells (see below--and I actually just finished this one last night but will count it in February since that's when I'll be doing the review.)
- 2015 Craftsy Block of the Month with Jinny Beyer (see below)
Classes added this month
(3)
- 2015 Craftsy Block of the Month with Jinny Beyer (see blog about this here)
- Cooking the Perfect Steak with Bruce Aidells--I finished all the cooking classes on my list and was really hankering for a new one. I've got a few on my wish list but I figured my husband would prefer me to get this one over Thai or Mediterranean cooking. This one will go fast--I'm sure I'll be using a technique or two quite soon!
- Crazy Quilts with Allie Aller--this was on my wish list for several months and I knew I'd buy it after finishing an embroidery class or two. When Craftsy had it's big sale over a weekend I was out of town and feeling a bit self-indulgent, I bit. I've watched the first lesson or two and I'm really looking forward to digging in. She's a good teacher and I'm a huge fan of crazy quilts. But a few other projects need to move along further first.
Classes To Be Completed
Current count: 14 (+2--oops, lost some ground there!)
- Art Quilt Backgrounds: Beyond Log Cabin with Judith Trager
- Crazy Quilts with Allie Aller
- Cooking the Perfect Steak with Bruce Aidells
- Embroidering Texture & Dimension by Hand with Sue Spargo
- Fabric Patterning with Wax Resist with Malka Dubrawsky
- Free Motion Fillers Vol 1 with Leah Day
- Free Motion Fillers Vol 2 with Leah Day
- Free Motion Machine Embroidery with Terry White
- Machine Quilting: Small Changes, Big Variety with Angela Walters
- Machine Quilting Negative Space with Angela Walters
- Machine Quilting the Home Sweet Home Quilt with Frieda Anderson
- Painted Pictorial Quilts with Annette Kennedy
- Pictorial Quilting Techniques with Wendy Butler Berns
- 2015 Craftsy Block of the Month with Jinny Beyer (Alphabetically this should go on the top of this list but I can't get the bullets to cooperate....)
Completed Classes (all topics)
Current count: 46 (+1)
- 20 Essential Cooking Techniques with Brendan McDermott
- A Modern Take on the Mother Sauces with James Peterson
- Art Quilting 101 with Wendy Butler Berns
- (The) Art of Cloth Dyeing with Jane Dunnewold
- Artisan Bread Making with Peter Reinhart
- Basics of Digital Photography with Rick Allred
- Beyond Basic Machine Quilting with Ann Petersen
- Building Flavorful Soups with Peter Berley
- Chain of Stars Mystery Quilt with Kimberly Einmo
- Color Play for Quilters with Joen Wolfrom
- Complete Knife Skills with Brendan McDermott
- Continuous Line Quilting with Ann Petersen
- Craftsy Block of the Month 2013 with Laura Nownes
- Creative Photography: Capture Life Differently with George Lange
- Creative Quilt Backs with Elizabeth Hartman
- Creative Ways with Whole Grains with Anna Bullett
- Cooking Essentials: All About Chicken with Marge Perry
- Designing Modern Quilts with Weeks Ringle
- Design It, Quilt It: Freeform Quilting Techniques with Cindy Needham
- Dot-to-Dot Quilting with Angela Walters
- Finishing School: Edges and Bindings with Mimi Dietrich
- Fire up the Fish with David Bonom
- Free Motion Quilting a Sampler with Leah Day
- Free-Motion Quilting with Feathers with Angela Walters
- Hand-Stitched Collage Quilts with Laura Wasilowski
- Homemade Italian Pasta with Guiliano Hazan
- Homestyle Pan Sauces with Martha Holmberg
- Know Your Wool with Deborah Robson
- Machine Quilting with Wendy Butler Berns
- Magical Jelly Roll Quilts with Kimberly Einmo
- Pattern Free Quilt-making with Joe Cunningham
- Pictures to Pixel Quilts with Carol Sheridan
- Piece, Patch, Quilt: Basic Quiltmaking Skills with Gail Kessler
- Perfect Pizza at Home with Peter Reinhart
- Roasting Techniques Every Cook Should Know with Molly Stevens
- QuiltCon Lecture Series 2013
- Scrap Quilting with Pepper Cory
- Secrets of Slow Cooking: Mastering the Braise with Molly Stephens
- Shoot It! A Product Photography Primer with Carol Sheridan
- Simple Soups from Scratch with Kathy Gunst
- Spindling from Fluff to Stuff with Drucilla Pettibone
- Stitch & Slash with Carol Ann Waugh
- Strip Your Stash with Nancy Smith
- Stupendous Stitching with Carol Ann Waugh
- Thread Art with Lola Jenkins
- Travel Photography with Jad Davenport