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It's my 11 year blogiversary! Eleven years ago today I put out my first blog post. I started out sharing about a wider variety of crafty and creative projects, not just quilts. In the early years I started quilting more and shifted to that being the primary focus of my blog, and in 2016 or 2017 moved to my own domain where I am now at www.sarahgoerquilts.com. I've been teaching improv piecing to quilt guilds since 2017.

2024 was a slow year on the Sarah Goer Quilts blog, but I'm happy to be back in the swing of things. My blog and my newsletter will be my biggest focus for staying in touch this year. I'm hoping to have more finished projects to share and more behind the scenes and process photos to share with you.

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Here's a peek at what's on my design wall this week. Since I'm nearly done with my first improv house quilt top, I've started a second color way with this first house block. The other two bits at the top are random pieces from previous samples/challenges. And the rest of the blocks are my paper pieced trinket blocks (pattern by Alison Glass) set into 10 1/2" squares with Alison Glass sunprints. This project is one of the six projects that I selected for a 2025 UFO challenge that I'm participating in. There are 40 blocks total. 26 are on the design wall and the other 14 have the borders cut out and ready to piece. Hoping to make this into a finished quilt top soon!

Thanks for being here.

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So I've been doing this for a year now! It's a weird milestone in that it both feels like time has flown and that I've been doing this forever. I'm having such a great time and really enjoy interacting with my readers. Thank you all for being here. It wouldn't be nearly as fun without you!

This is my 127th blog post. I've decided I'll share a little of what I'm up to and some of my top posts. This month I've been teaching my son how to quilt. That's been super fun so far. I'm loving participating in mini swaps on Instagram. I'm trying to finish up some WIPs (ya know, so I can start some new projects!). Most importantly and excitedly I've been able to regularly work on my projects and I finished 11 quilts in the last year since starting the blog! For reference, my first 10 quilts took me over a decade. (gasp!) I'm excited by all the inspiration on Pinterest, Instagram and so many awesome blogs!

So what am I working on this week? I've cut out all my pieces for this fun rainbow inspired mini for the Rainbow Mini Swap on IG. Here's my palette.

My giant wonky star quilt is pinned and ready to quilt. (It's about time... it only took me 5 months to make the quilt sandwich!) It'll be awesome to knock it into the finished column next week.

And my newest quilt project: here's my Blogiversary Scrap Attack mini quilt top that I'll be giving away in my Grow Your Blog post this weekend in honor of my 1-year Blogiversary. Please come back Saturday night for your chance to win! (Pattern is Scrap Attack by Diane Bohn.)

Here are some of my most popular blog posts in the last year.

Top 5 Quilty posts

  1. ALYoF October Finish
  2. Bold Blooms: ALYoF December Finish
  3. Candy Shoppe in Natural Light
  4. Disney Mini Swap 2015
  5. July Goal Report: Frieda the Table Runner

Top 5 Non-Quilty posts

  1. The Secret Treasure Room
  2. Tangled in Yellow Yarn: Rapunzel Hair Tutorial
  3. The Girl Turns 2: A Bug Birthday Party
  4. End of Year Teacher Gifts
  5. The Boy's Party Shirt

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