What Happened in 2025
A Review of my Year
You know how sometimes you can’t believe that a year has passed already? You can look through your photos from the year, or flip back through your calendar, and enjoy the memories, and perhaps gladly skip over one or two of them. Yesterday I did a planning workshop that has me well set-up for 2026 but in doing so I gave myself an overview of what happened in 2025. It’s quite the list!
January began with a Quilt n Learn Summit where thousands of quilters around the world joined us for fun and making. It would be followed in July by the inaugural Tour de Fabric which will be making a come back in 2026!
Starting in January, I continued throughout the year to deliver my lectures for Guilds on “English Paper Piecing - Now & Then” about the history of EPP, as well as “You Made a Quilt, Now What?” about using images of your finished quilts on clothing and household items.
2025 was a year of financial literacy for me. I signed up for the Million Dollar Year program and booked myself a retirement planning deep dive with a free Fidelity Advisor.
February saw me at my first QuiltCon, recruiting teachers for the Tour de Fabric. I also started teaching as part of the “Market Street Arts” crew, aiming to reinvigorate downtown San Francisco.
March saw me volunteer as the San Francisco Quilt Guild’s Workshop Chair and I started booking and hosting workshops, which I’ll continue with in 2026. I also won a ribbon at the SFQG’s Quilt Show!
In April I taught at Craftcation for the second time and also re-up’d my mixed media skills. Haven’t been? You must! Read about it here. I’m teaching there again in 2026.
I trained as a Quilt Judge and also did my first official judging at the San Mateo County Fair!
Throughout the year I continued getting coaching to help with my freshly diagnosed ADHD. I did a lot of research and still think signing up with Expert ADHD Coaching was the best decision.
I appeared on a number of podcasts this year including a Quilter’s Life, Sugar Gay Isber, and Creatives on Camera.
My doctor gave me a kick in the backside about my eating habits and I did several nutrition and cooking classes with my healthcare company which were actually pretty useful.
I ended 2024 by starting Somatic Therapy, which really has changed my life. In June I had a setback but with the help of the therapy was able to get back on track and am finishing the year really strong.
September saw me at the SFQG’s Retreat which was a breath of fresh air. I also took part in an All Star Quilters Platter event with Global Quilt Connection.
In October I added a “Hemming & Mending” workshop to my portfolio and have been teaching these to sold out groups ever since. I also celebrated my 5 year Cancerversary - five years since hearing those magic words at the doctor’s office but also five years surviving!
In November I moved apartment - going from one part of Oakland to another, and gaining a whole extra room along the way! I didn’t want the month to seem too peaceful though so I also acquired Global Quilt Connection and have been busy behind the scenes ever since.
So yes, one or two things! What will 2026 hold? Subscribe to my blog or follow me to find out!
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