2015 sewing goals - with a linky party giveaway

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Here are my top 5 things I want to achieve in my sewing next year...1) Enter three items in the Quilt and Stitch Village CompetitionOne of them will be the Bear quilt (big reveal Christmas Day, a peek above) but I also want to make a patchwork dress maybe using the Francoise pattern and fusible fleece to still qualify as a three layer quilt (and obviously doing it in plenty of time to avoid the pitfalls of before) or perhaps as a pinafore style and also sew a quilt I've designed called Pancakes which brings us to...2) Get good at curvesI've done the odd bit of Drunkard's Path stitching before but it's hit and miss. I've designed "Pancakes" that I want to make. Not sure if it will be two tone, or multi-tone yet, I'm thinking possibly an unlikely solid choice plucked off my new Kona Solids card coupled with my bundle of Priory Square that I'm itching to use.3) Attempt Y Seams againIn a similar vein I'm BAD at Y-seams. Last time I used them was in my Left-a-Lone Star quilt (yes, yes I haven't quilted it yet, shhh) and they were not at all good. Maybe a mini quilt is what I need to do to get more confident? Any pattern recommendations?4) Write more on the quilting scene and market in generalNext year will see two of my articles- rather than projects- in Popular Patchwork magazine and I have another up my sleeve on the subject of Postmodern quilting, which I like to bang on about every now and then. I'd like to keep doing them, they're quicker and strangely more satisfying than making an item for a magazine.5) QuillowsI'm still not sure how to make a quillow- how is the pocket attached? What about sewing it on after quilting- does it need to be done by hand like a sleeve? If I do it before basting do I need to hand tie my quilt instead of quilting it? I have seen instructions on how to make one but they didn't make a whole lot of sense and this is eating away at me- I really want to make one!What are your five sewing goals for 2015? Why not link up here? I'll pick someone at random out of the link-ups on 1st January 2015 to receive these cuts of fabric (some FQs, some a bit smaller but adequate pieces)![inlinkz_linkup id=477828 mode=1]