2017 UFO Challenge of the Month
#191
Our quilt guild is having a challenge this year! The one to finish the most UFOs by the end of the year wins! We had to turn in our lists of UFOs I had 29. The most in the guild- so I guess I'm set up to win if I can get my keester in gear.
#192
I have never signed up to complete UFOs because I don't think I can ever catch up! I write a newsletter for my quilt guild and am constantly getting inspired to try something to write about it. But I have to do something now, so I'm going to sign up for this, put a post-it note on my monitor to remind me and try to report back. Thanks for running this!
Several of us are striving for one per month for this year, including myself. That was my goal for last year as well, and I DID reach that goal... although I started the year off with a bang, and ended with a fizzle, I did manage a total of 12 finishes. And if you are like most of us, quilting is not the only craft we do - ANY UFO (crochet, knitting, etc.) qualifies - our focus is on FINISHING a project that has languished - forgotten, unloved, hidden away - and getting that puppy completed, some how, some way.
Good luck, and keep us posted!
#193
I have two UFO's pulled out to work on. boy on the one I so did not have an accurate 1/4 seam its just a bit bigger and the blocks are 6.1/4 not 6 1/2. Of course I figured that out after I cut the blocks to go between so need to trim those down now. I am so used to using my new foot that these old blocks stumped me a bit. Awh well the things we do when we were learning.
#194
JMoore and Patrice, those are BEEE-UUU-TIFUL finishes!!
I love seeing everyone's finishes - it really gets me stirred up to finish some of my own.
I got the commission quilt pieced last night - very simple, sort of like having a panel and adding borders - so it is ready to load right after customer quilt#2. Since the commission will be a panto, it's going to "break in line" ahead of customer #3, because #3 is a CUSTOM QUILTING job, and probably would eat into my deadline of "before Valentine's Day" for the commission quilt.
Well, my source for the critter patterns seems to have forgotten about me. I guess I'll go to Wally-World and see what I can find there to create my "patchwork teddy's" from the yardsale quilts. That would give me a couple of UFO finishes for this month, if I can hurry up and complete them.
<sigh> I'm jealous of hubby's retirement.... I'm definitely very thankful for my job, but truly... I'd rather be quilting.
#196
I got the commission quilt pieced last night - very simple, sort of like having a panel and adding borders - so it is ready to load right after customer quilt#2. Since the commission will be a panto, it's going to "break in line" ahead of customer #3, because #3 is a CUSTOM QUILTING job, and probably would eat into my deadline of "before Valentine's Day" for the commission quilt.
Well, my source for the critter patterns seems to have forgotten about me. I guess I'll go to Wally-World and see what I can find there to create my "patchwork teddy's" from the yardsale quilts. That would give me a couple of UFO finishes for this month, if I can hurry up and complete them.
<sigh> I'm jealous of hubby's retirement.... I'm definitely very thankful for my job, but truly... I'd rather be quilting.
Patrice those are lovely. I have a feeling I'll be bookmarking more pages for future quilts than getting UFOs done this year at the rate of all these wonderful finishes.
#197
Sure hope you'll post when completed (well somewhere on Board). I just LOVE your work always inspiring.
Patrice those are lovely. I have a feeling I'll be bookmarking more pages for future quilts than getting UFOs done this year at the rate of all these wonderful finishes.
Patrice those are lovely. I have a feeling I'll be bookmarking more pages for future quilts than getting UFOs done this year at the rate of all these wonderful finishes.
#199
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Some great finishes. I've made a start on one of my UFO at my quilting drop in. My sewing room is such a mess I can't face going in to start working on anything. Plus my window is stuck in the open position and it is freezing in there.
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