QuilterMomma--a couple more great finishes!

BoJangles--like you I have UFO finishes (5), but have made some other things this year as well...a wedding gift quilt, tablerunners for gifts, quick dress w/matching purse for DD and a purse for me. I have another UFO to the "flimsy" stage and one half quilted...hope to finish this one yet this month, but not sure if it will happen or not.

Here is another finish I just completed. The binding is going on as I type. I was practicing some more quilting motifs from Sue Patton and Pam Clarke. No, I don't mark. It is all free hand. I have so much more fun that way. If I marked to much I would just go bananas. I used up most of my pieces of batting that I had in a bag from other quilts. No waste on my homefront, to expensive.
Thank you for the nice comments, it always makes me feel better. I am down to approximately five UFOs in my stash. The ones left are going to be taking some time to do. I want to finish them up by the end of next month so I can enter them in the fair. Then what will I do? Oh yeah, those WIPs that need done right.

I feel guilty posting my 1st UFO of the year. I said back in March that I wanted to join this group because I have a few UFOs that I want to get finished this year. But, finishing therapy for a broken arm and getting cortisone shots for the basal joint arthritis slowed me down. And, we've had a lot of company this year at the cabin. Everyone wants to visit when you live at lake in the summer..... can't get much done when I'm cooking and fishing with guests.

Anyway, this quilt is one of 2 matching twin sized quilts for the guest room. I bought all this cabin-like fabric when we bought this place 8 years ago.... didn't know what I wanted to do with it but it had to be for the cabin. Then, 5 years ago, a neighbor wanted to do this class where you take 9 FQs and slash, turn and stitch. Now I had 9 blocks a little less than FQ size. It took me a long time to decide to put them together with the cheater fabric to make this quilt. And, I have the other top done.... just waiting till the next wave of company leaves so I can sandwich, quilt, and finish that one. Hopefully, it won't take very long (about a week just doing the quilting).

So guilty, or not, I'm posting this one. It feels SO GOOD to have this one finished..... broke the ice.... now to just keep going.

Very nice in its own right but perfect for a cabin. Congrats on the finish! Few things feel as good as turning a UFO into a beautiful quilt. Keep on going!

Guilty nothing, you finished an UFO, that is what counts! Glad your healing from the broken arm. Ouch, and those injections hurt to no end on the basal joint, had to have surgery on mine after a cabinet fell on it at Knox Lumber years ago. The therapist, after the surgery, told me to massage the area at least once a day to keep the arthritis from building up again. I do it on both, sometimes it hurts, but that just tells me I better do it more than once. Really has helped mine.
Oh, love the cable quilting on your finish. The fabric would go great in my house, DH loves fishy fabric. Nice job.

I have the binding on a couple more items that were left in the pile. Excited to get some WIPs done. I did find one little quilt that I started years ago. I have the rest of it all cut up and ready to sew from years ago in batiks no less. Will get on that in a couple more months. But I started quilting it, didn't like it and set it aside, so now to rip it out, quilt it up and get it ready for the fair. Yep, going to finish another one. bindings anyone?

Thanks Emma and Quilter Momma. I hope I can get the matching quilt finished quickly so I can work on the next UFO.

Jean, there is no 'cheater' fabric in that quilt! The border doesn't count as a cheater fabric! The 'cheater' quilts are when you use panels instead of piecing the center portion, focus portion of the quilt! That border is perfect for your cabin quilt. Don't feel guilty because this is your first finish! Every finish counts, feels good too doesn't it? You are on a roll now to get the other cabin quilt done! Great finish, very pretty quilt!

Nancy

I have finally finished one of my UFO's, have had it for 2 years, it is a customer t-shirt quilt. Will deliver this weekend.

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There are some close up pictures in my album "My quilts" if you would like to look at them and one from before it went to the longarmer.

Very cute quilt, fourpaws..... I've thought about doing a t-shirt quilt for my SIL but he hasn't gone through the t-shirts yet. I like the placement on yours.