Oksewglad- it took me a minute to realize how tiny those 4 patches are! What a cool finish. Love the idea of photoing it on your Xmas tree--- our tree is still up too, and probably will be for a while since I'd rather be quilting than putting it away LOL

Krystyna- that's a neat grouping of fabrics, good job.

Leta- sounds like an introvert's dream come true- too much snow and/or ice to go out means more time to quilt:p

I'll be finishing up an art quilt that's not a UFO, possibly cutting out a baby quilt that needs to be done before the shower next month, and working on one of the 2 UFOs that are the next in line.

Rob

Might I jump on board? I keep most of my fabric at a storage unit and the other day brought a box home marked "small pieces". Well, they were small pieces OK -- 11 bags of quilt blocks in various stages of assembly. Some from swaps, some I'd started and never finished, and some from I have no idea where! Then there's the 12 - 15 quilt tops that are either finished or just need borders and then quilted, and the two quilts that I goofed on and need to frog before I can finish them. So... my 2017 goal is to finish at least two UFOs a month, hopefully more. That is is addition to several WIPs of En Provence, scrap blocks I'm still sewing, and 6 spicy spiral table runners that are cut out but not sewn. <sigh> I tend to always bite off more than I can chew.

Thanks...FYI, the 4P's finish at 1/2"...sometimes it's so easy to lose a block! I put the tree up late so I enjoy it longer..

Oksewglad. They finish at 1/2"? How on earth do you sew that ? I'm in awe.

We already have finishes? Great going. I went through two tubs and a box of UFOs last night and found I have 28 poor babies languishing for lack of a finish. :shock: And that doesn't include the 8 works in progress. And tomorrow Judy starts the Mystery Train 16 which I've already purchased a ticket for. Plus I'm involved with a block swap on another board. Yikes!

I arranged the blocks from two swaps and today will choose sashing, cornerstone and border fabrics for them. I'm planning on whipping them out this weekend. I am so glad to be back quilting again. I've missed it.

Lovely finishes oksewglad and Krystyna. Wow!

OK--So I have completed my counts for 2017 and here they are:

I am inventorying my projects as I do every New Years. It is rather embarrassing but this is a general review:
-- 12 "Block Exchange" groupings
-- 14 halfway completed projects
-- 20 completed quilt tops needing to be sandwiched, quilted, and bind
--the most awful shower curtain my daughter talked me into converting it to a comforter; UGHHHHHH!!!

I can add that I wish the last item, awful shower curtain would go away but....

Thanks again for hosting.
Karen

Krystyna, congratulations on your UFO finish. The colors are subtle so even though the prints might be considered a bit busy, I find it soothing. Beautiful. :) TOOT, TOOT! I'll bet DH loves it.

Please do join us. You need us and we need you! You sound like you have several fairly close to completion, maybe bindings only? Grab the one that's closet to being finished so you can mark a quick "win"! Then be sure to post some pix so that we may ooh and ahh over your success. Welcome!

So wonderful to see Krystyna and Belfrybat aboard. Long time no see each other you two.
I have to finish up this wedding quilt this weekend. Been trying to work on my Frosty Wonderland UFO that was a BOM. I did good then "squirrel". I haven't been feeding the squirrels, so they won't come bothering me for a little bit, rabbit!

I'm in! Last year, this helped inspire me to finish 2 UFOs - hope to finish more this year. Not sure how many I have, but not too many. Just so hard to get back to one after I've moved on to something else! Top of the list is a quilt I started over 10 years ago. I hadn't been sewing/quilting very long at that point and the project was way above my pay grade. I look at it now and think , wow it's kind of a mess. Time to see what can be done with it.

I just finished my inventory and here's the count:

16 total UFOs - 9 need quilting/binding, 5 partially pieced, 2 cut-out and waiting for stitching. I have 2 sandwiched for quilting and that's what I'm working on today. My oldest flimsy is about 8 years old and it has to go to a LA for finishing. It's an 84" x 102" top totally paper-pieced of various flowers. Took years for me to finish. I have no idea how it should be quilted but I trust my LA'er and will just ask her to do whatever she feels would look best.

kele, 2 done is great. That's 2 more off the list.

I decided to NOT count mine as it would be really depressing. In reality I am working on 2 new projects while the UFO pile lingers. BAD Martina!

Today, I was able to "multi-task"... while I was longarming a customer quilt, I also had the embroidery machine going to finish the last three characters for one of the UFO quilts. Since these embroideries are rather large, I only got one finished, but church has been cancelled tomorrow because of the snow and ice, so I should be able to finish both the customer quilt AND the other two embroideries!

I'm waiting for some patterns for teddy bears and other stuffed critters... once those arrive, I will use the two yardsale tops to make patchwork animals and get those UFO's out of the way.

After this customer quilt, I have two more... plus, last night I got a call for a consignment quilt to be completed in time for Valentine's day. So the fabric for that is on order - and since it's not for *ME* that doesn't knock me off the wagon of the Fabric Moratorium. Customer already paid 1/2 down as a deposit, so that paid for the fabric already. With a total of four customer quilts, I will have to really be pushing it to get a UFO done... where oh where are those patterns?!?

I'm not going to inventory mine either. Why upset myself when this is about being positive? On that note, I'm working on my scrappy quilt. I've got to cut some more sashing strips but I'm further along than I thought I'd be. That makes me happy. I'm Rolling along!

Hi, I've been lurking on this thread for 4 years now when 'Wildyard' was conductor. I even lurked so long I was dropped from membership with the board. But I enjoy this site and I just had to re-join again. I too, would love to hop on board this UFO train. I realize that I will have to navigate that picture posting thing when I get a completion. I do have a couple recent UFO's and I have two with some history attached to them. But, I want to start with the two that is recent, like the last 2 years. So, I requesting for a seat on this train. Thanks Janice for keeping this train a moving. All you quilters that proceed me aboard have a Good New Year.

Altairss, I am very much interested in your spreadsheet concept, do you mind sharing a copy. Please inbox me a copy if you don't. Thank you.

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Hey all,
Here's my first 2017 UFO finish. It's not a quilt, but this fleece poncho has been sitting around unfinished for 5 years bugging me the whole time, not to mention all the space it was taking up my fabric storage drawers that could have been used for some of the things that have been covering every horizontal surface LOL. The top pic shows it folded into its onboard storage pouch.

Rob

I'm with you, Janice. No taking inventory for me either, I'd probably have a heart attack! Using the QAYG method, I have another group of Boom blocks done for my oldest grandson, just waiting for the binding today. Church has been cancelled, so I have all day to work on it. My strips are cut, just waiting for me in my sewing room.
So far I'm just sitting here looking at the sun glittering off all the ice outside. The trees look like diamonds. My huge mug of coffee is pretty good this morning. I'll post a pic as soon as I get the binding on and find me some tall men at church to hold it up for the picture.

Rob- Congrats on the poncho finish. And it has a storage pouch! Very cool. Are you keeping it?

Not sure, silliness. I got Dan to model it, but he's 6'2" tall and it doesn't fit him. I'm only 5'2", so it hangs down to my knees. I'd originally intended it for one of the granddaughters, but the oldest (21) is now over 6' tall and the youngest (18) is nearly 6' tall so it will probably be too small for either of them--though it would have fit 5 years ago if I'd finished it then LOL. Maybe next time I see youngest granddaughter I'll see how it looks on her, the color would be perfect for her and she's very slim, so it might work for her.....

Rob

I'm in again. I'm unsure what project(s) I will work on this month. I figure I will work on which ever UFO calls out the most to be completed. In between time, I will work on a couple WIPs. Trying not to let them become UFOs. Like some of you, I have too many (UFO's) to want to count. I just want to finish them over the next few years.

Its still in the works for now as I figure out the best layout for the excel spreadsheet. I am breaking down the who what and where along with what I need. For example I have down the pattern name and the fabric line if I know it, who it is for, I also spots for backing, batting and how many blocks down out of how many needed. I mark if I have the backing and sometimes where it is stored. I am thinking of adding a spot for storage of the actual project so I can find it. Also a section for notes like needle placement if I have been sewing with a scant seam. So many times I pull an old project out to work on it and think didn't I have a backing but I can't find it.

My goal is to put each project in a project box with all things needed along with a printed copy of that line from the excel sheet. Yep being a bit OCD but I usually spend several hours to several days when I pull out an old project and I can't remember exactly what I was doing with it. I had one I could not even remember who it was for! What thread I was using when quilting and so on its easy to become discouraged about an old project and I am trying to help that for me anyway.

I also created a second sheet on the same workbook listing projects I want to do. The pattern and the name of the fabric I wanted to use. Also did I buy that fabric. I keep forgetting what I bought some fabric for or what I planned to do with it lol. Just trying to be productive.

Altairss, that is an amazingly well organized plan to tackle the UFOs. I am not ready to face my insanity by count quite yet. I also don't know the who for many (most) of mine. I figure that once I finish one, an owner will appear.

It may not be a quilt but it's a UFO so yay, you! Toot, Toot Rryder on your poncho finish. Congratulations and think of all that space you've made. [ QUOTE=rryder;7736331]Hey all,
Here's my first 2017 UFO finish. It's not a quilt, but this fleece poncho has been sitting around unfinished for 5 years bugging me the whole time, not to mention all the space it was taking up my fabric storage drawers that could have been used for some of the things that have been covering every horizontal surface LOL. The top pic shows it folded into its onboard storage pouch.

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Rob congratulations on your first finish for the new year.
Altairss thanks for the info regarding the spreadsheet, it help when I plan my own.

I'm jumping aboard! I have had ufo's hiding in misc. places in my sewing room and closet. I'm ready to make serious progress! ;)

Hmm.....I think I just saw that rabbit go by here a minute ago.......

Nice finish rryder. If the weather cooperates (which it doesn't sound like it will) I hope to finish one this week I'll root around for something small.
And by the weather I mean no more snow and wind snowing us in. I have spent way too much time with shovels this month! It's amazing how hard those drift become with some wind.

Rob, I LOVE the poncho, especially the "storage pouch" part of it!!
And, remember, it's STILL a UFO finish, even if it wasn't a quilt!! We artists never seem to stick to one type of "creation"... most of us also sew home dec stuff, or clothing, or we crochet, or cross-stitch. No matter what it is, it is now no longer a UFO... and a finish is still a FINISH!! Congrats on your first finish of 2017!!


Customer quilt #1 was completed this weekend, and #2 was started. Two out of the three needed embroidery animals were stitched out. Hopefully I can get the third one done tonight when I get home from work, while quilting some more on the customer quilt.

In one way, it's a little distracting to go back and forth between the two machines (thread color changes in the embroideries, ya know), but it's actually GOOD for me, as it forces me to take a break from the longarm. I don't know WHY I didn't think of doing this before!!!!!

Now, if I had a robot for the longarm, I could embroider on one machine, have the robot quilting on the longarm, and be piecing on yet another machine.

It's probably for the best that I DON'T have the robot... I would probably really mess stuff up if I multi-tasked that much!!

Still waiting on the teddy patterns, and just got a "your fabric is backordered" for the consignment quilt. :(

Does organizing your scraps count? LOL I rearranged my quilt room (read that as cleaned) over the New Years holiday weekend and found that I have 4 drawers of scraps! Even my hubby said "My God woman, what happened in here?"

I also found several UFO's - mostly from swaps and RR but I didn't count them. Those are what I will truly be working on. I want to donate the finished RR quilts to the Veteran House which helps those in need get back on their feet.

I'm also reorganizing my quilting supplies. They are scattered all over the apartment and when I want something I have to search for it. It might not actually count as a finish, but it will make future finishes easier.

Not a complete finish yet, but I finished piecing a table runner that has been languishing for a year and marked the border of a lap quilt to be quilted and then bound. So I'm making progress. Hopefully will have pics of both completely projects later this week.

Awfully quiet here this year. Is everyone still recuperating from the New Year? Let's see if we can get a little chatter going. Some of us, like me, need the boost to keep us moving along. But we have had three finishes so far so I know you all are out there! I'm working on my scrappy UFO but I'm weeks out from finishing. This train is off to a slow start but she is a rollin'.

So, what are you working on?

FYI, don't forget that you can get notifications of the posts here so as finishes happen, you can zip on over and give your congratulations! And be sure to bookmark/favorite this thread for an easy find.

I have been so busy this month. I have a UFO out and working on finishing it. Its a Christmas advent calendar I just need to do a little more FMQ but the thread is tickin me off breaking all the time unless I go super slow even with the big needle. It weird as its only been this color that does this and may be the spool. I have several more UFOs in line just trying to find time. Was trying not to start something new but loving the blocks in the Summer solstice quilt that Pat sloan is doing so might go ahead and do that for some quilts I have longed planned to make for people that I already have the fabric for but never started since I could not decide on a pattern. So I guess those are sort of a type of UFO's lol.

I've been busy finishing some Boom 13 blocks for my grandson. I gave it to him today and he loves it! This is another QAYG quilt. You can barely see his shoe peeking out at the bottom. LOL Here it is:

Between eye doctor appointments, putting together new bookcases and desks, and adjusting to hubby being fully retired, my UFOs have been a bit neglected. But I have been scheduling some daily time in my sewing/dining room.

Libster! I remember this one and it's definitely a UFO. Boom 13 ended around June of 2014. Good for you! Congratulations and Toot, Toot for your finish. I bet your Grandson loves it. Obviously the QAYG method is working out well for you. :)

[Libster;7738098]I've been busy finishing some Boom 13 blocks for my grandson. I gave it to him today and he loves it! This is another QAYG quilt. You can barely see his shoe peeking out at the bottom. LOL Here it is:

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"Libster! I remember this one and it's definitely a UFO. Boom 13 ended around June of 2014. Good for you! Congratulations and Toot, Toot for your finish. I bet your Grandson loves it. Obviously the QAYG method is working out well for you. "


I love this way of making them! So much faster for me and easier to manage on a regular sewing machine. He just asked me for this one at Christmas. I finished it yesterday and gave it to him today. For a 31 year old guy, he was pretty pleased with it. When I know it's appreciated, it kinda' gives me the incentive to start on another one right away. BTW- it got me taken out to lunch with him today. I enjoyed the heck out of that!

Great finish, Libster. That turned out really nice.

Thank you, rryder.

Libster congratulations on that finish and out to lunch as a thank you, man that's got to be a great feeling.

Busy trying to keep my password updated to the board. Finished some hand embroidering and now going to re-acquaint myself to one of the three of these sewing machines that is around here. Trying to get busy.