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Teen 11-17-2018 06:08 PM

Gorgeous, Judith.....love the backing fabric, too. Congratulations on finishing this beauty.

Mariposa 11-18-2018 07:30 AM

Very pretty swoon Judith! Your persistence has paid off. That backing fabric is beautiful!

Battle Axe 11-18-2018 08:56 AM

Thanks for the compliments Dedemac, yes, I have a tub labeled Good Fortune and it is filled with fabric. I bought the bundle from Quilted Twins. I won't use one of the blues, but I have a replacement that is just a little off.

I'm trying to get Hanging Gardens done. I had everything in tubs and properly labeled. Went nuts after I got a Brother P-touch labeler.

I find that I have done some work on all these UFOs. But I come to the same stopping place when I try to finish it maybe 3 years later. Sometimes it seems to be an ambiguity in the instructions. I wonder if they would hire me to write better instructions??????

For example: This pattern Hanging Gardens has me cut 4 different sized triangles. But it does not designate a label for each one. Then it says sew "the" triangle to the 4 patch. What triangle? It said that the triangle will appear to be too big, BUT just cut it off. Good Grief! What kind of language is that?

Donna Jordan has a video on that pattern, but the computer is down stairs and my quilting things are upstairs. I just loose it climbing those stairs.

Now it's stopped snowing so I'll give it another try.

LarasAussies 11-18-2018 10:01 AM

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I finally finished the castle quilt. Started in 2016 and finished in 2018... trying to clean out and finish several UFOs before Good Fortune starts on Friday.[ATTACH=CONFIG]604157[/ATTACH]

Battle Axe 11-18-2018 12:49 PM

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]604161[/ATTACH]Here is the hanging gardens that I am struggling with. I did get all the blocks done and the hangers too. Now to figure out the setting triangles. This is done in batiks except for the 2 block hangers and the background.

I have forbidden myself to getting up on the step stool to pin at the top. Just too dizzy.

Conchalea 11-18-2018 03:07 PM

Battle Axe, I’m also working on a version of Hanging Gardens. I’ve got all my blocks together in strips, and sewn all the strips together. It’s quilted & backed, but I’ve stalled out on the binding. That’s my least favorite part. Your blocks look great!

all other finishes for the year are a great inspiration for me. I don’t want to have UFOs, so I read this thread to keep me on track. Thanks for all the finishes & tales of how long some have taken to complete. I appreciate all the work that goes into the finishes we’ve seen.

Judith1005 11-18-2018 03:23 PM

Adorable castle quilt. Love how you used the panel.

Battleaxe, love those blocks. That quilt is going to be very graphic with the black and white. I can't wait to see the finished top.

kristakz 11-22-2018 09:51 AM

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I kind of fell off the thread for a while, but I've been busily quilting away. My summer was very productive, with 10 quilts finished. I don't think many of them were actually UFOs at the beginning of the year, although most had reached UFO status (in my reckoning) by the time I got to them. Trying to figure out what I've already posted here, but I think these are new since my last post.
The first one is my PEI Modern Guild mystery. I actually made two, and this is the second one that I finally quilted.
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These next two are my Bonnie Hunter mysteries "Christmas on Ringo Lake" and "Return to Ringo Lake". The first is mine to keep - follows Bonnie's layout although I made a slightly smaller version. And the second one is for donation, using the rest of my blocks and a slightly different layout.
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Conchalea 11-22-2018 11:41 AM

Krista, I really like your finishes, especially the second Ringo Lake. The white squares seem to make the pattern pop more to me.
I prevented the formation of some UFOs yesterday. I started some placemats in Sept that are double sided, with Halloween fabric on one side & a burnt orange on the other. I got 4.5 quilted then they languished for a few weeks. This week I decided they really needed to be finished so we could use them for this weekend. I got the quilting finished plus put binding on all 6. Yay! We used them last night & will do so all through this weekend.

Teen 11-22-2018 01:34 PM

Krista....gorgeous finishes....... I have been so impressed with your work this year. So inspirational and every one of them challenging patterns.. Congratulations!

Conchalea....pics please!! I bet these are lovely and perfect for holidays. Good job finishing these up!


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