I'm in for getting UFO done this year. I've got 2 that just need binding maybe I can get them done for this month.

Thank you happylab for hosting UFO this year.

I don't have any UFO's and my goal is to not have Any UFO's in 2018. I have 2 quilts that I need to make this year for special celebrations but, other than that, I will sew what I want and complete it before I start another one. One exception is a 2-year project BA but my goal is to do one block a month, if not more....I will cheer you all on, however!!! ChooChoo!

I am jumping on board. I really want to finish quilting the piece I made from the 2017 Quilting Bee. It is partially done, I have SITD around the blocks and now I have to quilt each block and then bind it. I am also in the middle of the latest BH mystery but quilting might be taking the back seat for a bit because a number of my looms are singing a siren song to me:-) I will need an occasional kick to get back to sewing.

I think Ill join to just keep me moving forward. I'm working on 5 quilts right now made out of my dads and moms shirts and dresses. One for me and the others for my daughters and son. Its good to see progress. This will have to be done before I can work on my UFOs. I did finish 3 last year.

I'll join though last year I had six to eight and I still have all left with an extra tacked one (I'm going the wrong way!). Hopefully this year will be more productive.

I'm going to join in also. I have about 12 to finish. I also have been working the current BHMQ this past few weeks. I would love to make the 2015 BH Allietare a priority for my UFO this year. These UFO challenges & setting goals help me focus on getting them done.

Thanks happylab for hosting. :)

I just counted up my UFOs. I'm in trouble.

20 UFO quilts in various stages of completion. Some just fabric pulled and bundled with the pattern, others almost done except final assembly. I've not worked on any of these for at least three months--most of them a year or more, so I'm counting them as UFOs rather than WIPs.
11 UFO wall hangings and table runners.
4 WIPs (which I know do not count here, but I want to keep track).
3 new projects -- fabric pulled, pattern chosen but not yet started for upcoming quilt alongs.

Are there still only 12 months in a year?

Cute finish QM!

I am in I did not get as many done last year as I did the year before. Hopeful that I can do better I have four King size quilts that have been in progress over the last couple years and I really want them out of here they take up so much space and since my sewing has improved since I started them it does make it difficult to go back to them :)

Good Morning, I have been a lurker for 5 years! Love reading all the progress on everyone's UFO's and PHD's while trying to convince myself, that since I am such a new quilter that I don't have any unfinished things. Flash! looked in the closet and saw a 2 quilts that were started some where around 2010 and 2013 then took a good look at my labels on my bins. There are 10 right off the bat! I need help and encouragement that this thread gives. My goal is to try to finish at least 4 of them this year. While not adding to the stash of UFO's.

Also love everyone's pictures you are some awesome quilters!

I think I went nuts on fabric bought last year and UFO's started. I don't think I will be counting the UFOs either. There are just too many. I am in the midst of organizing my sewing room. That has been a daunting task but also rewarding. I discovered a large plastic box filled with 1/2 square triangles! I haven't finished going through them yet but there are more than enough for a quilt, or maybe a table runner and place mats. Plus!
My next step is joining a group for not buying fabric for 2018.

sunrise: Keep going on that sewing room. I love the look and feeling of accomplishment when I clean and organize my sewing room, or any room for that matter. It sure would be hard to not buy any fabric for a year. I love checking out the new stuff at my LQS. Maybe limit yourself to just a few FQ. :D Good luck on the UFOs. I will be watching for progress pictures.

Thank you. Was a challenge to embroider on the middle and be sure to align the inner penguin with the letters on the outside. Shekenah likes it.

They were very sneaky to hide from you. Good luck with your goal this year. One day at a time....one stitch at a time.

I am back for another year. I am not counting and will not count. For me, that puts on too much pressure. I have promised myself that I will finish one UFO before I can start a new quit. That will work well until I hit the Farmer's Wife quilt that needs 25 blocks, assembly and quilting. Oh, well every rule needs an exception. I have one UFO sandwiched and ready to quilt and 5 of 6 rows of my guild exchange block quilt for 2017 finished. So....here I go! I am on for the ride with all of you!

My goal this weekend is to finish a UFO that has been 14 years in the making. First step completed, pulling it out of its hiding spot and ironing the quilt and backing fabric. Planning on putting it on the long arm tonight so I can spend the day tomorrow working on it. Would be nice to get this one finally done after all these years.

The quilting is the fun part, but that binding. :p

Wow, kristakr with 41 UFOs. i think you are the winner. Here is the one I have chosen to work on. I think it is from 2000 or before. It's part of a pattern Madison House, but I just did the tree. This is how it came out of the closet.
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I like that Battle-axe!

I am in again for another year. 2017 I only finished 5 UFOs but that's better than nothing.

The next one that has been talking to me to get finished is a DP9 with Eagles for my BIL. As soon as my back feels up to it, I'll get to basting (my Least favorite part of the job).

AQ: Great start on getting the quilt out after 14 years. It will feel nice to get it finished. Hope to see a picture.

Battle Axe: i like the trees. Wow, after 17+ years in hiding, it will be such an accomplishment to finish that one.

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Jaba: Very cute finish! Love Quilts for Kids! I am very active in my local chapter. I organize all the deliveries to the local hospitals and foster care agencies. QFK has a few very easy quilt patterns. :)

Congratulations to those of you with finishes! Thanks for sharing.

****UFO finish!!!!*****. 72" by 78". It will be finished and donated by my church group.

I am calling it an UFO because the 4 rows of smaller blocks were orphan blocks and they were mostly found in someone's donated stash. I did add a few to the mix.

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Jaba...love the children's quilt.

Retiredteacher- love love pinwheels...so cute! Congratulations on both your finishes!

Today, I sewed my main pieced quilt top together (yea!).... I've had this fabric collection since April. Tomorrow, I will be doing some appliqué and deciding on borders. I need it to be queen size so, probably another week before I finish and get it ready to sandwich. I'll be machine quilting it myself on my domestic so a bit nervous with this size quilt; however, this quilt is for my guest bedroom so I'm not concerned with imperfections. Just glad the main part is done....

good evening everyone. I want to thank-you all for jumping on the UFO train. Since my last entry, We have the following passengers/riders jump on board: oksewglad, Belfrybat, Buglady, jaba, Sync, Jeanine, Quilting cat, Veronica, retiredyeacher09, letawellman, Givio, Countrymaid, Fraew, JJBlaine, Sewbizgirl, cherrybsixty, SheriR, Mom-6, Jane Quilter, Rose-P, Petthefabric, jmoore. Joe'smom, Beehiveof9, Anoka Quilter, Mariposa, momsbusy, Sunrise450, JuanitaBean, Teen, TSCweaves, RhondaLee, elly66, Altairss, Dedemac, D.Henson, QuilterMomma, WMUTeach and MadQuilter. Again welcome aboard and lets have a fun year discussing, working on and encourage and helping each other to have beautiful finishes.

Yes, this is thread that enables you to work at you own pace with encouragement and pics. :) Did I tell you I love pics of finishes? I do. Thank-you for answering Givio's question. I couldn't have worded the answer any better.

krista, Such a lovely Labrinth top. Just think you are starting with the biggest one, if it takes you longer than a month, okay. Just think the others will be smaller and hopefully easier. It will be lovely when you are finished.

QuillterMomma, Such a cute penquin & your black dog is adorable. Congrats on your finish.

Congrats to Teen for not having any UFO's. I wish I could say that, but I can't. Too many UFO's. And that is why we have this thread. To help us/me finish them and move them on their way to a new home.

Jaba lovely baby quilt. Congrates on your finish. Toot, Toot!!!! :thumbup:

Retiredteacher09, Congrats on your UFO finish, Toot, Toot!!!! :thumbup: Someone will really like the quilt.

Question for anyone who wants to answer. I'm curious, How old is your oldest UFO you plan to complete this year? My is 30+ years. When I 1st started quilting, I pieced a king size top out of old sewing clothes scraps and had hand quilted a small portion I had to take down the top off a large hand quilting frame to move. Since then I have separated the layers and rip-it into 2 parts. I'm still unsure how to finish. But it's on my to do list this year.

In answer to your question of "how old old oldest?"... well... last month, I posted pics of my 30+ year old Dresden Plate, that I hope to finish this month. But, now that I think about it...
If I count a top that was pieced by my great-grandmother, and I put borders on... and that has been rolled up on my old hand-quilting frame... that one may well be older than I am. I really need to unquilt that and longarm it instead.

I’ve got one that is at least 34 years old. It’s an art quilt that I pieced with both traditional blocks and 3 dimensional blocks, then sandwiched, but due to time constraints (it was due to be shown at an art gallery), I did not finish the quilting, just did some tacking here and there and used a temporary binding to hold it together for the show and sent it off intending to finish it when it came back. That would have been in lthe fall of either 1981, 1982 or 1983.....

Rob

I cannot even begin to compete on the "oldest UFO" thread. I'll have to be happy with my claim to "most" (or at least way up there, with 41). I've only been quilting since 2004, and my current oldest UFO is the labyrinth on deck for this month, which is from 2013. Until I bought my longarm in 2012, I had zero UFOs - there was a time when I actually made a top and quilted it, before starting anything new. Ah, the good old days ...

Dedemac, don't you just hate it when the reality slaps you upside your head in the middle of your delusion? lol I recently "found" some UFOs that I totally forgot I had. So my count grew as well.

Congratulations on the finishes Jaba and Connie! I'm still trying to decide which UFO to work on-- I'm definitely not up for the ancient one....

Rob

My oldest I've given myself permission to never finish. There, that's as finished as they'll get in my lifetime. Occasionally I learn something that applies to those old UFO's and progress a step, then back to the "finished" pile. The UFO I intend to finish are making progress. One got quilted and needs binding. One is on the LA and needs a pattern. One became a flimsy and I'll quilt and bind it soon.

I'm not stressed, just progressing toward a goal.

MadQuilter, that's a big yep! Since the holidays are officially over for us, I've been making a list of things I want to finish in the next year or two, 10 quilting related and 4 cross stitch projects that need finishing, 9 that need mounting. Plus I need to make a pair of mittens for myself. There are also 2 quilts that just need to be mailed, maybe that's this week's goal. Start small and I shall triumph!
2 of the quilting projects are WIP'S a Jinny Beyer BOM from crafsty 2013 that I am doing as much by hand as possible, and a GFG that my DH's grandmother started maybe in th 50's or 60's.

Just finished piecing the BH mystery. Brought with me to the tiny house En Provence and Alletierre, finished tops. So I will join you in declaring these as my first UFO’s to finish. Also have JN Summer solstice almost pieced, and three wall hangings. My goal is to work only on UFO’s until we go back to the big house April 1. Oops, forgot the $5 quilt club quilt. So..can I layer, quilt, and bind four quilts and three wall hangings in three months? Only The Shadow knows.

Since I don't have any UFO's (definitely not bragging since its a challenge to maintain), I've been deligently working on a quilt that I am adding appliqué. However, I keep adding appliqué beyond what I first visualized so this quilt is gonna take longer than anticipated. I do have a "must do" list for two quilts..one patriotic to be raffled at vet reunion in June and another one for a 100 year old b-day for my second cousin. I should probably prioritize that last one, bless his heart. I'll post pic when current one is done...

Wouldn't it be cool to do a UFO swap? I was giggling over what Rob said and thought to myself that what isn't appealing for one quilter may be appealing to another. I would so finish this quilt for him. Lol!

How old is my oldest UFO? Well, the oldest one that I did in its entirety is 23. It was the quilt I was hand quilting when my dad was in hospice, and it will be finished this year. The oldest that is partially mine is likely 50-60. It was in the stuff that I got from my aunt, born in 1903, via my mother. Did deconstruct and reconstruct the Dresden plate blocks (they wouldn’t lie flat) and applique them to a background and joined the blocks and added a border but it is in the waiting to be layered, quilted and bound pile—with its 8 closest friends. It will would be nice it any two of them were the same size and could be a reversible quilt, but no such luck.

jaba, congrats on such a cute finish.