Thanks, Teen...I was thinking they were actual vintage fabrics, not new. Pretty though.

Thanks for sharing the W Ways..I'm with you WMUTeach...not for me either.

The only hard part to the WW is the center, where everything has to come together. It took me over a dozen blocks to figure out how to sew it so the centers would be right. Once you get that, the rest is gravy.

I have always loved the pattern and had it on my bucket list. Love the illusion of big circles it has.

I can chalk up a UFO finish. Last spring the local Binkie Patrol coordinator left quilt tops and backings at our guild for anyone to finish. This is a perfect LA practice for me. Finally got to the last of the tops I had this past week and tonight sewed the backing to the front and it is done. Photo tomorrow.

I look forward to seeing your finish, Oksewglad.

Things aren't going so well for me.

UFO #2 - border fabric stuck in customs.

UFO #3 is a mystery quilt that I began in 2017. It is a medallion quilt. When I placed the blocks out on the floor, I found that I had used the wrong four patches to make the central star. I unpicked it and laid it out with the correct ones and found I preferred it the wrong way. This would mean remaking some other blocks and I don't have enough of one of the fabrics. (It's exploding abstract daisy flower batik.) Not sure what to do now. :(

[ATTACH=CONFIG]610026[/ATTACH] I see lots of ripples on this quilt. There is no batting to help stabilize and the backing is a cheap fleece, but it's what I was given and was a good practice quilt for me.

That's a cute quilt, OK. Will give some little one a lot of comfort.

Cool winding ways, sew biz--

Ok- that's a sweet comfort quilt

Pearl40- sorry to hear about the UFO troubles-- I've never had fabric stuck in customs, but I can sure relate to your dilemma about the 2nd UFO-- I've been known to unpick and re-sew some quilts multiple times over multiple years before I was happy with them.

Rob

I've been playing with those vintage feedsack 2" squares... I guess you could consider it a 60 or 70yo UFO, if you count that someone back then cut all the squares and started a project. I have been putting them together into granny square blocks. Here are the first 12 blocks of 20 I will make. They will have a cream sashing between them, so they won't actually be as crowded as these.

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And here are a few block close ups so you can see the feedsacks.

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Lucky you to have these fabrics to work with, SBG and great photos, too. Did you know that these fabrics could have been purchased as yardage as well as gleaned from feedsacks? A little tidbit I picked up when our guild hosted a meeting with 2 APS quilt appraisers.

Those are wonderful, sewbiz. I love your vibrant winding ways blocks, too.

I finished the 3rd quadrant of my current quilt today, and set it up for quilting the 4th. Getting there!

Oh frustration!! OK, let's see if we can help. Can you photograph the fabric you need and post it here? Perhaps one of us can help you get that you need from our stash. It is always worth a try. I have no idea of the challenge of getting your fabric from across the waters.

Some awesome finishes! 4 pages since I last posted, did not get my February goal finished. But looking like I might get it completed this month. I convinced DH that with this weekends snow/rain storm (yet another one:hunf:), that we just do some fun running on Saturday morning before what ever form the storm takes gets here. Then the rest of the day is for projects, surprisingly it worked, yesterday one of our stops was a Goodwill and managed to find a mate to a lamp we found a few years ago minus the shade.
I was able to sew in the afternoon and evening yesterday and today after church. Felt so nice to have my regular machine working again. I managed to piece the memory quilt, it just needs it's borders but I have to buy something for it, I don't have anything right in my stash. Was thinking something dark green? Then quick sandwich and an all-over design for quilting. Can you tell Bill was Scottish and proud of his heritage?

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Since the light is starting to fade, I think I will do a little hand work on the forever WIP in front of the TV. DH's GFG it's getting close, I started this somewhere I think in 2012 should be finished 2025?:D

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And wait for the Hot Fudge Sunday cake to come out of the oven!:)

Showbizgirl, such prettybblocks on both projects.

Oksewglad, such a cute quilt.

Dedemac, I like you forever UFO.

I have 1 set of curtains almost done. Will finish tomorrow. I plan to put binding on 2 of my ufo quilts. Happy sewing everyone.

Dedemac, the memory quilt looks great! I love what you did with the 4 ties, points touching. Pretty hexies too... even if a lifelong project!

Pearl40: I hope the border fabric clears customs soon.

oksewglad: Very pretty and congratulations on getting another one done.

sewbizgirl: Very pretty blocks. When I see your close-up pictures, I am wondering if some of my DMIL's fabric and some donations have been feed sacks or yardage of feed sack fabric (per oksewglad's interesting tidbit).

Dedemac: Congratulations on getting the memory quilt center finished. I like your GFG.

No sewing today for me. I helped my son with the necessary 'snow jobs' outside. I told him to tell anyone looking to buy a house not to buy one on a corner. My late husband and I didn't think of that 32 years ago. So much snow/ice pushed onto our driveway bottom. :) Then I started to rearrange and clean my sewing area. My body is super tired!

RE: Feed sack like fabric
The only way one can verify it is if you see the stitching on the feed sack fabric...then it's feed sack...no stitching, no way to verify...so it's feed sack like...

Gee I'm tired...I hate changing over to DST!

Hi everyone! I'm new to QB, but not to UFOs. I have 7 that are are in some state of progress, from piecing and quilting -- and only one is from earlier this year when I had to chase off winter despair with some soft pastels (which are not normally my thing; desperate times, desperate measures). I have 9 more quilts that I have chosen a pattern and pulled fabric for. I don't count those as UFOs yet, but it would only take a moment of relaxed vigilance to change that.

My oldest current UFO is a improvisationally pieced scrap wool quilt that I started ~20 years ago. I sewed feverishly for three days last week to get the top done and the flannel backing pieced. Now it's too big for any floor space in my house and I'm going to have to find some 8' boards and try board basting at my dining room table. This thing feels like a saga. It has a life of its own! So, not a completion shot, but I feel like I crossed a major milestone yesterday when I finally got the whole top together (and then lopped off 12" because it was too long -- life of its own, I tell ya!).

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Hello Entangled. Welcome to the Quilting Board!

Another welcome entangled. I like how those bright spots of color liven up your flimsy! What's the quilting plan? With a flannel backing this will be the warmest quilt in the house! Can't wait to see it finished.

Entangled welcome to the thread, this place is great for encouragement. Any decrease in the UFO piles are what we aim for, some times my aim isn't very good! Your quilt looks like it will be nice and warm (are you in upper or lower MI?) and I love the little pops of color!

Welcome, Entangled, from another Michigander. I am in southwest Michigan, an hour from Lake Michigan. This is a nice place to keep motivated to finish projects and to then show off our efforts. The number you finish all depends on what stage your UFOs are in and how deep the pile and your other obligations and responsibilities (wink, wink).

Thanks sewbizgirl, oksewglad, and dedemac! I'm in SE Michigan, Ann Arbor specifically. Warm was the goal! As for the quilting plan... I'm not 100% sure. Maybe running stitch in different pearl cotton neutrals. I don't know if I have the stamina for more intricate crazy quilt embroidery (the plan once upon a time).

Thank you, WMUTeach!!! I hope you're enjoying the bit of sunshine we got this week.

Welcome entangled!! And welcome to the UFO thread...so motivational. Well, good for you to dig out and complete a 20 year old UFO. The fabrics and pattern used are timeless....very pretty. I'm collecting plaid homespun fabrics for a project and can't wait to jump in....your quilt has me more excited!

Welcome to QB and the UFO thread, Entangled! You'll get lots of encouragement here to help keep you motivated to finish your very pretty UFO.

Rob

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You could post a picture on missingfabric.com and ask there if anyone has some. A lot of quilt shops watch that site and will contact you if they have it. I know...I used to work in a quilt shop and it was my job to watch that web site. We sold fabric when we could matched it.

O-O-O-O-O good idea! I have never used the site but it it works it is golden and you can get one more UFO finished.

Welcome the to this UFO thread and QB, Entangled.

Pearl40 = what beautiful fabric, so pretty.

I have 1 small ufo completed, pic later today or tomorrow. Now to put binding on 2 more ufo’s. Happy sewing and quilting everyone.

FYI - tomorrow should start the monthly VQW. P.s. sometimes she may start a day early. I’m looking, but not finding the thread yet.

entangled, Welcome to QB and to this thread. I'm from MI also. I believe someone else on QB is also from Ann Arbor, but I don't remember who at this time.

I'm still working on the Birthday Candies quilt. I haven't quit my UFO-- whoohoo! Working on the backing now, which is going to be from curtains that I got at Goodwill. Valances, actually. A lot of seam ripping right now, as I can fit the front and lining together to be the correct size for one of my columns if I don't cut the fabric.

Givio: Good ideas on using valances for your backing.

Yeah for me!!! Finished hand sewing the binding on my Hunters Star quilt. 100" x 100" . That's 400" of hand sewing . The quilt has been done and quilted for 2 years!! The binding was even sewn on. It just needed the binding sewn down. Have at least 2 more big quilts that only need binding. It's good to finally finish.

Congratulations on the 400" finish, love to see it soon.

Wow... 400 inches is a lot of hand stitching! Huge quilt! I sew all my bindings by machine so I don't get bogged down.

I just posted this top on the VQW thread because I completed it today. But really, it is a UFO. The 16 patch checkerboards are made up of some 4 patches I have had for years. I finally got tired of feeling guilty about them and decided to use them in this pattern.

The pattern is my adaptation of Becky Petersen's "Swingin' Checkerboards", free on her website, quiltedtwins.com . I love her patterns!

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Here's the link to the picture I posted of my Hunters Star. Hope it works. I gave this quilt to my DIL, or promised it to her. She will be glad to actually get it. I made a list of the UFO's that I wanted completed. Need to check this one off and keep going.

That’s a gorgeous Hunter’s Star, Sewing.

400 inches is a lot of hand stitching...and on a lovely Hunter's Star...way to go.

SBG I have some 16P blocks lanquishing in lala land. I like the setting to yours. May have to "borrow" it, but first I have a 10 yo waiting to sew today!

It is so inspiring to come here and see the progress people are making.

sewbizgirl and sewingitalltogether, your quilts are beautiful!

I'm nearing the end of the quilting on my current UFO, so should be able to get it bound before the end of the month.

Sewing....that is stunning!! Congratulations on this beauty's finish...

sewbiz....another gorgeous quilt. That site has awesome patterns.

I haven't had a lot of time to call my own but I did happen to get one section of my current project assembled. I'm so pleased with how this is turning out. It's like a puzzle fitting all the misc sized blocks together. I hope to finish it this coming week and off to LA

Doing the VQW today, and in the process of sandwiching this, my flimsy is finished. I am glue basting so I can quilt it this evening and tomorrow.

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This should be done by the end of the month?:p