UFO Challenge for 2021
01-18-2021, 04:16 AM
#81
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Boothbay Maine
Posts: 9,518
Ckcowl, you certainly are on a roll and keeping yourself busy. Great finishes...I’m glad to hear you have recovered well after such a long journey. I wish you all the best in this new year and with your quilting goals.
01-18-2021, 10:37 AM
#83
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,006
I plan to finish UFO's in 2021, but can only access one right now. We are planning on selling the house, and most of my stash is packed up. ;( Can't wait to unpack it all.
My current UFO is Peacock Window - a BOM from a few years ago.
My current UFO is Peacock Window - a BOM from a few years ago.
01-18-2021, 10:58 AM
#84
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Southwest Idaho
Posts: 5,999
Originally Posted by dungeonquilter
I plan to finish UFO's in 2021, but can only access one right now. We are planning on selling the house, and most of my stash is packed up. ;( Can't wait to unpack it all.
My current UFO is Peacock Window - a BOM from a few years ago.
My current UFO is Peacock Window - a BOM from a few years ago.
01-18-2021, 05:07 PM
#85
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cottage Grove, MN
Posts: 2,807
Welcome, dungeonquilter! We look forward to your finished UFOs whenever they happen.
I finished the UFO top found in a donation. I included a few pictures from start to finish. It will be added to my church quilter’s pile.
The first picture shows the copies of typewritten and handwritten directions along with the numbered fabric swatches. The title says 6 Hour Quilt, Trip Around World. ( no ‘the’).
The second picture shows the assembled 4” squares. I put matching strips together and labeled number. Most of these seams were 1/4” but some needed to be resewn. Some other squares in the center were sewn with 2 different sizes together and 1/2” seam allowance, coarse thread, and almost a basting stitch. 🤷♀️ I took those apart and used the 4” squares for the quilt top.
The third picture has the various strips in the step before I started to assemble in a jumbled up way. Good thing I had the pattern to figure it out.
The last picture is of the finished quilt. 70” by 80”. The borders came from my stash.
I’m happy I could honor the unknown quilter by finishing the top. A few puckers here and there but seams matched up better than I could hope.
I finished the UFO top found in a donation. I included a few pictures from start to finish. It will be added to my church quilter’s pile.
The first picture shows the copies of typewritten and handwritten directions along with the numbered fabric swatches. The title says 6 Hour Quilt, Trip Around World. ( no ‘the’).
The second picture shows the assembled 4” squares. I put matching strips together and labeled number. Most of these seams were 1/4” but some needed to be resewn. Some other squares in the center were sewn with 2 different sizes together and 1/2” seam allowance, coarse thread, and almost a basting stitch. 🤷♀️ I took those apart and used the 4” squares for the quilt top.
The third picture has the various strips in the step before I started to assemble in a jumbled up way. Good thing I had the pattern to figure it out.
The last picture is of the finished quilt. 70” by 80”. The borders came from my stash.
I’m happy I could honor the unknown quilter by finishing the top. A few puckers here and there but seams matched up better than I could hope.
Last edited by retiredteacher09; 01-18-2021 at 05:25 PM.
01-18-2021, 07:28 PM
#88
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Southwest Idaho
Posts: 5,999
Way cool, retiredteach! A legacy lives on. I did something similar when I picked up an unfinished BOM from an estate sale from Hancock in the 80’s... I could tell she got frustrated with it and quit... I finished it for her and donated it. That was such a good feeling since I felt awful and sad pilfering her quilting supplies...
01-19-2021, 08:02 AM
#90
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
Posts: 5,752
Nice finish, Connie!
Petthefabric, congratualtions on finishing the quilting. Post a pic when you get it trimmed and bound!
I started on the UFO that I want to get finished for Feb. It needs a lot of work, but at least after several years of marinating in its box, I can see how to go about getting it finished. Yay! Now back to work on my two WIPs that I am trying to prevent becoming UFOs...
Rob
Petthefabric, congratualtions on finishing the quilting. Post a pic when you get it trimmed and bound!
I started on the UFO that I want to get finished for Feb. It needs a lot of work, but at least after several years of marinating in its box, I can see how to go about getting it finished. Yay! Now back to work on my two WIPs that I am trying to prevent becoming UFOs...
Rob
