quiltmouse

3rd row attached, 3x5 blocks

petthefabric

Just trying to keep from adding to UFO's. Some UFO's just aren't calling with any incentive to finish.

Need to trim and bind about 4 recent finishes.

WMUTeach

Finishing one this weekend and try to squeeze in another before the the end of the month, Thursday. I am so ready to move on to another project.

aashley333

I had a UFO! I got tired of waiting for my Color Wash piece to enlarge on its own, so I added borders and started quilting. I am currently marking borders with washable marker to FMQ. Having fun with my stencils!

WMUTeach

Yeah for converting a UFO to a finish. Time for me to dive in and start working on the next UFO. Now which one? I finished one this week and have passed it on to its owner. But weirdly, it is not really my UFO.

Quossum

Here’s a UFO that’s been over 40 years in the making!

My mom had gathered and stitched a number of Sunbonnet Sue blocks (she calls this pattern “Dutch Girls”—not sure if that’s a regional thing or what), many of them from bits of our childhood clothing, some of which were little dresses that she’d made herself. I think that we three girls also stitched some of the blocks: the quality of the blanket stitching varies greatly!

Over time between the four of us, there were almost 60 blocks. Mom kept saying and kept saying that she was going to put them together into quilts for each of us girls, but the blocks languished in a duffel in her closet. At one point, maybe 15 years ago, I helped her divide the blocks into three piles, one for each daughter, and she put sashing on some of the blocks.

Well, fast forward to now. I’m retired now, and I reminded Mom about the Dutch Girls one day, offering to help her with the project. (Mind you, my mom did sew dresses for us when we were kids, but she’s never made a quilt and at this point has no sewing machine.) She wanted to just give the whole thing to me and let me put the quilts together, which I’m happy to do.

In that duffle she handed over to me, I found a LOT of solid fabric intended for sashing (and possibly backs, thought I went in a different direction), 58 completed Sunbonnet Sue blocks, some with sashing sewn to one side, and 1 block with the pieces pinned to the background fabric with pins long rusted with age. To get to the 60 blocks needed for 20 for each girl, I completed the pinned one and made one “new girl” from scratch.

I jumped right in with this project, as I’d like to give the quilts to my sisters for Christmas this year; I want Mom to see them completed. She’s in good health right now for her age, but still. So here we have the first one that I completed of the three.

This was a fun project. The blocks varied in quality of fabric as far as the muslin and even in the heights of the girls. I squared them all up to 11.5 x 9.5, and for cornerstones picked a fabric that this sister will like. I quilted it by machine which I guess is a bit of a sacrilege for such a quilt, but I think it’s fine.

For the back, I picked fabrics that have a secret meaning to each of us girls and did wide strips of each; I’ll use the same fabrics for the backs of all three quilts.

Now, to take a break from Sunbonnet Sue and work on #10 from my UFO list!

retiredteacher09

Quossom: Wonderful finish! I, too, know them as Sunbonnet Sue. Your sisters will love getting their quilts.

happylab

Good morning everyone. It’s that time again. Time where I reveal the UFO monthly challenge number for May. The number this month is #10. So this month is an easy one. For me I need to complete my = Eagles and Wolves 9-patch throw/twin. So I will post pics when I finish. Enjoy working on the UFO’s.

Snooze2978

An aunt to my mother's best friend gave me a Sunbonnet quilt years ago and I decided to wash it not realizing just how old it was. The quilt came out with so much fraying along the sashings between the sunbonnet blocks and it was that old faded green fabric. I've been meaning to take the blocks apart and find some sort of old fashion looking green fabric to put it all back together but so far it's been stashed in my closet for at least 15 years. Now I'm thinking I should bring it out and see what I can do with it. The blocks seem fine, its just the sashing that came apart too much to use the fabric again. I guess it was pretty old plus it had been all hand quilted. The gal is now dead for many years.

WMUTeach

Well, I dug into my basket of UFO's to find the quilt I listed as #10. It is a mystery quilt from 2014 from my quilt group. As soon as I opened the bag the reason why I did not finish it cam rushing back. But, I will dive in and see what I can make of it. It is a red/white/blue quilt and maybe I can get it done for our summer holidays that feature R/W/B. I was wise this time and I bundled the pieces, the extra fabric, and it looks like maybe even the backing along with the pattern in a large clear storage bag. Hope to find everything ready to jump in and finish #10 for May. Thinking I may take it with me to our work day tomorrow so someone who DID finish this one is can point me in the right direction. Off I go with the May UFO. Time to press the wrinkled pieces and review the directions. See you at the finish line!