2020 UFO Challenge
08-28-2020, 04:47 PM
#1101
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cottage Grove, MN
Posts: 2,809
joe’smom: Congratulations on a pretty finish!
Conchalea: Congratulations on more finishes.
I will be adding another top to my UFO list as I finished the class a year ago. 😢. I have made a little progress this month on it by adding the frames to some blocks.
Conchalea: Congratulations on more finishes.
I will be adding another top to my UFO list as I finished the class a year ago. 😢. I have made a little progress this month on it by adding the frames to some blocks.
08-28-2020, 05:06 PM
#1102
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
Posts: 5,752
Nice finish, Joe’s Mom, congratulations!
Way to g Conchalea, y’all are truckin’ along,
I hope to have a finish this month, finally have the backing fabric for the big butterly and itks sandwiched and ready to go.
Rob
Way to g Conchalea, y’all are truckin’ along,
I hope to have a finish this month, finally have the backing fabric for the big butterly and itks sandwiched and ready to go.
Rob
08-29-2020, 12:59 AM
#1104
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: North Wales
Posts: 473
Good morning all! (well, it's morning here, lol)
I have a finish!! Finally done with my Christmas tree skirt - yay!
Copying Quossum's report style (because I find the approach interesting, albeit my content may be less so...)
Quilt Origin - I've wanted to make a Christmas tree skirt pretty much since I started quilting in the late 90s. It took until maybe 2-3 years ago for me to actually start one (not too sure on exact start date). I love the Carpenters Star block, and knew I wanted to do a massive one for this project.
Why it became a UFO - my quilting time has been rather stop-start for the past few years, and I would pick it up again in late Nov/early Dec thinking "Must get that finished this year", do a bit, Christmas would arrive and leave, and I'd put it aside thinking "I'll do it for next year"... In all fairness this is my 'newest' UFO - the others I have are all working on a decade plus of neglect, lol. It's not as if this is the most difficult project I've attempted, which is possibly part of the issue, in that I would think I'll fly through finishing it and then.... not.
Why I finally finished - I'm actually positively trying to put aside time for quilting the past couple of months (well, since the virus lockdown really) since I know it is good for my mental health. It was at 'top put together, but not quilted yet' stage. Since I handquilted it (which I'm rather proud of) it took a little longer than it might have, but it is now finally all done.
Quilt's fate - being put with the Christmas decorations to be used round our tree this year!
Hope the photos post...
I have a finish!! Finally done with my Christmas tree skirt - yay!
Copying Quossum's report style (because I find the approach interesting, albeit my content may be less so...)
Quilt Origin - I've wanted to make a Christmas tree skirt pretty much since I started quilting in the late 90s. It took until maybe 2-3 years ago for me to actually start one (not too sure on exact start date). I love the Carpenters Star block, and knew I wanted to do a massive one for this project.
Why it became a UFO - my quilting time has been rather stop-start for the past few years, and I would pick it up again in late Nov/early Dec thinking "Must get that finished this year", do a bit, Christmas would arrive and leave, and I'd put it aside thinking "I'll do it for next year"... In all fairness this is my 'newest' UFO - the others I have are all working on a decade plus of neglect, lol. It's not as if this is the most difficult project I've attempted, which is possibly part of the issue, in that I would think I'll fly through finishing it and then.... not.
Why I finally finished - I'm actually positively trying to put aside time for quilting the past couple of months (well, since the virus lockdown really) since I know it is good for my mental health. It was at 'top put together, but not quilted yet' stage. Since I handquilted it (which I'm rather proud of) it took a little longer than it might have, but it is now finally all done.
Quilt's fate - being put with the Christmas decorations to be used round our tree this year!
Hope the photos post...
08-29-2020, 04:54 AM
#1106
Power Poster
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Between the dashes of a tombstone
Posts: 12,716
Panchita...a winner for sure. The lovely HQ makes this a family heirloom to be handed down. I have a hard time working on Christmas things after the fact when the weather shuts us in.
08-29-2020, 04:12 PM
#1109
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Portage, Michigan
Posts: 7,435
Panchita, what lovely quilting. I need to get another hand quilting project going. As much as I grumbled about my last one, 6 months later, I miss the hand work. Your tree will be gorgeous this Christmas with this skirt to show off the lights and decorations. .
