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    Old 04-01-2016, 07:08 AM
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    Beatys9, we ALL like starting more but Anoka Quilter challenged me to start a challenge so I challenge you to jump right in here and find one little UFO. It really is a good feeling to finish something, anything! Do you have a small project? I've got at least two which means there's probably triple that number. I should be able to at least start one so maybe you can too?
    Originally Posted by beatys9
    Oh my. I'm somewhere in the 20's, maybe pushing into 30s. But I just can't stop myself from starting more! We'll see how this finishing thing goes. What a great thread.
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    Old 04-01-2016, 07:50 AM
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    Yes, I opened my big mouth. I will take your challenge Janice, let's see what I can get done by the 8th.
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    Old 04-01-2016, 07:58 AM
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    Travelinggramma - love the green and purples. Congrats on another great finish.

    Blue Bell - Congratulations on finishing the Farm Girl Vintage.
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    Old 04-01-2016, 08:19 AM
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    Challenge accepted! I hereby declare that my ES (Easy Street) binding will be done by April 8th. The binding is on and ready to hand stitch to the back...I better get busy!
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    Old 04-01-2016, 12:18 PM
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    Originally Posted by Sync
    I have finished putting the borders on a 2013-14 BOM. The top is 90 X 94 and is just a bit to big for my Grace EZ3 floor frame. Now, I'll get it ready to take to a local longarmer so it can be quilted.
    Oh my goodness!! There is so much MOTION in this quilt!!
    I love quilts like this, that just seem to be alive!!
    Great job!!
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    Old 04-01-2016, 12:25 PM
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    Originally Posted by rryder
    ...I am still working on getting DH to finish processing the photos he took at my opening and then I will post them so everyone can see. It went very well, I sold one of the small pieces and a commercial gallery owner mentioned that he'd like to have some of my work in his gallery--so hopefully something will come of that!

    Rob
    I can't wait to see the pics - and how exciting that there's even more interest from the other gallery owner!! And congrats on the sale!! Your work is so "avant garde" - it definitely encourages me to expand my own boundaries!!
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    Old 04-01-2016, 12:40 PM
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    Originally Posted by Janice McC
    ...How about it fellow travelers??? I do think it's time to have a mini-push on finishing a UFO. ... Say by midnight on Friday, April 8th?
    Well, I will probably have to pass on this one. I have my long-arm group meeting tomorrow - that is usually an all-day thing for me, as our meeting place is a 2-hour drive for me, and the meeting is 4 hours long. But I truly love it, I am inspired, encouraged, and excited whenever we have these meetings (which is every other month).
    And April 11, my new grand daughter will arrive, so I will be away from my machine for a couple of days then, as well as being gone for a week at the end of April - so there's a good chance I won't have ANY finishes for April - which will SO blow up my goal of a minimum of 1 per month!!

    Oakley's "traffic" quilt, with the cars and trucks and traffic signs, is loaded on the longarm. MAYBE it will be finished by the end of the month... MAYBE. I had really hoped to have this for him when his little sister gets here, though, so he wouldn't feel "left out" as she will be getting so much attention. Perhaps I can squeeze out enough time after my meeting to finish his up... maybe even by April 8th.

    Once that one is done, I have a couple of yard-sale tops that need to be done - simple pantograph work, as they are not the best piecing work. They will definitely be "every day" quilts. Hmmm.... if I load them as a "single" quilt, then cut them up into kennel-sized quilts and bind them, that could give me "several" finishes.
    Is that cheating?!?
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    Old 04-01-2016, 01:40 PM
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    Congratulations, Rob, with the sale of one of your pieces and the possibilities with the gallery owner. Happy news
    Originally Posted by rryder
    I am still working on getting DH to finish processing the photos he took at my opening and then I will post them so everyone can see. It went very well, I sold one of the small pieces and a commercial gallery owner mentioned that he'd like to have some of my work in his gallery--so hopefully something will come of that!

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    Old 04-01-2016, 01:52 PM
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    Pyffer, congrats and Toot, Toot on your table runners! You've helped us to finish this month out well. I hope your fmq on lap quilt goes well.
    Originally Posted by pyffer3
    been out for a little bit, life happens, right? Well, for this month I have finished 3 table runners that were sitting around half-done. Didn't get pics as they were done in a hurray for last minute gifts. Now I am trying to finish a lap size quilt for a baby with matching stuffed blocks. Got blocks stuffed and quilt sandwiched, just need to quilt. I think I may try my hand at FMQ again. I enjoyed it the other 2 times I tried, but only on smaller stuff. I am afraid of the big stuff, but this one with be the biggest I have attempted! I'm pretty sure I won't have it done for March, but certainly for April.
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    Old 04-01-2016, 01:55 PM
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    Congratulations, Jaba. Another two down! So nice to see the Boom quilt finished. Toot Toot!![QUOTE=jaba;7509752]2 more finished. Big block pattern, I can't even remember when I did this. Needed to be quilted and binding. This one I did sew the binding on by machine, a cheat for me. The other is one of last year's Boomerang swaps, needed the binding sewn on and then hand sewing the binding.[ATTACH=CONFIG]546546[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]546547[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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