I found a new blog the other day - and this certainly speaks to me! I have more UFOs (unfinished objects) than I can count, and every once in a while, I attempt to corral them and move them along. Here goes nothing!
The first step is to inventory them. Over the next week or so, I will be making my list and checking it twice.
I must have been in the mood for this already, because last week, I started dusting off some projects. I have an ulterior motive - I bought myself a Cutie quilting frame!
This table-top frame was on a significant sale, and I had a commission paid (I'm a mortgage broker in my right-brained job), so I treated myself.
My Kenmore sewing machine only has about 7" of harp space, but a friend of mine that quilts with me has a Janome 9400 that has about 11", so we will be using that one.
UFO #1: The first thing I'm going to practice on is a bed runner, front and back pieced from leftover blocks from a Block-of-the-Month club project. I finally finished the quilt last year, so when I bought the frame, I had to go digging for the bed runner.
I used up every last scrap! This may end up being a Christmas gift for someone. The quilt was a UFO for about 5 years, as there was a serious lack of contrast in the centre blocks, but I finally put it together during COVID lockdown last year and it's on my bed now. I pieced the bed runner at the same time, so it has been lingering for about 18 months.
UFO #2: As I mentioned, last week I started pulling out some of the old. The first project box I opened had my Farmer's Wife book and about 20 6 1/2" blocks that I've already made. I finally figured out why I stalled on this project - I was trying to use bright fabrics, but I pulled them randomly without any thought to the final result and it looks like an uncoordinated mess.
Today's UFovember blog post (view here on Pretty Piney's blog) has a great infographic for assessing your UFOs. (Subscribe on her blog to get your own larger copy).
Right off the bat, I was able to answer the first question with a resounding NO, so I dismantled the box, put the blocks aside to develop a plan, and put the fabric back in the stash.
UFO #3: This one was an easy fix to get it to the flimsy stage! I had originally started a pineapple block in rainbow colours, and was going to make a bunch of them. Then I decided to just keep going around on the first one and see how far I could go. It was about 12" square when it got put aside. I finished it off to be about 14" square and it is now going to be a pillow top. I have already have the pillow form, so hopefully I can get this finished in time for another Christmas gift.
UFO #4: This next one has been on the barely-started pile but needed to be finished as a gift for my son-in-law. All that had been done on it was the first row of borders surrounding the panel.
Whoops, just realized its upside down! It's a Asian-themed dragon and all the prints are Asian-themed as well. It's about 52" wide and 100" long, for my tall SIL as a lap quilt. I made one the same size last year for my grandson, and they constantly "fight" over it on the sofa. This will be the first "real" quilt I'll do on my frame.
UFO #5: My best friend and I are crafting partners-in-crime, and our latest joint project is a revival of a UFO we put aside in 2019. During 2020, I moved forward and complete all the center blocks (100) for both of us. A few weeks ago, we pulled it out and started the next step of putting blocks/sashings on each of the blocks. All of those are completed now, so we are at the assembly stage.
This a Moda Bake Shop pattern, called Christmas 1968, but of course, ours are made with a total different fabric line by Riley Blake called Bliss. It is lovely with rose-gold metallic accents.
This quilt is assembled differently than most I have done, and once two large pieces of 25 blocks each are together, we then have to slice them on the diagonal and reassemble them. I hope we can get them done in the next couple of weeks and sent off to a long-armer for quilting.
That's enough for tonight. I'll post more tomorrow and also update my tab "UFOs and WIPs". Told you I've done this before!
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