I spent all afternoon in my sewing room trying to find all my UFO's. I want to finish all the tops and start quilting on them so that most of them are finished by the end of the year. A lot of the blocks I have are from various swaps I've been in over the years. I don't know why I never did anything with them, I just stacked them on the shelves or put them in a box and forgot all about them.
I made a list of all of them and have the first 4 sitting next to the sewing machine. There's 15 total which really isn't that bad. I thought there was a lot more. I need to buy fabric for sashings and bindings for most of the blocks but I do have one UFO ready to go so that will be the first one I assemble. I hope to get it done over the next week.
Here's a photo of the first one. I call this Fall Fans. I assembled the fans years ago and bought the fabric to finish them about 3 years ago. It's about time I finished this one.
It is like finding old friends when you start looking at your UFO's. Often I wonder why I just didn't keep going on a project and complete it as I liked it so well to start with. I have a Cheri Payne quilt pattern that I have several blocks made for that has become a UFO that I have sadly neglected but like it so well..
ReplyDeleteI don't know how I let them pile up like that but it's time to get them all finished. And you're right, it is like finding old friends.
DeleteI have so many quilt tops and bobs (bags of blocks) too! I look forward to your progress.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pat. I hope to look back at the end of the year with a real sense of accomplishment. I'm learning to machine quilt on my domestic machine so I'll have a lot of practice with all the finished quilt tops I hope to complete this year.
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