Hey Everyone, welcome back to Coffee Talk Saturday and my monthly UFO round up.
It has been a while since I actually posted anything for the UFO challenge I created for myself. In fact I just seemed to skip right on over May and June. It appears that I have not been keeping up on my UFO completion the past few months.
Then I got to looking around and I have completed a few things – mostly pieces that I started in the spring for my Stitch & Flip presentation at Creativfest that were in various stages of completion.
This one I call Rainbow Peaked Elevators – that’s the prairie girl coming out in me. I put hanging sleeves on all sides because I just wasn’t sure what way I liked it best. In fact I even used the triangle hanging tabs on it.
And a couple of cute baby quilts with little appliqued ducks. Aren’t they just adorable? And there are some little ducklings going the wrong way daring to be different. I used up some charm squares I had leftover from a quilt I made many years ago. Pairing them with a a couple of metres of fabric for the rest of the quilt – front and back – a quick baby quilt was created. These quilts finish at 31 x 37 inches.
Now I am on a mission to get more done and have decided that I am sending 10 quilts to my long armer to quilt for me. I came to the conclusion the other morning as I was creating a new design for Christmas that these quilts are not going to get quilted if I don’t take them to Michelle. I am tired of them sitting in my drawers taking up precious space for fabric so next week they will be moving out temporarily.
Another bonus about doing this is that I will deplete my stash a bit more with the backings I need to make and the bindings when they return which means more room for fabric. Like I need more fabric!
The photo at the top of the page is of the quilts and their backings.
Along with the above finished pieces I have also finished the couching on a piece I started in a Carol Taylor class called Arc-i-texture this past spring. My drinking straw came in very handy for this. I got a bit carried away with the couching but that’s okay because it’s mine and I like it.
And I have sewn the pieces together for my May Stitch Along since I for some reason decided it needed to be larger than 8 x 12 inches and it is now 16 x 24 inches.
I am hoping by the end of the weekend, which here in Canada is a long weekend, I will have my April, May and June Stitch Alongs completed. Somehow they became a UFO despite the fact that they were to be finished by the end of each month.
How are you doing with your UFO’s? It’s okay if you have come to a standstill as you will return to them just as I have. Sometimes we do get side tracked and life gets in the way. Don’t worry they will get done.
I was also looking at my spreadsheet of UFO’s and have decided that a couple of them are just going to die as I never liked them in the first place and so why waste my time to finish them. A couple of other completed tops may just go to the guild for them to finish as a cuddle quilt – I may not like them but I know that someone else will.
It is good to have these options for quilts we just do not like anymore.
Well, back to those Stitch Along pieces as they are not going to finish themselves, unfortunately.
Happy Quilting!
Love the circle quilt, am very New to quilting, and love the texture it gives.
Thanks Julia. I am really liking the texture it has as well. I am going further with it so will keep posting as I create. Jen
I love the circles with couching, it makes me want to learn to do it. Using up the charm pack like that for a baby quilt is sheer genius, I have to make (another) baby quilt for charity, may I copy the idea please? Had fun trying to work out which quilt which backing, I don’t think they are in order?
Hi Juliet I love the couching too and the circles are so much fun. Go ahead and make a similar quilt – I have been asked to create a pattern so will probably do so but probably no in time for you to make the baby quilt. No the quilts and backings do not match up in order in the picture. I wonder how you did? Jen
Jen, your UFOs look absolutely fabulous. I like them all! I’m wondering if you actually have a pattern for the duck baby quilt, because the Simcoe Guild outreach gal has asked me to please make baby and children’s quilts because they really need them, and she likes the ones I make. I love that little quilt, and would happily buy the pattern from you if you have one!!
Linda
PS: See you at the August/September guild meetings at Orillia and Simcoe!!!
Thanks Linda. I don’t have a pattern for this quilt but I suppose I could produce one. I’ll let you know if I do. Jen
Ditto with the scrapping a UFO. i took a look at one BOM a decided I had hated it from the get go and took the remaining kits to the guild where they can go,home with someone else. The completed blocks are in the orphan bin. I finished three UFO’s’ s this year. But took two classes so I am only up one!!!
Vivian, great to hear that you are keeping up with those UFO’s. We have to take classes as well to keep being inspired. Jen
Well Jen I wish I could say when I looked around I found finished UFOs. I have been on vacation though and now have to pack for my move so not much UFO work will happen. I was working on two baby quilts before vacation so maybe I can finish those between packing.
Debbie, good luck with your move and finishing those baby quilts.