I am joining 2 different UFO challenges for 2019. There is no doubt that I have enough UFO's to go around for about 4... but I'll stick to two.
I'm following and joining Judy Laquidera's challenge which is here: Judy's challenge
For January, Judy has picked # 7. This is my "Lanterns of Hope" a Quilt of Valor that needs to be quilted and bound. My list for Judy's challenge is here: My 2019 UFO list
Judy is also having a "12 things to Accomplish" challenge. Judy explains it here. This is a list of things we want to do this year, but is not dictated by a list with assigned numbers each month.
I am also doing a Facebook group challenge here: American Patchwork and Quilting 2019 UFO Challenge.
Here is my List for that challenge: The number for this January is # 3. My second 70,273 quilt.
I have also created a third list of extra UFO projects, just in case I run out of things to do.
I'm happy to say, that i am completely up to date with all clues today. I'm linking to Bonnie Hunter's mystery link up click here to check out what everyone else is up to .
Bonnie dropped clue # 7 as an additional clue this week, and I was able to stitch it all after returning from our New Years celebration on the Oregon Coast yesterday.
Clue 6 was more string blocks! I love stitching these.
Here is a picture of my string bag of neutrals... before starting. When i opened it, it nearly exploded.
I pressed several different strips and placed them in a basket to pull from as I worked. The basket is full, and my string bag is still busting at the seams. These things multiply!
I got all of my neutral string units stitched and trimmed. I love the variety of prints in these. They tell a story of their own. Kind of like a visual archeological journey through my fabric stash.
Clue 6 completely done! Yahoo! Although I was sort of sad to see that my count told me I was done... yet I still have so many strings to use up.
I then went to work on clue # 7 This clue got us started piecing some of our earlier units together. One of our assignments was to stitch some of our clue #1 units together into 16 patches.
The other part of clue # 7 was stitching units from clue #2 together. Just when I think I see a pattern, the numbers just don't work out the way I think they should. LOL
Clue # 8 is out tomorrow and I'm anxiously awaiting to see what Bonnie has in store for us next.
While I was waiting for clue # 6 to come out last week, I reached for an old unfinished project that I started in a class in 2010. Judy Niemeyer taught a class at our quilt show that year, and I still hadn't finished my table runner. I had seriously forgotten where I was in the process. Turns out that I had all the small paper pieced points done! Yahoo! I did need to locate the rest of my background fabric which had long ago been mixed in with my batiks. Thankfully, I hadn't used it on another project!
Judy Niemeyer's pattern: One for All Seasons is the pattern. I had wanted to do one with rounded flying geese, but she had sold out of that one in class.
This is the pattern link:
About 2 hours of putting the smaller units together, and I had the finished top for this tablerunner. Just needs to be quilted now. It's on my 2019 UFO list.
