2018 UFO Challenge un

  I  have lots of "oldies, but not yet moldies" on this list... many have been floating around as completed tops or parts since 2009!  (possibly even longer...)  

     Retiring this year I am pledging to get these done!   There are many projects that are not on this list that also need to be completed.  These include:

  • Enough leftover blocks from previous projects, that they are an entire orphanage.  I would really prefer to call these something else... Orphans sound so hopeless and sad.   I recently unearthed 15 blocks from one completed project that each needed just one seam.  Really?  why didn't I stitch them then?  
  • Blocks that are given to me, already stitched.... were they someone else's leftovers?  or from projects started but never finished?   They need to become quilts... that is all I know.  
  • UFO's that needed some design thought, and then got put away when creative juices were flowing on something else...  
  • Projects that are from block exchanges and block lottos....  I must have won a lot!  'cuz I have 2 project totes full of them!  (I have decided to not participate in any block swaps or lottos until I get these 2 totes whittled down.)  I don't really need to do any fabric swaps right now either!   
  • Projects that decided to go wayward of what I had in mind.... and got set aside.  


# 1    Friends and Fellows -   Finished!  Nov. 2018

           
     This was an internet forum Mystery from the Quilt and Needle.com in 2009.  I decided to add applique borders.  Done!  Now, it awaits backing, pinning, quilting and some binding.  Queen size I am ashamed to say this was on my UFO list back in 2011.... 

Under the machine!   This puppy is big!  84 x 84 before quilting and washing

     It took about 2 weeks, working a few hours each day to get this one quilted on my domestic machine,  but it was a fun experience.  I am gaining skills and confidence with each quilt I work on.   I guess it pays off to watch You-Tube videos, and practice. 











# 2.  Phire's Radiance -  

another  Q&N mystery quilt... (guess I need to hold off on them for awhile, but they are addicting to me... I just can't resist a good mystery quilt! )  This will be a 60x60 wall hanging.   All it needs is a final border and then to be quilted. Also from my 2011 UFO list.    



# 3.   Roll Roll Cotton Boll  --- 

Oops.... another internet mystery! This one was hosted by Bonnie Hunter over at Quiltville.com

Originally, Bonnie had planned for this to be queen size... but I had to cut it down to a size I gift or use.... A twin size throw.... the extra pieces were put to use in a bonus quilt that I finished in 2012. 

This is ready to quilt and bind.... I think it is so beautiful just the way it is... it doesn't need a border. 







# 4.  Autumn Leaves Happy Blocks   

       Completed  8, Nov. 2018!!!

I won the Autum leave Happy blocks from the Scrappyandhappy Yahoo Group. Since these are the colors in our home... and I have an extensive leaf fabric collection, I made an additional 28 blocks or so... to give me a nice large throw... 

This just needs the quilting and binding.... 




     Quilting and Binding are complete, and it just came out of the dryer after it's first bath!   The spiral quilting makes it snuggle like butter!   I was sort of afraid that it might feel stiff with this much quilting!     Yeah! 






Isn't this leaf backing perfect? 


# 5.    Boxy Stars - donation quilt - 
          Finished.. November  2, 2018 

Made with leftover strips found in one of the boxes in the backroom of the church out in Corbett.....  The colors are very Retro!   These donation quilts don't help anyone out under the table at my house... I must get them done!  











# 6  A Quilt for All Seasons - Summer 

Oh No!  another mystery quilt from the internet that needs to be finished!  This one is from 2012 or 2013.... 

Ready for quilting  









#7.  Corbett Donation Quilt III -   The last of the trio!  
        Finished  October 4, 2018

borders are cut... and the backing is pieced.... it's getting close now, and I'm determined to clear this one out from under my table as well! 













# 8.  Favorite Red Blocks quilt - 

These blocks were won from my friends at Block Central back in about 2010!   I finally pieced them into a top while at our spring retreat in 2014.   Now it needs to be quilted.  




# 9. Deer Throw II -  Finished October 28, 2018 






The final quilt for our travel trailer... the bed is now decorated.... and the first throw is done.  This is ready for Quilting.....   The fabrics were purchased in the late spring of 2013.....  It's time to get this one in it's proper spot and out from under the cutting table! 


10.   Warm Winter Wishes   Finished Dec. 9, 2018 

   









 

 This quilt was an internet Row by Row in about 2015.   I started my quilt off with the applique row in the middle.   I also did the checkerboard rows and the piano key borders. 

      A couple of years prior,  2008 possibly,  another internet group I participated with did a "Sweet Sixteen"  snow fabric exchange.   We each sent packs of 10 matching fabrics to the swap mom,  who then sent us back 10 different pieces that measured 9 x 11.  We could send as many swap packets as we wanted.   I believe I sent several packets.   I only had to buy the background fabric for the applique row to do this.  All the checkerboards and and piano keys came from those swap fabrics.   (I still have some left... I chose not to put the fabrics that had "Christmas"  or "snowmen" per say.  I chose to use only those with snowflakes.   I wanted a quilt that could be used through January and early Feb, not just during the Christmas Holidays.    Guess  I still have some winter quilts to make in the future.   

      This is a large throw that measures  approx  64 x 80 before quilting.  



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