Catching up on UFOs

The upside of having a few UFOs knocking around my sewing room is that during that weird period after finishing one piece and before beginning a new project, there is satisfying work to keep me busy:
Baby Zig will go to Greta, sister of Helena the Great and Emergency Elisa.


HST Neptune was a fun little project and I love the quilting on it. Just ignore the white wine spills .... I only need to finish the corners and tie up loose ends on both of those. And then there is an owly UFO awaiting sandwiching and basting ... it's already taped to my sewing room floor.

Ongoing Projects

all nine of them ...

UFO Challenge: Progress Pile

I have made good progress on my WIPs, though not as much as I had hoped due to an extra work load over Christmas (total of ten visitors spread out over seven days).

The tops for both Caroline's Objects and the Night on the Tiles (NotT)are finished. The back for NotT is almost completely pieced, I ran out of the Mrs March's Collection script / scroll fabric I used and cannot seem to find it anywhere right now.

And I realised that my cheapskate approach to scrappy backing for Caroline's Objects was completely and utterly misguided. It took forever, didn't really match the front and made me feel quite resentful about the whole exercise.

Therefore it has been decided to just do a plain back on this one and use whatever I already assembled as the beginnings of a quilt top for Ms C, my elder daughter. She loves shoes and orange, so we're all set there.

Trying to finish as many projects as possible obviously also meant that I worked on several at the same time. This is something I had previously avoided, fearing that it would result in loads of UFOs and not a lot of finished quilts. But I'm finding that I am enjoying going back and forth between pieces and that it helps me stay motivated to finish things.

So this is the run-down:
Done:

Scrappy Quilt in a Day

IWC Charity Quilt

Theo's Planes

Top finished:

A Night on the Tiles in Manchester

Caroline's Objects

Scrapped:

Calendar Quilt Challenge

Relegated to 2010:

Disappearing Nine-Patch because it's currently just a pile of fabric

Bassetti for Reingard, not due until Aril 2011

UFO Challenge - The List

This is my list to be completed by December 31

Done as per last night:

Scrappy Quilt in a Day

Almost done:

IWC Charity Quilt

Theo's Planes

Halfway through:

A Night on the Tiles in Manchester

Not quite half way yet:

Caroline's Objects

Oh boy, nowhere near done:

Calendar Quilt Challenge

I have decided that this one is not an UFO yet, because it's just a collection of pre-cut fabric squares: Disappearing Nine-Patch

Since this is not due until Aril 2011, I don't count it either: Bassetti for Reingard, cheeky, I know. But it's all about setting attainable goals. And that way I might actually manage ... well, Night on the Tiles may be a problem with all the quilting that will be needed.

I'm in: UFO Challenge

First project of the New Year: the sampler

Initially, I had planned to turn this into a double-sided quilt for my daughter to play with in her doll corner. My husband thought that'd be a waste ... why not make two, one per girl. So this is what I'm doing.

They will be bordered in yellow, about 1,5 cm wide, and then bound in that light blue gingham I used in the blocks. Quilting will be minimal and done by machine.

Anything to get the job done - after six years.

Future Gifts - yet another addition to my list of UFOS

UFO - redefined as unstarted fabric object. Oh well ... I was going through some of the links I added a few weeks back and decided I was going to drop those. But I wanted to hold onto the Rice Heat Therapy Bag Tutorial over on Sew Mama Sew. One day I will turn them into a gift for my god-daugher, for whom I also plan on doing a Chinese Coin quilt from some of that Kaffe Fassett extravaganza I purchased when I was bored time before last.

Can you see a pattern: links or ebay ... I'm bored.

i LOVE frogs

and simply must do this one one day: The Purl Frog and pattern.

It reminds me of a climbing frog toy I used to have as a child - now I'm wondering where that has gotten too, must ask Mum.

And while I was at it, I found the perfect pattern to make napkins for my best friend. I gave her a table runner and cushions last year and got some extra fabric ... and this is the perfect simple tutorial.

Done!

All done, embroidered and bound. Off to the framer on Friday, hopefully, depending on when the washing machine repairman shows up.

Finishing an UFO

I started this little thing (for the lack of a better word) about five years ago.



The binding is raw silk, part of the loot I made on ebay about three years ago ... and I will take this little piece off to the framer to have it framed. Only thing I need to find is a spot to hang it, probably the guest room.

I'm bored so I eBay

and purchase Kaffe Fassett fabrics. There are 40 squares, 2 per design, sized 4 inches, in the pack. I'm bidding on a second pack of the same and on this one as well:


More Kaffe fabric ... I think I will just maschine them together as squares and simply quilt them. The sizing will depend entirely on how many of those packs I'm getting so keep your fingers crossed.

Maybe I should automatically file this post under "UFOs" ... ;-)

Under water ... but never short of ideas!

Under water - that's me! We got back from our lovely hols about 12 days ago and since I have been doing laundry like mad, decluttering the kids' rooms, hosting the "first day of school" festivities for my elder daughter, hosting my elder daughter's soulmate (quite literally) and her family for a weekend and preparing for a major application test at a new business venture plus working approx 40 billable hours. ...

Normal activity may resume soon ... and despite having a plethora of UFOs, I'm thinking of diverting my attention to Kristin La Flamme's Mod Log Table Runner. hoping I'll have enough coordinating fabrics to use up my autumnal fat quarters.

My confession of the day:

... the number of unfinished - no, unstarted! - projects!

(1) all white fabric, samples from my FIL's job as a sales representative, to be turned into a star quilt, all machined probably.
(2) jungle animals and grass pattern to be turned into a baby quilt
(3) a selection of jewel design and colour fabrics to be turned into a lap quilt
(4) IKEA fabric to be turned into a baby quilt
(5) a finished top 1m by 2m of sample blocks to be turned into a bed spread
(6) a ton of men's shirts, all in different blues and different or no patterns
(7) a selection of Noah's Arc design fabrics to be turned into a baby quilt.
(8) a set of bed linen with blue-green stripes and matching floral design to be turned into a quilted-only quilt
(9) a set of bed linen with pink and red stripes and matching floral design to be turned into a quilted-only quilt

(Maybe I should start recruiting god-children in order to find owners for my quilts ...)