IrishNY

22 years. My very first quilt. It's the same age as my daughter.

Yikes...

Prairie Quilter

Okay.......... believe it or not........ my oldest UFO is an easy 20 years. I've been working off and on for that long on a yo-yo quilt. Each little piece comes from my mother's scrap basket........ and she's been with the angels now for 15 years. I am seeing the light at the end of this looooonnnggg project, and it will be worth it !! There will be over 2500 yo-yos in this quilt. If someone would have told me years and years ago that it would take me this long to complete this project I would have told them they were CRAZY !!! Obviously, I haven't worked on it very consistantly.... hoping to complete it by the end of this year.

Kristin in ME

I just dug a few UFOs out of the attic that were among my very first little projects- 15 years old, or so. I was 17 when I started.

vickimc

I dont think I want to know..... at least 9 yrs. if not older. how do you expect me to remember that far back, I cant remember yesterday, or spell. LOL

arimuse

23 yrs - Ill show it sometime; right now its buried under stuff while I work on painting my sewing room. sharet

MOBRIDGE MOM

My oldest UFO was a quilt that I was making for my daughters crib. She's 31 and I finally finished it last year.

grandma Janice

probably about 20 years. I have an unfinished one I'm just getting to that was something my mother started about 1940 or so. I'm repairing it and finishing it.

Quiltmaniac2010

I took a class to do a double wedding ring quilt waaaay back in 1990. I uncovered it recently when I was doing some cleaning and finally threw it out. I couldn't get the pieces to line up and knew that I would never finish it. It actually felt good to throw it out so it wouldn't be niggling at me. Now I can attack more recent UFO's!!

Janquiltz

:oops: About 10 years old. First pieced quilt I made when I was teaching myself how to quilt. It is king size, and the pieces are a combination of 100% cotton and polyester cotton. All the Dresden Plates are poly-cotton; but sashing and plate backgrounds, cornerstones with appliqued hearts and the backing are cotton. I just lost incentive when I learned that combining 100% cotton and poly together in a quilt rarely results in a pretty quilt. What makes it even sadder is the fact that the top is done, the quilt is sandwiched, and did a "ton" of hand-quilting on it before I lost my incentive.

cny_sewer39

Let's see... I started a quilt for my mom back in 1998. That makes my oldest UFO-13 years old. (As old as my middle son.) :lol: :lol: I had her pick the pattern (Rose of Sharon). NOT realizing how much machine applique is involved. Now she jokes that when she passes, I can put the quilt in with her (fininshed or not). I only have 10 blocks to finish appliqueing. Then I can start the assembly line. :lol: :lol: :lol: PLEASE PRAY FOR ME & A LITTLE LUCK NEVER HURT EITHER....

Thanks for letting me share. I really need to get working on that quilt soon......


debra