2013 UFO Challenge of the Month
01-19-2013, 04:21 PM
#181
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Location: Iowa
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Great finish Kaelyn.
01-19-2013, 05:49 PM
#182
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brady TX
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Now that's just too purdy!!!!
01-20-2013, 01:15 AM
#183
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: The Granite City, Scotland
Posts: 1,635
Krista and kaelyn - what beautiful quilts! Well done to both of you.
01-20-2013, 07:08 AM
#184
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Bluebell
Posts: 4,291
I will join you but only when I get a chance throughout the day as I as my day was already spoken for. I have two things I really want to finish today.
1. A scrappy baby quilt. I got to finish sewing the squares on and then I am done with this little charity piece.
2. Make a dog bed, so I can use up the rest of my scraps and get them out of my way!
Having these two things done allows me to get done to some real projects next.
1. A scrappy baby quilt. I got to finish sewing the squares on and then I am done with this little charity piece.
2. Make a dog bed, so I can use up the rest of my scraps and get them out of my way!
Having these two things done allows me to get done to some real projects next.
01-20-2013, 08:27 AM
#185
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Upstate NY, north of Syracuse Area
Posts: 6,003
It is triangular log cabin. I got the paper piecing pattern from CompuQuilt http://www.compuquilt.com/CQFreeBlocks.htm.
Its not really hard to do, just time consuming. I figured out what size to make each piece and strip cut everything. I actually have enough blocks started to do another baby size but I'm ADD when it comes to my projects, so I filed the leftovers away for later.
Its not really hard to do, just time consuming. I figured out what size to make each piece and strip cut everything. I actually have enough blocks started to do another baby size but I'm ADD when it comes to my projects, so I filed the leftovers away for later.
01-20-2013, 08:37 AM
#186
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Upstate NY, north of Syracuse Area
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I will join you but only when I get a chance throughout the day as I as my day was already spoken for. I have two things I really want to finish today.
1. A scrappy baby quilt. I got to finish sewing the squares on and then I am done with this little charity piece.
2. Make a dog bed, so I can use up the rest of my scraps and get them out of my way!
Having these two things done allows me to get done to some real projects next.
1. A scrappy baby quilt. I got to finish sewing the squares on and then I am done with this little charity piece.
2. Make a dog bed, so I can use up the rest of my scraps and get them out of my way!
Having these two things done allows me to get done to some real projects next.
I even changed the container I kept mine in, fearing it might have had the powers of the Stone Soup kettle, but apparently the container is not the problem.
Please share your secrets with us as I am sure there are many who would benefit.
01-20-2013, 10:23 AM
#187
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Illinois, USA
Posts: 21
Just what I need to continue finishing the LOOOONG list of UFO's I have - I'm always so anxious to move on to the next idea I have - and I loose track of what I've got waiting. I have one in the drawer that I had lost for nearly 15 years. Finally found it - still haven't finished it. Did just finish one I started 4 or 5 years ago - will post it as soon as it has a picture.
01-20-2013, 10:50 AM
#188
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Beautiful Washington State
Posts: 844
I keep trying to get my UFOs organized into 'I will finish" and 'I will donate' and I keep getting distracted! This is the year I will finish some, though! I promise!
01-20-2013, 10:50 AM
#189
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Near Tucson, Arizona
Posts: 1
Hi, I'm new to the Quilting Board and would like to join this group. I have at least 20 UFOs I'd like to finish. This month I finished 2 just in time to get them into the Tucson Quilters Guild Show. Got a 3rd place on one of them. Yahoo! So, my goal is to finish one a month for the rest of the year. That should at least make a dent in the UFO pile!
01-20-2013, 10:51 AM
#190
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Beautiful Washington State
Posts: 844
Gorgeous!!! Love your color choices and the pattern is amazing!
Done! I made this top 3 years ago, for my son. Then it sat, and sat. I put it on my "UFO list" in both 2011 and 2012, and found an excuse each time it came up, to avoid it. I didn't want to mess it up, and couldn't bear the though of stuffing it through my regular machine.
When I got a long arm last July I decided it was time to do it - but of course I needed to get better at my skills first, because I do love this quilt (that was November's excuse, when this quilt came up for the UFO challenge). Finally, this month I said Enough! I made myself load it on the long arm before anything else, so that I had to finish it. And here it is! I lost a fight with my rotary cutter in the process, but my finger is healing and the quilt is complete and now resides on my son's bed. A whole year before he goes away to school
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And a closeup of some of my quilting. I did stitch in the ditch around the stars, after this picture was taken.
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When I got a long arm last July I decided it was time to do it - but of course I needed to get better at my skills first, because I do love this quilt (that was November's excuse, when this quilt came up for the UFO challenge). Finally, this month I said Enough! I made myself load it on the long arm before anything else, so that I had to finish it. And here it is! I lost a fight with my rotary cutter in the process, but my finger is healing and the quilt is complete and now resides on my son's bed. A whole year before he goes away to school
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And a closeup of some of my quilting. I did stitch in the ditch around the stars, after this picture was taken.
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