2016 UFO Challenge of the Month
08-03-2016, 04:38 AM
#1921
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Aug is off to a great start!
TKHooper- very nice, is the sashing pieced or is it a print? Either way it complements the center stars beautifully. I like the colors you chose to work with. Glad to see the picture.
Happylab-cute snowman so nice to see a winter themed piece in hot Aug-- something to look forward to.
OKSewglad- love the pinwheel sky above the cow. Sweet quilt.
SheriR- the princess quilt is lovely as is the princess modeling it!
TKHooper- very nice, is the sashing pieced or is it a print? Either way it complements the center stars beautifully. I like the colors you chose to work with. Glad to see the picture.
Happylab-cute snowman so nice to see a winter themed piece in hot Aug-- something to look forward to.
OKSewglad- love the pinwheel sky above the cow. Sweet quilt.
SheriR- the princess quilt is lovely as is the princess modeling it!
08-03-2016, 04:40 AM
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tk, I embroidered them on my Topaz30 and bought the designs here. http://www.juliasneedledesigns.com She has sales all the time and hundreds or even thousands of designs.
08-03-2016, 06:16 AM
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All these finishes are so inspiring!
happylab, that's a really pleasing combination of background and border fabrics on your cute snowman.
oksewglad, what a fabulous cow, and the pinwheels look perfect there at the top.
SheriR, I think the blue Sues actually work well in that quilt. If you picture it without, I think it would have less movement. Wonderful photo of your great niece!
happylab, that's a really pleasing combination of background and border fabrics on your cute snowman.
oksewglad, what a fabulous cow, and the pinwheels look perfect there at the top.
SheriR, I think the blue Sues actually work well in that quilt. If you picture it without, I think it would have less movement. Wonderful photo of your great niece!
08-03-2016, 06:36 AM
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I'm planning on digging out this really cute Halloween wall hanging I started a few yrs back. It has quite a bit of embroidery work, and a few yrs back I didn't have near the experience I have now. I think I can do this!
Great finishes all!
SheriR. Just love the bright smile on that little face! Great girly quilt
You made her so happy.
Great finishes all!
SheriR. Just love the bright smile on that little face! Great girly quilt
You made her so happy.
08-03-2016, 06:49 AM
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This is darling, Happylab! Congrats and Toot, toot on another UFO finish!
QM, congrats on the finish, what a great keepsake. So pretty.
wow, everyone did a great job on our challenge last month. Such great finishes!!!
i decided to finish a few small projects to off set my larger projects. I finished another small project for Christmas in July theme. So I'm a few days late. [ATTACH=CONFIG]555200[/ATTACH]I started this last year and messed it up. I found it last week and decided I could finish it and have it for this years use. Next projects will be to complete a few throws and table runners. My weekend project for the QB's VQA weekend (August 5th to 7th).
wow, everyone did a great job on our challenge last month. Such great finishes!!!
i decided to finish a few small projects to off set my larger projects. I finished another small project for Christmas in July theme. So I'm a few days late. [ATTACH=CONFIG]555200[/ATTACH]I started this last year and messed it up. I found it last week and decided I could finish it and have it for this years use. Next projects will be to complete a few throws and table runners. My weekend project for the QB's VQA weekend (August 5th to 7th).
08-03-2016, 06:53 AM
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And here's another darling quilt! I'm a bit partial to cows and this one is sweet with the flowers and the heart. Toot, Toot oksewglad!
Love the FMQ swirls in the snowman...well done, happylab.I took pic with the Kindle tonight...still can't post on my computer which has camera downloads, so you will have to deal with my inexperience with the tablet...here's the cow quilt. I got the pinwheel as HST'S years ago...found the pink fabrics to go with on sale...it sat for a while...2 years ago I dug the browns from my stash and sewed the cow...finally got it finished a couple weeks ago...and now quilted and bound. [ATTACH=CONFIG]555212[/ATTACH]
08-03-2016, 06:58 AM
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Toot, Toot Sheri for the Sunbonnet Sue finish! I'm glad you are hanging onto that one instead of giving it where it won't be appreciated. Congratulations on the finish AND for the quilt for your great niece. She's definitely appreciating hers!
I just returned from my quick trip to Idaho/Utah. The quilts I finished in July were delivered and received well. I'm told my 5 yr old great nephew squealed at his new John Deere quilt. 
And here is a shot of my 3 yr old great niece in her surprise princess quilt.
I decided to pull out a mini quilt I started last year sometime....I truly could not figure out where my Quilty mind was when I started that mess and I bagged it back up for maybe a September finish. Instead, I bound my SunBonnetSue Grandma Quilt wall hanging. The blocks were suppose to go on the medallion quilt in my last list of finishes but I choose to just FINISH that and used those blocks here. I admit it's not my favorite. I wish I had kept to just pink and purple Sue's. There is blue in the blocks, but not much. It was intended for a SisterInLaw I'm not currently getting along with but the Sue's took MUCH longer to embroider up and I've had second thoughts about giving (even an item I'm not fond of) to someone who would probably run over it with her car after she used it for a placemat. At least I have one August finish. Now to finish my next Grandma Quilt (sadly, there are still many.)
And here is a shot of my 3 yr old great niece in her surprise princess quilt. I decided to pull out a mini quilt I started last year sometime....I truly could not figure out where my Quilty mind was when I started that mess and I bagged it back up for maybe a September finish. Instead, I bound my SunBonnetSue Grandma Quilt wall hanging. The blocks were suppose to go on the medallion quilt in my last list of finishes but I choose to just FINISH that and used those blocks here. I admit it's not my favorite. I wish I had kept to just pink and purple Sue's. There is blue in the blocks, but not much. It was intended for a SisterInLaw I'm not currently getting along with but the Sue's took MUCH longer to embroider up and I've had second thoughts about giving (even an item I'm not fond of) to someone who would probably run over it with her car after she used it for a placemat.
At least I have one August finish. Now to finish my next Grandma Quilt (sadly, there are still many.)
08-03-2016, 07:13 AM
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July and Mini-Challenge Tallies
Well, what a month July was! The month started off a bit slow but then so many of you sprang into action when the mini-challenge came around and really drove this train forward. Thanks and Toot Toots go to Oksewglad, Sync, Janice McC, Craftsbygloria, Silliness, Fraew, Tlambling, Jaba, RetiredTeacher09, QuilterMomma, Lteachergeorge, Glojean48, JuanitaBean, SheriR, Letawellman, tkhooper, rryder, Madquilter, happylab, and zozee for their combined 61 UFO finishes of which all but 4 were from the mini-challenge period. That brings this year's total of UFO finishes to....310! Way to go quilters. Way. To. Go!
So, I wonder what August will bring???
So, I wonder what August will bring???
08-04-2016, 04:58 AM
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Thank you for the link to the embroidery patterns.
rryder it is a pieced sashing the little geometric bars on either side of the stylized flowers are a separate fabric. I love the effect even if I had to modify the pattern to do it.
rryder it is a pieced sashing the little geometric bars on either side of the stylized flowers are a separate fabric. I love the effect even if I had to modify the pattern to do it.
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