2024 UFO Adventure Challenge
#51
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 2,052
Great finishes everyone. I enjoy reading about your progress.
I have my r/w/blk top quilted. Afterwards I did something to my knee and now have issues walking upstairs for the last few weeks. The sad thing I only need to cut, sew, and iron the binding and square the quilt. Then I can sew on the binding by machine. I hope to get it done by the end of the month. So bottom line I’m making progress.
My next UFO project = quilt modern floral top after I sew on an extra border on the top and backing, so it fits a twin bed. Plus enlarge my started Pat Sloan’s, “Traffic Jam,” top. I think I have everything cut out, just need to sew together and quilt. My goal next month to complete 2-3 smaller UFO projects.
Happy sewing/quilting everyone.
I have my r/w/blk top quilted. Afterwards I did something to my knee and now have issues walking upstairs for the last few weeks. The sad thing I only need to cut, sew, and iron the binding and square the quilt. Then I can sew on the binding by machine. I hope to get it done by the end of the month. So bottom line I’m making progress.
My next UFO project = quilt modern floral top after I sew on an extra border on the top and backing, so it fits a twin bed. Plus enlarge my started Pat Sloan’s, “Traffic Jam,” top. I think I have everything cut out, just need to sew together and quilt. My goal next month to complete 2-3 smaller UFO projects.
Happy sewing/quilting everyone.
#52
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cottage Grove, MN
Posts: 2,810
Dedemac: Nice blocks! I did some of the blocks for 365 days also. I found them while organizing my 3.5” squares. Some of them I incorporated into a quilt top already. The others fell off of my table and I didn’t notice them until I had another quilt top done. I guess they will be there for another quilt. 🙂. Like you, the blocks wouldn’t be as daunting for me now.
UFO update: I’m hoping to get it sandwiched this week. I plan to take it to my church quilting room and use the tables there.
UFO update: I’m hoping to get it sandwiched this week. I plan to take it to my church quilting room and use the tables there.
#53
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Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 847
In this case my UFOs were PIGs. PIG is a project in bag- got fabric, got pattern , no sewing done. (Cut fabric but no sewing is still PIG). Anyway, I had 2- 3 yards quilts set up and I finished both flimsys this weekend, cut batting, and chose backings from stash. (Fabric moratorium people - that's 10 yards total). One is loaded on longarm and ready to go.
#56
I didn't get my Jewel Box Star to a complete flimsy in January. I just need to put the last row on and then decide how to quilt it. Not sure if I'll be able to finish another UFO in February. I leave for vacation in 17 days. Hawai'i here I come.
#57
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Join Date: Dec 2023
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 45
I’ve only made a tiny bit of progress on the quilt I want to finish by the end of the month. I went to sandwich it today and realized it was just too small to be practical (56” square), and all I had for ready to use batting was some expensive wool that I’m saving for another project. So instead of sandwiching today, I added borders (now 66” square) and made Frankenbatting from a couple of fleece throw blankets that needed repurposing.
It’s a step in the right direction. I hope I can make time to sandwich this week. I need to slowly do the quilting a bit at a time to not wreck my hands and shoulders or get really annoyed with it. Once basted it can live on the sewing table and I’ll peck away at it.
It’s a step in the right direction. I hope I can make time to sandwich this week. I need to slowly do the quilting a bit at a time to not wreck my hands and shoulders or get really annoyed with it. Once basted it can live on the sewing table and I’ll peck away at it.
#58
Yes progress, I remember your post. Don't forget to press your top and backing so you get a good smooth finish before you start layering and quilting. Love the pattern and I do recall the story. Keep posting so we can see the final results of all your determined work.
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#60
I am also a tiny bit of a control freak and can’t outlay huge amounts on fabric and time without knowing whether I will like the look of the finished design. But I know I’m in the minority.