I have a pile of tops that need to be quilted. Quilting for others has really chewed into my time for my own quilting. And yet I continue to make tops. In 2015, I need to get a handle on this. I hope to quilt one of my own tops every month, and try to make a dent in the UFO pile. What's in the pile right now, you ask? In approximate order of finishes:
- Building Blocks - 2012
- Easy Street - Bonnie Hunter 2012 mystery
- Patchwork Times quilt-a-long - (Done April 2015)
- Christmas Tree - (Done August 2015)
- Turqoise Trails - 2013
- Labyrinth - 2013
- Starburst - 2013
- scrappy quilt - 2013
- One Block Wonder - 2014 (Done - March 2015)
- Rainbow Explosion - 2014
- purple quilty- 2014 - (Done - May 2015)
- Brights baby quilt - April 2014
- Challenge Stars - Nov 2014 (found it!) (Done - July 2015)
- Toes in the Sand - 2014 (Done - April 2015)
- Kaffe Fassett granny squares - 2014 (Done Aug 2015)
- Bali Batiks - 2014 - (Done Sept 2015 - donated to Roger's house)
- Baby quilt - 2014 - (Done May 2015)
- Tell it to the Stars - Judy Laquidara 2014 mystery
- Flowers in my Windows - 2014 New Year's Eve mystery
- Regatta - 2015 New Year's Day mystery (Done - July 2015)
- Bento Box - 2015 New Year's Day mystery (yes, another one) (Done - April 2015)
- Grand Illusion - Bonnie Hunter 2014 mystery (Done - March 2015)
Other tops (quilted in 2014, not bound):
- Spectrum - Nov 2014 (Done - March 2015)
- Metro Lattice - (Done - March 2015)
New Projects completed in 2015:
- Block of the Week
- 1000 pyramids baby quilt (Done July 2015)
- neutral (dark) (Done - Nov 2015)
- neural (light) (Done - Nov 2015)
- modern quilt challenge - (Done April 2015)
- turquoise & brown rectangles
- turquoise & brown diamonds
- turquoise & brown baby quilt
- Chain Reaction
- Irish Chain- (Done July 2015)
- One Block Wonder #2
- RAQG mystery (started Oct 2014) (Done May 2015)
- Yellow/grey 60 degree triangles
- Border Creek Station mystery (started Oct 2014)
- Riley Blake challenge (Done July 2015)
- Modern Rainbow (Done Aug 2015)
- Baby Boy alphabet panel (Done July 2015)
- Baby boy growth chart (Done July 2015)
- snowball/9-patch
- oriental convergence
- Sunset (convergence) (Done Oct 2015)
- Convergence
- Fox and Friends (Done - Aug 2015)
- Double Twister (Done Dec 2015)
- Gardener's Alphabet (embroidery - started in 2013)
- Patchwork Year (embroidery - started Jan 2014)
- Northern Reflections (started Nov 2014)
- Ombre flying geese (leftovers from Spectrum)
- spiderweb (60 degree triangles)
- Edge of 17 Shop Hop
- 2015 H2O Row-by-Row
- Scrappy Pineapple
- Giant scrappy swoon
- recipe wall hanging
- twister- ready to quilt Dec 2015
2013 Plans
Judy's UFO challenge is changing this year. So I'm going to list all the on-going (Block the Month, challenges, etc) that I am participating in this year, in an effort to keep them straight and on track.
Update August: I decided that random BOMs are not for me, so I've dropped the last 4 projects on my list.
Project | Status | Update | |
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Dancing with the Stars | Done, Feb 2013 | ||
Border Creek Station Mystery | Jan, Feb done. Aug: ready for borders | ||
Gardener's Alphabet | Jan: Block C, Feb: D, G | ||
Back to Square One Mystery | Jan, Feb, March done. Aug 3: Caught up to July |
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For the Birds | Feb - downloaded next - April 7 | ||
Guild Mystery | Done! May 2013 | ||
Block Party | Jan - Dresden Plate Feb - Chris's Star |
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Jan, Feb done | |||
New - 3rd Thursday & 2 weeks later for FMQ Jan, Feb done | |||
Jan, Feb, March done | |||
Jan, Feb, March done |
2012 UFO Challenge
I'm joining Judy's UFO challenge again this year. Below is my list of 12 UFOs to be finished this year, in whatever magic order Judy draws them over the months.
Month Drawn (Completed) | Number | Name | Status |
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February | 1 | Grant's quilt | needs quilting(have backing) Done Jan 2013!! |
May | 2 | Colin's quilt | needs borders and quilting - border complete, May 21 |
July (June) | 3 | watercolour star | needs quilting (have backing) - Done June 6 |
(March) | 4 | indigo star | needs quilting - Done March 30 |
January (January) | 5 | pink and green baby quilt | needs quilting - Done Jan 31 |
October (November) | 6 | Grant's orphan blocks | Done Nov |
August (April) | 7 | pillow cases for ConKerr Cancer | Done |
March (March) | 8 | stack and whack | needs assembly - Done March 25 |
November | 9 | convergence | needs border & quilting |
April | 10 | Parrots | |
September (October) | 11 | twister | |
June | 12 | orphan purple block |
2011 UFO Challenge
Judy over at Patchwork Times is hosting a UFO challenge this year. I am late to the party (really, really late, since it's now June), but I'm jumping in anyway. The way this works is we each post a list of 12 UFOs, and number them. Each month, Judy picks a number, and that's the UFO of the month. The challenge is to finish that particular quilt before the end of the month.
Click on the image to the right, to hop over to Judy's page and check out everyone's plans and progress.
My UFO list:
Month Drawn (Completed) | Number | Name | Status |
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March (June) | 1 | Field of Stars | needs binding - Done June 8 |
July (July) | 2 | Dragon stained glass quilt | still in assembly stages- Done July 30 |
November (November) | 3 | Feathered star | needs a setting- Done Nov 30 |
April (June) | 4 | un-unamed quilt | needs quilting- Done (and named Peaceful Pinwheels) June 10 |
October (October) | 5 | Christmas napkins | half-finished- Done Oct 31 |
January | 6 | pillow cases | cut out, ready to assemble and send to ConKerr Cancer |
August (September) | 7 | sleight of hand | needs quilting- Done Sept 28 |
8 | rainbow dreams | needs quilting - Done May 30 | |
9 | tic tac toe | needs quilting - Done June 30 | |
February (October) | 10 | tic tac toe 2 | blocks to be assembled- Done Oct 5 |
September (September) | 11 | tic tac toe 3 | more blocks - Done Sept 30 |
12 | Grant's quilt | needs quilting |