Ufo challenge Update

On the UFO challenge front?   Well???  I have been a bad blogger.  It's bad when even your blog becomes a UFO.  I have just finished my 2nd UFO of this challenge.

This one didn't have that much left to be done. Only the borders.  Ugh... sometimes I hate doing borders. This one has 5; and no matter how many times or ways I laid them out I could not get the pinwheels in the corners to come out right.  Fortunately for me I am proficient with a tool known as a seam ripper.  Several unsewn seams later (and a few accidentally ironed fingers - ouch) I got them all to work out.  Whew!!  Feels good getting another one off the UFO list. With a little over a week to go on this month maybe I can go back to one of my other UFO's from the list and work on it some more.  We'll see.

Finished!!

UFO challenge results:   1 down  11 to go.   Woo hoo!  I have finished my quilt top for this challenge. Not only does this feel good but it is motivating me to finish more that are not on the list.  

The top still needs to be quilted but for me the challenge was to get the tops finished. I have had some basic lessons and have quilted a couple of placemats (part of another UFO in this challenge) I just need some practice time.

This is a good feeling though and I am glad I signed up for the challenge.   This is what I wanted to get out of it.  Motivation to finish something.

2011 UFO Challenge

Progress was made at last!  Finally I got the sewing room cleaned out again so it didn't look like a junk room.  It was a cold and rainy/drizzly Sunday, so I popped my "Fiddler On The Roof" DVD into the player and spent the next 3 hours sewing (and singing along with the movie).

Anyway,  my UFO project for this month is almost complete. I have pinned the last two borders on and will sew them on tonight.   Yea for me!  This feels good.

2011 UFO Challenge List

Well so far this year is off to a slow start for me as far as quilting time goes.  But, hunting season is over and I am looking forward to staying home this week end, getting the sewing room organized (again) and start on my UFO project.

#6 for me is titled Summertime.  This is a quilt from Thimbleberries Club in 2002.   This is what the finished quilt top should look like

Next step is to start working on it.

2011 UFO Challenge List

Here is my 2011 UFO challenge quilt list.

1.   Harvest Sampler
2.   Lakeside
3.   House & Garden
4.   Hometown Christmas
5.   Seasons in a Row
6.   Summertime - DONE!
7.   Hot Flashes
8.   Parade Day  DONE!
9.   Garden Village
10. Watermelon Slice
11. Sangria Sunset
12. Lazy Crazy

These are my UFO goals for 2011.  For me it will be to get the tops completed and ready to quilt.  Then maybe next year I will work on getting them quilted.  I have done a little bit of machine quilting but I need more practice.  Maybe as I get these quilt tops done I will begin to try some more machine quilting.  The goal is to at least get the tops finished finished.   I am tired of staring at them in the closet begging to be finished.

Okay,  come on New Years Day.  Ready to start.  Good luck to all who are participating in this challenge.