Some of you, like me, are looking ahead to 2017. Maybe setting goals, looking for a new job, a new start. Maybe looking forward to retirement, a wedding, and new baby. Whatever it is you are looking forward to, I hope it is better than anything you may be dreading in 2017.
Every year at my local quilt guild, we do a UFO Challenge (Unfinished Objects). Those UFO's always haunt me. What am I going to do with them when they are actual quilts? Yes, I will be happy when they are finished, but what am I going to do with them. Well, I decided that I have to list them on Etsy and try to sell some. So, that is my goal for 2017. To finish some of those haunting UFO's and to list them to sell on Etsy. I do have some family members (mostly on my husband's side) that do not have quilts. His niece and nephews decided to all have babies one year, so I got behind on the baby quilts. None of the adults have one. His brother has asked for one, so he will get one for Christmas. I have one for one of his nephews, too. But, there are still more to give.
Anyway, I wanted to talk about the UFO Challenge for 2017. I didn't do very well with the 2016 Challenge, in fact I didn't get a single quilt finished on time. I did get one of them done and another one just needs binding (which is the one I want to give to the nephew, so got to get it done for Christmas), but the one that was done was not done on time. It's not that I didn't quilt quilts, I did. I quilted a lot for Quilters Journey (my quilt shop) and I had several customer quilts to do, still have one to get done.
So, Mary mentioned at the Quilt Guild meeting a few months ago that I have Tubs of quilt tops, which I do, I just don't let many people know that. Now they know, at least the Guild and you. So, for the UFO Challenge, we are to list 6 quilts and number them. We roll the dice and which ever number it lands on, you work on that quilt for 2 months and try to get it finished. You put in $6 when you turn your list in. If you finish your quilt on time, you get your $1 back for that quilt. If you don't finish it, your money goes in to the "Pot". At the end of the year, you get your name put in for the drawing for the "Pot" for each quilt you finish. So if you finish all 6, you get your name in 6 times, if you finish 1, you get your name in 1 time, etc. So, I donated all my money last year. This year I am not going to donate all of my money! Last year I had 2 lists. Some years I have had 3 lists. This time I have 3 lists. They are all worded the same.
Here are my lists:
1. A Quilt from Tub #1
2. A Quilt from Tub #2
3. A Quilt from Tub #3
4. A Quilt from Tub #4
5. A Quilt from Tub #5
6. A Quilt from Tub #6
So, I have to make any of 3 quilts from the tub that the number is rolled. This time it was 2. So, I pulled out Tub #2. I took pictures, measured, and wrote down the quilt and measurements. Here is what I have. Tub #2 had 8 quilts in it.
The first few pictures are of Tub #2 and as I opened it and took quilts out. I laid them all on my quilt machine table to take a full photo of them. I have a couple of Civil War Reproduction quilts. Those will be the last to quilt because they are so large. I have a couple of Lil' Twister Wall-hanging quilts, a Jelly Roll quilt, a Take 5 quilt, the "Make Do" Mystery quilt we did with the Salem Guild a few years ago, a Friendship Triangle Swap quilt from Quilt Sampler, and the last picture was a quilt that was not in the tub, but I saw it laying around and took a picture of it, too. It is a quilt I bought off of Ebay a few years ago. It is a pretty good size quilt. Thought I would add it to the mix, too. Shouldn't take long to quilt it. I have already quilted the "Make Do" Mystery quilt. It still needs to be trimmed and binding added. I will do that later. I have too much to do before Christmas. I am making my nephew a quilt. I have to finish the binding on it. I have a quilt for Chris' (my husband) nephew that still needs binding, which I mentioned earlier. It was one of my UFOs last year that didn't quite get done.
Finish! I think that will be my word for the year 2017...FINISH. That is my goal. To finish as many quilts as I possibly can. I want to get my 6 tubs down to 1 tub at the most. Maybe 0 tubs! Wouldn't that be great! We shall see!
Finish! I think that will be my word for the year 2017...FINISH. That is my goal. To finish as many quilts as I possibly can. I want to get my 6 tubs down to 1 tub at the most. Maybe 0 tubs! Wouldn't that be great! We shall see!
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Happy Quilting!
Terrie
