I started off the year with a bang, but here we are a bit over 10 weeks into the new year and I have 3 quilts completely cut out — 2 with the borders! This is cannot be good for the UFO count. To further illustrate that I’ve lost my mind, I’m planning on taking all 3 of them with me this weekend to a sew-in.
The bag on the left is Bonnie Hunter’s Fun With Bricks. This started innocently enough as a leader/ender project in January. The bag on the right is the Dragonfly quilt. The middle is a red, white & blue scrappy twin size version of the Mystery Quilt I wrote for the April retreat.
Add to this that my husband has just convinced me that I need to quilt and bind six quilts before the end of June and now I know I have lost my mind. This does not include anything which is on my UFO list or any other project I want to finish sooner than later. At least four of the quilts are completed tops.
Here they are:
Quilt #1 – 54 x 70. I have enough fabric to make a second identical quilt and bind them both in the purple. I may use the fabric to make the backing. No idea on the thread color or quilting motif.
Quilt # 2 – 70 x 100 When I started the quilt in Purple, Green & Yellow, I was thinking “Mardi Gras” and purchased either 1/2 yard or yard of Mardi Gras frogs. I may look for some more Mardi Gras fabric for the back. The purple binding is made and tucked in with the quilt and frogs.
Quilt # 3 – 68 x 86. I have a piece of the border fabric left in the stash. The floral, pink and green fabrics, along with a stripe and a small floral print were part of a bundle. I found more of the floral on-line, but don’t think I there is enough for the backing. My spreadsheet says I have ‘binding fabric’.
Oh, my. I just thought of something. I really want pillow cases to go with each of these quilts. Have I mentioned I’ve lost my mind?
Quilt #4 – 74 x 88. I thought I had backing fabric for this quilt top, but when I inventoried my quilts tops and UFOs last year, I discovered I only had binding fabric.
Quilt # 5 – 60 x 76. It’s a variation because I’m not making 9-patches and I’ve changed the size of the pieces. It just worked better for the size quilt I wanted to make. Fortunately I have the backing fabric – a great dragonfly print I found on-line and the binding has been cut, just not made. So, if I finish piecing the top this weekend, this will be the first quilt I get done.
Quilt # 6 – size unknown. The size is unknown because this is still a work in progress. I have about 1/2 of the letters made. This one is going to the April quilt retreat.
I think my husband wanted to suggest a 7th quilt, but quickly left the room before I could throw something at him. Good thing I put the following qualifier in my UFO Challenge rules:
There will be occasions when a quilt will need to get moved to the top of the line regardless of the # pulled for the month. In those instances, I’ll either swap the #s if they are on this list, or if the quilt doesn’t have an assigned #, but is on either tab as of January 1, 2011, I’ll substitute it for the current # drawn. After all the goal is to get quilts off the UFO list.
Crazy but productive! I did the Chain Event for my youngest daughter. Mine has been done since the Mystery ran around her birthday time in 2006. Have fun at your sew-in. What are the dates for the Retreat?
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