Thoughts on UFO's

If you have been quilting for any length of time, you probably have a UFO (UnFinished Object) stuck away somewhere on a shelf. Most of us have them and we just can't seem to break away from our current project or planed next one to get them finished. Maybe they need to be quilted or a binding added or the quilt top itself is not quite completed. I have quilts that meet all of those criteria.


Here is the one I am currently working on. Everything is done except for the handwork on the binding and I am about half way around it. Basically, it has been like this for about 2 years but I pulled it out a few weeks ago and am determined to keep at it to completion.

To be honest, I was working off and on on a Whole Cloth quilt during those few years. I will give my thoughts on Whole Cloths another time.  

I decided recently I should do something about my UFO's. I'm not getting any younger and I would hate for my children to have to deal with the problem. I have one of my Grandmother's quilt tops and wish she would have gotten it quilted as it is really too delicate to do anything with now.  At any rate, I have pulled out 8 quilt tops to take to Kalamath Falls Oregon when I go visit my cousin this summer. While I am there a local longarm business will try to get them all quilted for me so I can bring them home with me when I leave, if not they will be ship the ones they couldn't finish.  

Before the end of June I will need to put the backing together for the 8 quilts. Some I have fabric for but most need to have fabric purchased and the local quilt shop, Quilt Ventura, will help me with that. Joey will be glad to see me coming with my stack of quilt tops.  Like a lot of businesses, hers is struggling to survive.  

Get out your UFO's, figure out what it will take to get them done and go for it.  I'm sure someone close to you would love to have one to wrap up in and think about you while they feel that hug that's included in each quilt.