UFO challenge

I joined my very first cyber space UFO challenge over at Finn’s at Pieces from my scrap bag yesterday. I have signed up for 5 finished UFOs by New Year's Eve. I’m not quite sure how it all works yet, but I guess I’ll figure it out.

The projects I’m going to finish are not the ones I had in my mind yesterday. Rummaging through my sewing space, and doing some tidying at the same time, I discovered some long forgotten UFOs. The one I really did want to finish for a charity my guild is supporting, was nowhere to be found.


These UFOs made my list:

Lots of little yellow ones
Except for Christmas cards, I hardly ever make 2 quilts from the same deign. I was teaching a mystery workshop last March, and designed these little chicken (or duckling if you like, I don’t mind) table runners.
I had so much fun playing with the triangles, that I made 3 different versions. I finished 2 of them for the workshop, and had the 3rd partly made for demonstration. The last top got finished; it just needs a little quilting, maybe some appliqué, and a binding.
It was our guild’s first mystery workshop, and so much fun, even though many found choosing fabrics from just my guidelines and examples was challenging.

You can get a pattern here, and have a look at Rita at Ritas lille verden’s fabric choices, workshop report, and fabulous finished quilt.

Warhol Angels
I inked a stack of 24 angel blocks last fall. I was going to use them for Christmas cards, but loved them so much, that I kept them. I apparently did not love them so much that I finished a quilt, but there will be Christmas this year too. Somewhere there is a sketch with a brilliant idea how to put them together with sashings and stuff…

Snowstorm
This was a quilting test piece which I intended for an appliqué background. I have changed my mind though. Inspired by Marit at Quilt it's Snow white quilt, which she uses as a back drop when photographing small quilts, I’ll just put a white satin binding on it, and use it as a background for photographs.

The grief quilt
This was supposed to my grief quilt when I started it the summer of 2008. While I was working, the quilt turned out much happier that I expected, and so did I. I love quilting therapy; the outcome never stop surprising me.
I used the appliquéd shape for some lovely little quilts with my favourite saying. I’ll post a picture and pattern later; I have to go to one of the recipients to get a proper picture.

My innermost space
My first and last paper piecing experiment which I found incredible boring after a while. I really like the design though, so I do want to finish it. Maybe if I break the rest of the piecing down to one round per day, it won’t be so tedious.

Squares

These squares are from charm packs I got years back. I cut them to size, and made 7 columns with 19 squares in each. I think I’ll cut the columns in half, and just sew them together. There are lots of wonderful fabrics, so it would make a nice charity quilt.

Oh, was that 6? Well, I want them all done…