UFO update

Three things to be happy about:
(1) fish fries
(2) old fashioned values
(3) a childhood nickname

Mine was Tansie - don't ask me why, but mama called me that all the time!

My bee's Christmas swap blocks are now officially put together and ready for quilting!

I went with black for the outer border; didn't want red or green or gold or white -- or to think about it any longer!


As I mentioned, my guild is doing the All People Quilt UFO challenge, it's a good way to stir up those UFO's that are hanging around!  I want to do some more work on my Baltimore Album quilt blocks, but before I can do them I need to make scrap yardage!

Working on yellows and blues right now...

a bunch of blues done; I might need to make more, not sure at this point

and yellows!  a nice little pile of scrap yardage...

and next up - pink!

When I get some red and green and brown stockpiled I can start laying out more blocks.  What flower designs will I use?  I have no idea, I'm making this up as I go along!

That's it for now, sew forth and sew on til later...

Showing, sharing and ufo-ing at the guild

Three things to be happy about:
(1) hush puppies
(2) brightly colored throw pillows
(3) oven mitts shaped like animals

Saturday was guild day, another month already!

There were lots of gorgeous pieces on display but for some reason my camera wanted to shake just as I snapped a picture ... or was it me?

Whatever...

Here are some pictures that I managed to capture:

An African panel by Nadine

Cynthia's hand pieced tumblers

But the one thing that really impressed me was the number of UFO's that were either completed or had been worked on as a result of the All People Quilt UFO challenge:

I call it impressive - and that doesn't even include the ones that weren't shown!  

The UFO number pulled this time corresponds to the Scrap Crystals quilt I started in 2013... I was working on it last year before it "went under" again.  Time to pull the pieces and roll it on out.  Maybe a good name for UFO's would be "undercover quilts?" Sew forth and sew on til later!

Silent Sunday