After hearing about this fantastic challenge over at Sarcastic Quilter , I just knew I had to join up.
You can see my long winded post about my PhD’s here ...but if you want to spare yourself the waffle just read this re-cap. I’m aiming to finish 4 PHD’s before June. How much fun will it be doing it with other people that are working towards a PHD free sewing space? This is just the kick in the pants I need. Thanks for hosting and coordinating Myra.
The Snowball quilt –The Good
I love this fabric range and I think I’m going to love this snowball quilt if it ever gets finished. I started this one in May 2010 and stalled somewhere around July. This is my most unfinished project and the one I think I’m really hopefully truly going to fall in love with as I’m finishing it up.
The Christmas quilt –The Bad
This Christmas quilt was supposed to be finished for this Christmas. Started in August 2010 and banged together very quickly ,( I love how fast coin quilts come together ) it has now been languishing in my cupboard for about 4 months. Christmas in Australia is usually hot so this quilt is being made more for aesthetics than warmth. That meant I didn’t have to push myself to finish it so I started working on several other somethings...
The Windmill Quilt –The Ugly
This poor quilt has been a PITA since day 1 (which occurred sometime in January 2010). Nothing has gone right and when that happens I banish quilts to boxes and pretend they don’t exist. This has also been used as a floor rug in my sewing room lately in addition to a cat blanket. I’ve got popping seams, a hatred of the pastels with the white and I contemplated turning it into a table cloth but it doesn’t go with my French provincial dining room. Sigh..I guess that means I'm going to have to finish it and gift it to someone who’ll love it far more than I do...
The Shoo Fly Quilt –An extra
This was bought for me as a completed vintage top last year by my husband who thought I may enjoy just the thrill of making it into an actual finished quilt. I love the top but have been ignoring it now for a year. Time to finish this one up since it really isn’t going to require stacks of effort! I have to say I love the colours. I’m into bright and bold. This is going to be the first one I tackle.
So there's my list and this post was still a waffle. I’m kinda like that...
6 comments:
Mrs. P, you'll do a terrific job on all of those. You always do!
xo -E
It's a very interesting group of UFOs P. I'm with you on the pastel one, I've always had a hard time getting friendly with pastel fabrics...give me some color! I love your gifted vintage top, that will be great fun to quilt! And it's an excellent first choice, starting with something you love. Hopefully we'll all make it to the success finish line! Hugs, Finn
What fun projects!
What fun projects!
The Shoo Fly Quilt looks fun, good luck with getting it together. I'm looking forward to more of your waffles on the PhDs!
You have such a variety...even a bag of "please don't give up on me yet". I have had several of those....
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