Finally!! A UFO, FINISHED!!

Hi, all!


Sarah here, from Confessions of a Fabric Addict!  At the beginning of this marvelous challenge, I (foolishly) thought I could finish six UFOs in six months.  Well, in my defense, I might have been able to if I hadn't made or had a part in the 50 quilts my church's quilt ministry has made since January! But I am very happy to say that I finally finished my Christmas quilt, which I've named "Visions of Sugarplums"...

The front of the quilt....

And the back!

I'm so happy to have finished this one, even if I didn't get to the other five!  This was my oldest PhD, which I began in January of 2010 when I first started quilting.  So thanks, Myra, for the kick in the seat of the pants!!  I'll enjoy cuddling up under this one the whole holiday season!!

Later!

Sarah

Christmas Flimsy Conquered!

Hi, all!


Sarah C. from Confessions of A Fabric Addict here - just for a minute, to show off the flimsy I finished this week!

Ta - Dah!!!

It's not a finish, but it feels like this one - before this month, it was a quarter of a quilt, languishing away in a bag!  Hopefully I'll get this one quilted soon, but maybe not this month - I've got a memory quilt and a birthday "something-or-other" to make in February, along with ministry quilts.  

Thanks for letting me share!!

Sarah

Can I Get a Whoop-Whoop??

Hi, all!

This is Sarah from Confessions of A Fabric Addict, and even though I'm not finished with any of my UFOs yet, I wanted to share some serious progress with you all!

First of all, I've gone from this......

to this......

This flimsy is finished!  I still need to piece a back, and then learn how to use my quilting frame - it's way too big to piece on the domestic!  But it's getting there!  Yipee!!

And next, I've gone from this.....

to this.....

This flimsy is now half done!! After more than a year - - thanks to the PhD Challenge!!  Whoop whoop!!

How are your PhD's coming along??

Later!

Sarah

Sarah C's PhD Commitment!

Hi, all!

I'm Sarah C. from Confessions of A Fabric Addict, and boy, do I want to get my stack of UFO's done this year!  I'm so glad that Myra has started this PhD Challenge to give us a place to meet up and encourage each other to finish things!!

I'm hoping to get six projects finished up by the end of June 2011.......

Here's PhD #1 - a Christmas quilt I started last January - all the strips are cut, and about half of the strip sets are sewn together.  This is going to be a gorgeous, around the world quilt when it's done.  My plan is to finish this one in January!

And here is PhD #2 - 36 Jacob's Ladder blocks representing my month of Bee Splendid!  They're ready to go, already numbered in the order they should appear in the finished flimsy - I just need to put them together, back and quilt!

PhD's #3, 4, and 5 are all block sets made by Amy's Simple Sampler Quilt Along design.  #3 and #4 are complete sets, and only need sashing and cornerstones to make up the flimsies.  #5 is another series of the blocks that I'm in progress on - I'm using this pattern to teach a bunch of ladies to piece blocks, and these are the ones that I'm making as I show them how to make each block.

And last, but not least....

PhD #6 is a quilt that I started as part of a "learn to piece" breakout session at a women's retreat in November of 2009.  With only a short amount of time in each session, I taught people how to piece a nine-patch, each of which would be worked into the dark blue background.  Unfortunately, it's been sitting in a bag ever since then!  I don't think it will take that long to finish piecing the flimsy....

So those are my six PhD's I'm hoping to finish.  The only thing that may keep me from meeting this goal is if my quilt ministry gets too busy - but as we are training up new quilters every day, hopefully we can spread the load out a little bit.  I'd love to get all of these done before June, so I can start a whole new pile of UFO's!!

Later!

Sarah