I have an idea. Get ALL your UFO's out from the shelves, find some quilting friends (or not?) and make an exchange with them.

Well, after thinking about that I'm sure that there are a few that you really won't hand over because you really like them. Then you just make them and give all the others away. Get the idea?

I think it is Cindy Needham who said that life is too short to look back. She learned what she needed from them and she will not waste her energy on them now. Sorry if it was another who said it. My suggestion is: let another learn from them now.

*drumroll* *Fireworks* and the *peel of bells for each completed quilt from BTQS.

Like your quilts Marilyn

Good job, Marilyn! I think my list of UFOs would match yours! I'm trying to finish one up right now and hope to have it done by the end of the weekend. I just realized mine could be considered a 4th of July quilt, too, so I guess it's the right time of year!! Your quilts are wonderful!

Nancy

I wrote a while back that I was trying to finish up a UFO or two before starting a new project....hard for me !
Here are a couple of holiday wall quilts finally done in time for the 4th !!

Go, Rita!! Go, Rita!!

Two UFOs from BTQS is not bad! Chances are you and Patricia are going to finish the remaining one very soon! As you mentioned Patricia... I was wondering: if I name my sewing machine "Rita," will I get more quilts done? I've had my sewing machine for a little over two years and had never really given thought to a name... hmmm...

Only two ????? I wouldn't quite know where to start counting.....

Renata, I wish I could say a good quilter never leaves a quilt behind but.... not just one... but TWO quilts from BTQS! :shock: I have only become a finisher since TQS and particularly since I got Patricia. The difference she has made to my quilting confidence is incredible. I wish I could redo all the quilts I made before her because they would be so much better. But there are too many ideas to be done so I never look back now! Onwards and upwards

Great job, Margo, with the HOLE in the quilt! and I love what you did to remember it with the quilting. Rita, I'm in total disbelief! You actually have a UFO that predates your membership with TQS? As prolific as you are with your quilting, I never imagined you would leave a quilt behind... Can't wait to see your finished Birds quilt!

Reetzbobeetz wrote:
After you get back from your vacation, or holiday as you said, we ought to start a thread for getting stuff done!

I must be in a mood to finish quilts, I think the 2011 BOM took over my life for that year. Now I'm able to focus on other quilts.

Enjoy yourself, and we'll be here ready to join in the new thread when you return!
Kathyh

My Birds in the Air quilt is actually a UFO as I started it before I joined TQS - long before I joined TQS - and I hope to finish it when I get back from my holidays here in Kerry. I began the quilting yesterday but had to stop at 1.30am so that I could get some sleep before the cleanup this morning and then the long drive. I have two other completed tops to be batted and quilted as well as my wool quilt which I have brought with me to hopefully finish and a tumbling blocks quilt which is also hand work. Maybe we need a new thread for finished UFOs and PHDs.

That does sound like a fun idea! the applique border probably won't take too long to finish, maybe a couple of weeks if I keep at it. I am thinking hard about the reels quilt- not sure my original idea will work, so it's back to the drawing board! Perhaps I can play with ideas about the reels while I am appliqueing . I was going to do attic windows around each reel but it was overwhelming to look at in Electric Quilt. It was going to be my "thread box". Maybe I can do more reels, fewer attic windows?

When I finish this one I will have 3 quilts to quilt- but that doesn't seem burdensome, more like fun.

Kathy

I'm likin' this idea !

twiglet wrote: A sort of "I'll show you mine, if you'll show me your's" session. That has the merit of possibly working - the only problem is deciding which 'Phd' to work on!