UFO List -2016

It is January 2016 and it is time to make some sewing plans for this year. When creating this list I realised that I was mixed unfinished projects with new projects that I have only started and this was blurring the list into a large scary mess.  It is time to sort the mess out and create 2 lists. One will be UFO list and  will feature in our Project Uninterrupted sessions in store and online and the other list will be the Current Project list

2016 UNFINISHED PROJECT LIST

In no particular order see upcoming post on Project Uninterrupted  #1 to see what order I am going to tackle this monster list.
1. My Dahlia quilt. This one I have started but there was no progress on it in 2015.
2. Grand Illusion Mystery quilt. The has been completed and I am up to the quilting stage.

3. My Aurifil block of the month from 2014. This quilt has become 3 small quilts as I am not happy how they look all together and are ready for quilting.

4. Scrap Dance Mystery quilt. All the parts are made but I need to sew them into blocks.

5. My latest Inklingo hand piecing octagon quilt. Maybe 6 blocks made.
6. My black and white hexagon quilt another Inklingo project. Halfway through.

7. Forget Me Not Sew Along EPP hexagon quilt. Up to Step #9 which is about 3/4 through the top.

8. Allietare Mystery Quilt only started this one 5 weeks ago. It is Bonnie Hunter's annual mystery quilt. I have added this one to the list as we are a good way through the clues and as I am waiting on the final reveal to work out the size mine quilt will end up I am sure there will be more blocks to be made. Know me it will be put to one side for more important Cynthia's Ark projects.
9. Quiltmaker's 2015 New Year's Mystery Quilt. Blocks are made.

10. Vacation Time 2015 Block of the Month. Halfway through the blocks.

11. Circle Chic quilt. I have decided I am going to baste the quilt with the circles in place and quilt them in place.
12. Bitty Blocks from Quiltmaker blog. I'm just over halfway through the blocks.

13. Paper piecing Quilt Along. I started this one hoping to improve my paper piecing I made 1 block and cut lots in preparation but couldn't find time to work on it.

14. Craftsy 2015 Block of the Month I think I made 2 blocks. Kept meaning to cut the next blocks out but it never happened. This is block 1 no photo of block 2. Oh boy.

15. My Victorian Fling Quilt which I had forgotten all about until I was looking for something else, which I didn't find. So here is one more and I have no pictures even though all the blocks are made.

Wow this list is longer than I thought it was going to be. This doesn't include the projects I want to make that I haven't started. I think I need to book myself into all the Project Interrupted in store sessions to make a dent in this list. If you can't get to us for a session in store consider join our Cynthia's Ark Project Uninterrupted Facebook group where we will work on our unfinished projects and make a difference.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

2015 To Do List Review.

2015 is coming to a close and it is time to see how I did with my 2015 To Do List. I know some have been completed, but some I haven't even touched and there is some new ones that will need to be added.

 2015 List

1. My Pies & Tarts quilt. I am 3/4 through hand quilting this one.
  DONE

2.My Farmer's Wife Sampler quilt. I have finished the top in 2014 so it is ready for quilting. I just have to decide hand quilt it or machine quilt it. 
DONE


3. My Double Wedding Ring quilt which has become a bed runner. I have lots to go on this one. 
DONE

4. My Disappearing Hourglass quilt. I only have made 6 blocks so far.
DONE

5. My Wishes quilt. Ready for quilting.

DONE

6. My Pink Dahlia quilt. I need to find the templates so I can continue.
TEMPLATES FOUND BUT NO PROGRESS.
7. My Inklingo Castle Wall quilt. I am working on the 2nd pieced border.
DONE

8. My Inklingo star quilt. All printed and 2 blocks completed out of 12.

DONE

9. Grand Illusion Mystery quilt. I am currently working on the blocks.
IT IS READY FOR QUILTING

My Lozenge scrap quilt. All ready for blocks to be assembled, if I don't change my mind and want to make it bigger.

DONE

11. My Aurifil Block of the Month quilt.  I am ready to arrange and piece the top ready for quilting.
  I HAVE TURNING THESE BLOCKS INTO 3 MINI QUILTS. Here is 2 of them.

12. My Crossroad Quilt. I am still working on the blocks, 12 done and 13 to go if I settle on 25 blocks. I am undecided about a border I may just make some more block to make it bigger.

IT IS NOW CALLED SCRAPPY ROADS AND IS DONE .

 

New Projects started in 2015

Pat Sloan's Vacation Time Block of the month

About half way through this one.
Quiltmaker's New Year Mystery Quilt

Blocks are completed.
So Scrappy Rainbow Scrap Challenge 15

Halfway through the blocks. They will be re purposed. I will not waste them though I don't want to finish the original project.

Plus there was plenty of other ones started, some have been finished and others haven't. So they will end up on next year's list.

So out of the 12 projects that were key to finish, there is still three not completed. I am glad to get 9 completed but it will be interesting how many will end up on the new list as I can think of 7 to start with including the 3 left on this list. I know there is a few more to add that I have started.

I think I will have to join the Project Uninterrupted group to help sort my UFO list out.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

My Double Wedding Ring Bed Runner

This has been on my UFO list for a couple of years and I promise myself to finish it. Now I am up to the binding and I am not sure on bias binding as I have only done it once and it was early in my quilting life. I was going to look online for a tutorial and in my blog feed I found a good one from the Fat Quarter Shop.
It looked easy enough so I had a go. It didn't go as well as I would've liked. I did manage to get the binding done but I am sure I made a mistake cutting and ended up with some short pieces of binding.

Next to sew it on the bed runner. The outer curves were easy, the inner points were the hard bit. Some of mine aren't as neat as I would've liked but they are securely stitched. The join was the hardest part of the whole process because the tutorial was done by a right hand person and I am left handed. So when I re watched the final stage of joining my ends didn't match the end in the tutorial because I had cut my strips left handed, and boy it took me a few goes to get it right. In the end it was done, just the hand sewing of the binding to the back left to do.

Since I was in binding mode I made the scrappy binding for my Random Ohio Star quilt at the same time so I just have to quilt it and the binding can go straight on.

Even after the scrappy binding was complete there is still fabric left from this project. Only the outer border fabric was purchased (though for another project that didn't work out) the rest was left overs from my Farmer's Wife Sampler and my Wishes quilts.

Here is my Double Wedding Ring Bed Runner completed.

Until Next Time 

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

Under the Pressure Foot #18

After spending a couple days of quilting and binding it is time to go back to piecing. I have two new quilts I am working on and I still have some on my 2015 list yet to be completed. It would be nice to complete a couple more off that list before the year is out. So I am going tackle a couple projects that are up to the border stage to see if I can complete them. One is my Vintage Sewing machine quilt (one of my new projects).

The other is last year's Grand Illusion mystery quilt.

The first one only needs the second border cut and added but Grand Illusions needs its inner border plus it's pieced second border added. A little more work. I hope I have enough of the blocks for the second border.
The Vintage Sewing Machine quilt borders went on not a problem and it was brought up to the stage for quilting easily and quickly.

My Grand Illusion quilt is a harder task The inner border is supposed to be yellow but I have changed it to pink. So I managed to get it done and a lot more happier with it.

The second border has turned in a bigger problem. First I couldn't find the blocks. It took me a good hour to locate them. (Note to myself put things where they belong.) Then secondly there isn't enough blocks. I really don't want to make make any more. I just want it finished so I can move on.. So this is what I came up with and I will finish each border with a neutral piece on each end of the borders.

Now I just have to measure and cut the neutral and sew them on the sew the borders on. There will be another quilt ready for quilting. I have 2 ready for quilting now so I may have to have another quilting session later in this week.

Until Next Time 

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

Under the Pressure Foot #12

What is under my Pressure Foot. It is my Farmer's Wife Sampler. It is time to finish it and cross it off my 2015 To Do List. Since I got it back from being quilted I have want to do the binding and finish it but everyone and everything just kept getting in the way. Then of course there was the binding issues. Thinking I was using the left over from the sashing fabric was the easy part. Once I had the fabric in my hands there wasn't enough to make the binding. Do I have any more? Did I go back and buy some more? Was I planning to use something else. But I can't find another piece of the sashing or any other fabric I would of considered using. Maureen bailed me out of trouble in the end, trading the piece from her stash.  I will repaid her next time. More calculation proved I could make it.

So fingers crossed I cut and sewed the binding on with the occasional please don't run out I can't get any more and I want to finish this one this year.

Good news I made it around with nearly a whole strip left. Now I just have to hand sew the binding in place.

I will share the finished quilt soon.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

My 2015 To Do List Update

I think it is time to check in on my 2015 To Do List and see if I have made any progress or have I wander way off my path.

UFO's from 2014

1. My Pies & Tarts quilt. I am 3/4 through hand quilting this one.
 Completed

2.My Farmer's Wife Sampler quilt. I have finished the top in 2014 so it is ready for quilting. I just have to decide hand quilt it or machine quilt it.

It has returned from the long arm quilter ready for binding..
3. My Double Wedding Ring quilt which has become a bed runner. I have lots to go on this one.
My bed runner is now ready for pinning and quilting.
4. My Disappearing Hourglass quilt. I only have made 6 blocks so far.
Completed.

5. My Wishes quilt. Ready for quilting.
Completed

6. My Pink Dahlia quilt. I need to find the templates so I can continue.
Templates found so I will be able to do some more of this one soon.
7. My Inklingo Castle Wall quilt. I am working on the 2nd pieced border.

Completed.

8. My Inklingo star quilt. All printed and 2 blocks completed out of 12.

Completed

9. Grand Illusion Mystery quilt. I am currently working on the blocks.
Blocks all joined together, ready to do the borders when I have time.
10. My Lozenge scrap quilt. 
Completed

11. My Aurifil Block of the Month quilt.  I am ready to arrange and piece the top ready for quilting.
Still sitting waiting to be sewn together.

12. My Crossroad Quilt. I am still working on the blocks, 12 done and 13 to go if I settle on 25 blocks. I am undecided about a border I may just make some more block to make it bigger.
Completed now called Scrappy Roads.

New things to do for 2015.

Pat Sloan's Vacation Time Block of the month.
 I am working on August's blocks.
Quiltmaker's New Year Mystery Quilt
Blocks made ready to be sewn together.
So Scrappy Rainbow Scrap Challenge 15
I am stuck on this one at June blocks.

Added to this list is
Scrappy Dance Quilt Along
The big reveal has been done I am ready to sew all the pieces together.
Quiltmaker Bitty Blocks
Starting to fall behind I think I am working on July's blocks
Just started Christa's Quilts Paper Piecing Quilt Along
We have sewn the first block. No progress on this one.
Addicted to Scrap Idaho Square Dance blocks have turned into box runners to hide my plastic crates at the fairs.
12 blocks completed and 5 joined together.

Still a lot here to work on. At least 7 of my long term projects are completed with at least 3 more at quilting stage. Plus there is a number of other projects that got started and completed.
 Until Next Time
Keep Stitching
Cynthia