Wednesday 31 March 2021

Finished Object

My goal for March was to quilt and bind this scrappy quilt called UFO Complete.  UFO stands for UnFinished Object in quilter lingo


This quilt pattern can be found in the book Simple Strategies for Block-Swap Quilts by Lynn Roddy Brown. I was inspired by my friend Doreen’s version which I quilted for her in 2015 and blogged here


This quilt has a little story, as most of them do.  Each year I cull my stash and send fabric to Ujamaa Grandma’s annual fabric sale. So one year as I was collecting fabrics to deliver to them I decided to cut a strip of each fabric before I let them go.  I cut these strips big enough for the components of the blocks in this quilt, and that was the beginning.  Piecing this quilt was an excellent leader/ender project and slowly it came together.

Quilted with the Double Plume pantograph b by Keryn Emmerson, and a Honey Gold Glide thread. 



I had one larger piece of suitable backing fabric in my stash and was able to find a couple of complimentary fabrics to make the back big enough. 

 


Happily March’s goal is complete so that I can take part in Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal.  And now it’s time to find a project to finish for April.

If you are interested in spending an hour (or any portion thereof) on handwork, join me on Thursdays @ 12:30 pm MST for Finishing School, which I run through Mount Royal University Library’s Maker Studio.  Here is a link to register (free) - Finishing School  I like to refer to it as Stitch and Bitch, however since we are an academic institution, we call it Finishing School.

QUILT DETAILS

Unfinished Object Complete 2021

The finished quilt measures 86 inches by 63 inches.

Started: May 2019.

Finished: March 2021

 

Glory always awaits you at the finish line.

3 comments:

  1. I love this pattern. I've seen a few like that on Pinterest but never knew the name of the pattern. I don't believe it is called UFO finished but it is a good name. lol. ;^)

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  2. Very cool project! And, what a great little story! I love leader/ender projects, which I've been doing since the days when it was just called working on more than one project as once so as to never have to hang on to threads. Congratulations on your finish!

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  3. Beautiful! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your project!

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