2016 UFO Challenge - October

I've pulled the top and set it on the HQ16....but there's simply no way on this Earth that I'll quilt it before the end of the month...No.Way.At.All.

If I already had a back, it might have been possible....

September UFO Finish

I managed to finish the September UFO for Spring Water Designs....today.  Seriously, why do I wait until the last day so often? 

This was a Hearts to Holly quilt pattern using their Holly Bunch fabric bundle. I saw the bundle at a quilt show and liked the fabrics...any of their patterns can be used for any of their bundles.  A nice, quick, easy charity quilt.

I'm a Winner!!!

The Universe simply doesn't let me "win" stuff....I actually asked if she made a mistake!  But the most astounding thing:  I was the random winner of the August Spring Water Designs UFO Challenge!  It's almost embarrassing though since it was the very simplest of all the UFOs I've worked on so far this year...I added one, small, border...seriously...but as they say, never look a gift horse in the mouth...

This is a long-running UFO.  The pattern is Everyday Best Quilt by Piece O Cake designs.  It is mostly bright fabrics with dots of some sort so it's pretty busy - thus it makes it hard to find something to border it.  My original plan was to add a narrow border and then a wider one, only once I got the first one on it just seemed impossible to find something else to add to the mix...so I didn't.

Before:

After:

Detail:

I still may find something to add a second border, but that's for another challenge!

UFO Challenge FINISH (!) for March!

Welcome to the last day of March. I simply can't believe it took me the entire month to finish this UFO - all I had to do was put on the BORDERS!!!! How hard is that!? And now that it's done I'm not quite sure what I'm going to end up doing with it...

UFO Challenge 2016 - March

The number for March in the Spring Water Designs 2016 UFO Challenge is.....3! And since I'm not showing you a beautifully quilted house quilt, which was the February challenge, it is safe to bet that it wasn't finished. Very.Safe.Bet. In fact, I had pulled it out of the UFO closet (yes, my UFOs have their own entire closet...) and put it right next to my sewing machine so I couldn't manage to ignore it (as I have done for the last bazillion years). Here's the picture:

And in the spirit of not learning from past mistakes, here's a picture of the March UFO folded sitting next to my sewing machine - implying I have faith that I'll notice it and complete this one....(the February challenge is already back in the closet):

The March UFO is simply to put on the borders to complete the top - seriously - how hard can this be? I even have the fabric already! If I manage that and have time left in the month there's a (remote) possibility I'll go ahead and quilt it, but honestly I'm not promising anything.

I had gotten a kit at probably half price when a local quilt shop was closing many years ago. When we moved last summer I packed some simple kits I had in a box of their own thinking I would make an effort to piece them. I started on this top in the Fall. Here it is on the design wall:

Since all that's left are the borders, I'm fairly confident I can have a finish for the challenge, but it would be great if I "finished" it!