Oldest UFO?

Now, now, Leslie. It is perfectly okay to have a quilt that is part hand and part machine quilted. I realized after finishing my very 1st log cabin that the logs still just had to have more quilting. I hand-quilted the 'middles' and nobody died. Nobody even broke out in a rash. Didn't even get hiccups. Polly

I started quilting in 1986. Today in the boxes going to donation was a UFO from the very early 90s. Cranberry colored polyester. To be appliqued were to be a double frame of single cathedral windows in a cranberry and cream print, the windows were a small print with a mauve background. In the center of it all was going to be something else appliqued. Three sides of one frame were done and linked together. It had been over 10 years since I looked at it. Yep, gone now.

G> Louise posted that she'd finished a quilt that was 7 years in the making.

I have a couple waiting in the wings that are 12 or more years old! My oldest is probably about 15 years old. It was a mystery quilt that I really didn't care for once I finished it, but I just couldn't throw it away (and now that I think about it, I might be able to make two child quilts out of it for Project Linus or something like that!). I had to laugh, Leslie, when I visited your pictures of the Good Luck Cats. My oldie was done in the same colors!

I might have to make that one next on my list to finish just so I can say I have a really old one out of the way.

Perhaps. I was just pleased I could let go of it. It brought back a lot of memories, and to realize it has gone through so many moves with me.

I uncovered some things to finish up and are small enough to be used for my next creative splurge. Since I now have an assigned courtroom, I am going to develop a series of small/miniature pieces to hang on a

14"x14" quilt stand that will sit on my bookcase behind me. Got the stand -something else i have had for years. Hey, others have plants/ pictures etc why can't i have a quiltlet?

G> It just might become a treasure for someone else now? =A0My sister had a

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TANQP! Everybody's definition of a UFO can be different. My story: it's not a UFO if you give it some thought occasionally. Some projects need to simmer a long time before they're done.

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Started a Family Tree in 1987 for my folks 40th Anniv in 1988. Dad (who seldom criticized) said it needed more background color. Thankfully, it was only a top. So, I took it home and started over (preserving the tree and leaves). Presented it to them for their 50th (once again without backing) and Mom was NOT happy at all......so I took it home and then ran into serious hand problems. It has sat since. I should pull it out and add the Great-grandkids now that my hands are working as long as I'm careful in their use.

Butterfly

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my oldest UFO is probably an applique i've been working on since 1998 when i moved into my house. i wanted wall hangings for my new kitchen, and now they are in a bag somewhere unfinished. the kitchen has changed colors 4 times and i don't thing these will "go".

I also have numerous tops and runners and such that will probly never get done if i don't invest in a proper new machine!

i must say, i have finished a wedding quilt and a bridal shower quilt recently.

amy in CNY

The quilt I started in my first class in 1985 remains unfinished. I am not yet ready to say it will stay that way. It is a sampler quilt, the fabrics are rust, brown, peach and possibly some others I am forgetting.

Mary

I think I have a Lone Star (unfinished) in those same colors with a little blue added in. Hmmmm, I know that one was from a class at least 12 years ago!

I agree! Just say you *planned* it that way the entire time... no one but you will know :).

-Irene

My oldest is 20 years, but it's not my fault. My DH wanted me to make him a quilt in "bright colors". He couldn't describe what he meant by "bright" so I took him along to the LQS. He selected the colors and I selected the sampler blocks. Turned out "bright" meant yellow. Yes, the color that's hard to work with and not a color I've had a lot of experience with, being a blonde.

When I'm about 5 blocks away from being done for our full sized bed, he decided we needed a queen sized bed. Toss in a huge remodel of the house and making the needed blocks for a quilt sized bed took a back seat. Then his company laid off 95% of the workforce (in the middle of the remodel) and we moved several states south.

At some point after the move I unpack the pieces of the "bright" quilt and start to work on it again. I'm excited because I only have 3 blocks to go and....can you guess what's next?! Yep, he decided it's time for a king sized bed! At this point all I can do is look at him and say "If you even think about a California King, I'll divorce you!"

Two more job related moves and the quilt is still unfinished. Only 2 blocks to go and it matches the new master bedroom perfectly so "Mike's Amoeba" may be completed soon.

Best part of this whole thing is that even though the quilt has grown I've never run out of any of the fabrics I've been using to make it.

MAD Quilter in Atlanta

Hey MAD quilter -

What area are you in in Atlanta/ Anywhere near Woodstock??????

I'd sure like to see this when you're finished with it! And the next time DH asks you to make him a quilt, I think you should think in terms of a lap quilt!

I've made 40+ bed-sized quilts in the 7 years I have been quilting, but my one and only UFO is an appliqué wall hanging from 6 years ago. I got it about 3/4 done and was simply stumped as to how to finish it. And I guess I am still stumped.

Trixie

Well, for goodness sake, Trixie. Show it to us. We'll give you some suggestions and you can ignore us. But - just maybe one idea will spark your own creativity and get you going. Polly

"Trixie" I've made 40+ bed-sized quilts in the 7 years I have been quilting, but my

This is a fun thread to follow. Thanks for starting it Leslie.

I have lots of PHDs (projects half done, prefer that to UFO..... grins) my oldest is not a quilt, but a dress I cut out while I lived in Tucson. It will probably never get assembled, I think I know where it is, and I may turn it into just a skirt at some point. But......... As for quilts, the first quilt I ever pieced is still not quilted. It was a mystery class and I did finish the top, but it needs "something". I think it needs some applique added to it but not sure. It will eventually get finished up, but not sure when. Things that I am making just because seem to have gotten lost in the shuffle of class samples, store samples and so on. Working on getting that straightened out in the next few months.

Pati, in Phx who has lots of projects to finish up.

On Jun 7, 11:28=A0pm, "Leslie& The Furbabies in MO." posed a query regarding the age of UFOs...

Great topic Leslie! I've enjoyed reading about everyone's UFOs. I currently have 5 UFOs. My oldest UFO is a toddler sized quilt ( larger than a cot/crib quilt, but smaller than a lap quilt ) that I started 12 years old. The top is a machine pieced rainbow coloured quilt. After piecing the top and adding a sizzle strip and two borders, I removed the strip and wonky/wavy borders and then threw the top in a pile to work on later. Unfortunately, later never happened. Now that DD#1 is 14 years old, I think it is a bit too late to finish it.

BTW, I too have a quilt that is partially hand-quilted. The centre has been quilted. I have too much completed to rip out the stitches, but I know that I won't finish hand-quilting it. I'm way too much of a perfectionist to mix and match quilting styles...what-to-do...what- to-do. ( LOL )

- dlm.