This quilt is headed for the UFO box!

I would say (1) to make an announcement at your next guild meeting requesting that someone who wants to do a UFO of curves please see you at the breaktime. (2) give it to your guild's charity sewing bee ladies and gents so they can finish it and either donate it or sell it for the procedes. or (3) call the local guild and donate it, writing the costs off taxes, if you choose. You might find someone willing to switch UFOs with you so you don't lose any investment in fabric.

cyndi, and her 2 cents.

We also have a sometime poster who collects such things to make pads for her local animal shelter. I believe she will reimburse postage if that's what it takes to get something to her. If you want her name, etc., I have it.

Nurse Ratched (remove "cuckoo" from address to reply) We'll all get back to normal if we put our nation first, But the trouble with "normal" is, it always gets worse. ~Bruce Cockburn

My folded flowers quilt ended up in the UFO box. I looked at it and tried and tried and tried, but just couldn't get excited about this technique. I didn't like the fabric either - a Moda collection that frayed to no end! But I will try to find something else to make with the fabrics anyway. So, I know how you feel. Too many other things I wanted to do, so guilt or not, in it went.

Me! I have a baby quilt that I started for DSIL in greens and a variety of patterns but when I'd completed two rows I hated it. It was just too busy. So it sits here awaiting me to one day pull it out and DO something with it.

Julia, you would probably get on better with the circle applique method of making the design. Jennifer in Ottawa

------ Group: rec.crafts.textiles.quilting Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2003, 8:55pm From: "juliasb(nospam)"@comcast.net (julia=A0sidebottom) =A0=A0=A0=A0I don't know about anyone else here. But I have decided the quilt that I started working on a bit ago, the drunkard's path, is headed tonight asap to the UFO box! =A0=A0=A0=A0This quilt top was my first attempt at this type of curved pattern. The sharp curves are definitely a challenge. Since I am usually up to a good challenge, I figured 'Why not?" =A0=A0=A0=A0I have not really ever been happy with the results of my experiment but figured why not just finish it up. Besides I had some one in mind I knew wanted one of my quilts but would never appreciate good workmanship so thinking I could give it to him I plugged on. =A0=A0Well tonight I discovered that It is just not possible for me to give as any kind of a gift inferior work, especially know it is inferior to my current ability. (shame on me). =A0=A0=A0=A0So now this quilt will find a home in the UFO box. I do feel better already that I made this decision. =A0=A0=A0=A0Any number of quilt tops and partially quilted quilts have found their way to the UFO box. =A0=A0=A0=A0I am just wondering how other people here have quilts find there way to this UFO position? juliasb (who is now onto another WIP).

There ought to be some way you can use what's good while reinventing the bad. If the quilt is totally horrible, completely unsalvageable, draw a deep breath and throw it out. I've done that. It was hard, but I've never been sorry. Life is too short for lost causes and trying to save the unsaveable is not worth it. But I doubt it is that bad. I'm guessing that some part of the quilt is O.K. Maybe that could become the border for a different quilt, or a back.

Here's a question. You don't have to answer this, just think about it. If this quilt is too inferior to finish considering your current improved skill level, why is it going into a UFO box? Will your skills get worse such that you'll want to finish it later? Why isn't it going in the trash? What will have changed when you find this quilt again after a few years of taking up space in your sewing room?.

I recommend describing the UFO exactly so people know what they're getting and asking on this list if anyone would like it in exchange for some amount of new fabric. There is likely someone who is at a learning stage who would love something to practice on where she doesn't feel compelled to get it perfect.

--Lia

Yep...the one that i was doing for myself out of all my favorite blocks and using all my favorite colors has since found its way to the UFO box. Maybe I will get back to it, maybe I won't. Right now, I have 10 or

24 blocks done for the state fair quilt and that is taking priority. I also have a corduroy funky quilt that I made..just for me...that is waiting to have the binding of the edges done....that is under the sewing table instead of in storage

Larisa

julia sidebottom wrote:

Hi Julia. Quilt in a Day and Eleanor Burns......squares cut for the backgrounds in the required size....circle=3Dsize of 4 finished quarter-circles + seam allowances) - required for quarter-circles: fusible knit interfacing - draw circles of required diameter using black marker- your choice whether fusible is up or down - place marked interfacing down on right side of fabric and using short stitch length, sew a complete circle - mark off the 4 quarters (12;3;6;9 positions of clock-face) and trim closely around the circle - cut into 4 equal pie shapes and turn right side out - position pie shape into a corner of a background square and fuse in place(depending on which way fusible was used) or pin at the sides. Machine stitch down curved edge, your choice of stitch. There are various ways of making the circle: with or without a fusible, having the whole circle fused or just the curved edge - then trimming out the background behind the pie wedge. Jennifer in Ottawa

---------- Group: rec.crafts.textiles.quilting Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2003, 10:45pm From: "juliasb(nospam)"@comcast.net (julia=A0sidebottom) Tell me more, I am not familiar with this technique. I'm always open to doing something new! juliasb Jennifer Hepworth wrote: =A0=A0Julia, you would probably get on better with the circle applique method of making the design. Jennifer in Ottawa

------ Group: rec.crafts.textiles.quilting Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2003, 8:55pm From: "juliasb(nospam)"@comcast.net (julia sidebottom) =A0=A0=A0=A0I don't know about anyone else here. But I have decided the quilt that I started working on a bit ago, the drunkard's path, is headed tonight asap to the UFO box! =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0This quilt top was my first attempt at this type of curved pattern. The sharp curves are definitely a challenge. Since I am usually up to a good challenge, I figured 'Why not?" =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0I have not really ever been happy with the results of my experiment but figured why not just finish it up. Besides I had some one in mind I knew wanted one of my quilts but would never appreciate good workmanship so thinking I could give it to him I plugged on. =A0=A0=A0=A0Well tonight I discovered that It is just not possible for me to give as any kind of a gift inferior work, especially know it is inferior to my current ability. (shame on me). =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0So now this quilt will find a home in the UFO box. I do feel better already that I made this decision. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Any number of quilt tops and partially quilted quilts have found their way to the UFO box. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0I am just wondering how other people here have quilts find there way to this UFO position? juliasb (who is now onto another WIP).

We have an Orphan box at guild, where we collect these items and a group of us then finish them off for charity.

Great idea...but can you please sign your notes so we know who you are??

Cheers,

lynne >