A Journey of a Thousand Miles....

...begins with the first step.

2018 is the year of the UFO (or as some call "Unfinished Objects", PhD, "Projects Half Done.")  I joined up with  American Patchwork & Quilting UFO Challenge. 

The first thing was to complete our list of 12 items that we want to complete this year.  I went a bit crazy and filled out three sheets, some of them not true UFOs as they had not even been started.  But, I wanted to see on paper all the UFOs or projects I had swimming around in my head.  It ended up way more then I imagined.

Then each month AP&Q will post a number, that is the number you are supposed to work on that month.
January was #12.  Well my #12 was to alter some work pants and shirts....boring... not done. Instead I finished the binding on my grandson's quilt.  And, even though I did the binding by machine, the quilt is so big, it took me 4 hours to get that binding on!!

Yards and yards of binding

 





















The number for February is #9.  My #9 is to work on The Gypsy Wife....
ahhhh, The Gypsy Wife is a really complicated pattern.  I did complete the first block, but it seems like too big a project to complete in one month.

The Gypsy Wife and Block #1

Instead, I finished my niece's two baby quilts, which is project #2 on my list. (I will work on The Gypsy Wife this month, but it won't get finished this month, of that I am sure.)

Disappearing four patch for grand niece #1

Snowball for grand niece #2

           

Both of these tops were pieced from scraps....isn't it interesting that while creating from the scrap pile, you create more scraps??!!



While I'm not following the "rules," I am moving forward with completing UFOs.  That counts, right?

Got UFOs? Join the Challenge, Click here.

Interested in The Gypsy Wife?  Click here.