Not According To Plan.

Now we're nearing the end of the year and babysitting is over, quilt distribution finished and I have been wanting to get into some of my own sewing.  My DD has here to sort through all the boxes of my quilting supplies that didn't get unpacked when we moved 7 years ago. Hard to believe that it's been that long! Unfortunately we have moved into a smaller home and I just don't have the amount of storage room that we had on the farm.

    Going through the boxes gave me a chance to find my own UFOs and now it's time to get some finished.  I want to start something new too but haven't been able to settle down to it so I think that means that I need to clear some of these UFOs.  

The first one was an antique quilt pattern which I had stitched in modern colours. I'd made 6 blocks and decided that I  didn't want to make 3 more, especially as it will be a donation quilt so today I pulled out the blocks and decided to use just 5 set on point. I'm really happy that I got the top put together today as well as piecing the backing. Hopefully I'll get it quilted tomorrow. 

I actually pulled the blocks out on Wednesday and I have pieced sets of hexagons to stitch into the side and corner triangles.  It's about 58 inches square so it will be a good size for a donation quilt. 

I also found my Insanity quilt top which I started 10 years ago. It's main from half inch hexagons and it's supposed to be quite a large quilt.  I'm also working on La Passion which is made from half inch hexagons and it's also a huge quilt.  I really don't need 2 large quilts and I've  decided to finish this one and put it away for our granddaughter.  I'll probably make it about 40 x 50 inches and I have removed the outer border edged with red as I don't know where that red fabric is now.

I'll add to this piece and stitch it down to borders when it reaches the size I want. It's been a handy piece to take for hand sewing but I have too many other hand applique pieces that I want to work on. 

Things haven't gone to plan with these finishes but getting some older UFOs done is a big win. I used to try to finish one UFO a month but quilting the donated tops has taken more time. Hopefully I'll be able to get a few more finished soon.

Hugs, Jan Mac xx