August UFO is Bound and Finished

I put the binding on my August UFO today.

 This scrappy top was made from a block exchange with my mom and sisters in 2004-2005.

In July 2004, My mom, 2 younger sisters, niece, daughter and myself went to the Outdoor Quilt Show in Sisters, Oregon.

Up to that point we had several block exchanges. We were wanting to do another but was not sure what we wanted to do. We saw this quilt at the Quilt Show and all agreed we wanted to do something similar.

We got a marbled black for the block centers that we all used. They were cut 2 1/2 inches square. Each block had to have 4 rounds of different fabrics any width. The raw block needed to measure 8 1/2 inches.

I put my top together about 3 to 4 years ago at a retreat put on by Peggy's Sewing Center.

I also pieced the back at this retreat. I had planned to use black cornerstones. I had all of the sashing and cornerstones put together. When I put them into the top I did not like it at all. since I already had all of the sashing and cornerstones put together I decided to put them on the back. I also had 4 extra blocks that I put on the back. 

August UFO is Quilted

I did get my UFO for August quilted over the weekend. I plan to put the binding on at Retreat Bee on Tuesday.

Weekend Quilting

I don't work on customer quilts on the weekend so I took time this weekend to work on my UFO for August.  I just have a little more to quilt and I will be done. I am going to go try to finish it right now. I do not think I will get the binding on today.

UFO Challenge

I am falling  behind on my UFOs again. Last year I participated in a UFO Challenge and only kept up until June. Well, this year I was doing great until it got to June. I finally did finished my June UFO late in July. Here it is late in August and I have not done my July or August UFO. I am determined to do better than last year. I will not attempt to catch up but I will jump in right where I am. If you remember, at the beginning of the year I had more than 12 UFOs listed. I actually listed 18, so for 6 of the months I had 2 UFOs. All year my goal has been to get at least one UFO completed each month, so I am really not doing too bad.

So, let's take a look at what I have for July and August.

 For July #2 was drawn. This top is listed as 2a. It is a small one. The top is finished and just needs quilting. Of the 4 listed for July and August this would be the easiest to finish.

 For 2b I actually have 2 quilts. They are twin size. They both need a large border and quilted. It looks like these 2 will not get done this year.

 For August #7 was drawn and again I have 2 quilts listed. 7a is a large top that just needs quilted.

7b is fused leaves. It still needs a lot of work, so it looks like this one will not get done this year either.

I really want to get one finished for August. I am not sure which one yet, but it will definitely be one that is ready to be quilted.