One of my biggest challenges is completing projects. Like my mother, I tend to start projects and rarely finish them. While it keeps my interests and excitement for crafting alive, it is also overwhelming having an ever-growing “to do” list.
Over the past year or so I have made a very conscious effort to A- complete the new projects I start and 2- finish the “UFO’s” (UnFinished Objects) that have been YEARS in the making.
Currently, I am about two weeks into a month long visit to my parents in AZ. Before making the trip I set a goal to finishing up some of those UFO’s. The projects I set out to finish are (in priority order):
- T-shirt Quilt for my younger (not so little) brother, Eddie. I started this almost 8 years ago using t-shirts he wore in high school.
- Subway Art Wood Transfer project. This was supposed to be a Christmas 2013 present for my dad and then evolved into an Aug 15 birthday present. Still a UFO at this time
- Upholstered Headboard. This is another project for my brother. He took my bed a few years ago, I stole the headboard to redo.
- UA T-shirt Quilt. SInce this is a UFO for myself, it’s lowest on the priority list. As you can probably guess, I went through a phase of making t-shirt quilts. I will be happy to have them done.
I have made the most progress on finishing the T-shirt quilt for my brother. While I did plan out how I wanted to quilt this one, I have greatly underestimated how long it would take. You can see my progress below:
Laying it out to fix the backing and batting
My mother’s machine from the 1980’s. I learned to sew on this machine
No free motion foot for this guy
Quarter inch spacing. Love the texture. Despise how long it takes.
the quilting looks great!!
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