I've joked around about the 'never ending' parade of old WIPs, now UFOs. I have found boxes and bins in the basement with my own projects as far back as the mid 1970s (the Kitten pillowcases). I've inherited my mom's UFOs (the cutwork napkins). I've inherited my grandmother's unstarted projects (the cutwork dresser scarves) and my great aunt's UFO (Aunt Lottie's garden).
Here's another one of mine! This is from a workshop on needleturn applique, using one of the patterns from "Baltimore Beauties and Beyond" by Elly Sienkewicz . That workshop was from an area quilt store that went out of business in the mid 1990s! It was tucked into the book, discovered when I was packing books for the upcoming move up to the new library / study that I am trying to put together in the upstairs bedroom.
THANK you, former me, for thread basting instead of pin basting and NOT leaving the needle in the work. No rust spots.
At some point, I will have gone through every box and bin in this house and will have unearthed everything. Right?
This will be slotted into my 'travel and desk' project list. Now that the grey socks are done, there's room for it there.
I do want to do a Baltimore Album quilt, but I didn't really want to start it yet!
I have a UFO I started in a class in 1988. I probably will never finish it.
ReplyDeleteA few years back (around 2015), I did a huge triage of my WiPs and UFOs. My criteria was: Is the pattern still there? Are the materials still there or easy to source (preferably from stash)? Why was it abandoned? If abandoned because of errors, are they easily fixable?
DeleteAnd most importantly, do I still love it? Would I start it today?
If it failed the first batch, it was tossed. Second batch fail were donated. I still use that criteria. This one passed all the questions, so it gets confessed to you all and worked on!