Something about seeing the calendar turn so there is only one more new page left makes me think about what I want to get finished this year. I know there is power in numbers, so I have joined with other quilters for UFOvember. If you are on Instagram, you can follow us on #UFOvember.
My posts this month will all be focused on UFOs (Unfinished Objects), WIPs (Works in Progress), PhDs (Projects Half Done) and my progress. We will see if I get my “big” UFO done before my assigned blog on November 17th.
If you want to follow all of the fantastic quilters and bloggers participating in UFOvember, here is the list:
| Sunday 11/1 | Bobbi Gentili | The Geeky Bobbin |
| Monday 11/2 | Becca Fenstermaker | Pretty Piney Quilts |
| Tuesday 11/3 | Joanne Kerton | Canuck Quilter Designs |
| Wednesday 11/4 | Sue Griffiths | Duck Creek Mountain Quilting |
| Thursday 11/5 | Ashli Montgomery | Storytelling Tees |
| Friday 11/6 | Anne Boundy | Said With Love |
| Saturday 11/7 | Sarah Ruiz | Sarah Ruiz Quilts |
| Sunday 11/8 | Teresa Weaver | Your Sewing Friend |
| Monday 11/9 | Karen Brown | Just Get it Done Quilts |
| Tuesday 11/10 | Bobbi Bridgeman | Snowy Days Quilting |
| Wednesday 11/11 | Raylee Bielenberg | Sunflower Stitcheries and Quilting |
| Thursday 11/12 | Althea Gyde | Blue Heron Quilting |
| Friday 11/13 | Kenzy Hogan | Sewing Corals |
| Saturday 11/14 | Leann Parsons | Devoted Quilter |
| Sunday 11/15 | Jessica Caldwell | Desert Bloom Quilting |
| Monday 11/16 | Laureen Smith | Tourmaline & Thyme Quilts |
| Tuesday 11/17 | Karen Kehl | Better Done Quilts |
| Wednesday 11/18 | Stacey H | Two Terriers Studio |
| Thursday 11/19 | Cinzia White | Cinziawhitedesigns |
| Friday 11/20 | Laura Piland | Slice of Pi Quilts |
| Saturday 11/21 | Rachel M | The Barefoot Crafter |
| Sunday 11/22 | Kathryn LeBlanc | Dragonfly’s Quilting Design Studio |
| Monday 11/23 | Judit Hajdu | Quiltfox Design |
| Tuesday 11/24 | Lyra McCabe | Quilting McCabe |
| Wednesday 11/25 | Jill Therriault | Stitching in Heels |
| Thursday 11/26 | Cristina De Miranda | Ships & Violins |
| Friday 11/27 | Katie Starcher | Katie Mae Quilts |
| Saturday 11/28 | Valerie Prideaux | Cozy Funky Cool |
| Sunday 11/29 | Kim Mastomartino | Line Design |
| Monday 11/30 | Natalia Knowlton | NerdyQuilter |
The first few days are focused on making an inventory of your UFOs. You can’t finish it if you don’t know it is there. I actually keep a list of UFOs, WIPs and new quilt ideas on my phone, so I can add to it when I get a new idea. Here is my current list. I included every project where I have started sewing and that is not ready to be used. Fabric purchased for projects that have not been started doesn’t count in my book.
| Quilt Name | Year Started | Current State | Why I Didn’t Finish |
| Bethlehem Star Wallhanging | 1993 | Needs quilting | Was hand quilting, which I took out because I would never finish it hand quilting. |
| Bear’s Paw King Quilt | 1995 | Blocks pieced, some sewn into sets of 2 with sashing | Squares got stained in a flood and I couldn’t figure out what to do with them |
| Memory Sampler (Snow Day Sampler by Happy Cloud Creations) | 2017 | Needs quilting | I have an elaborate customized quilting plan that will require a lot of time and experience on a computerized long arm (and I don’t have the experience or my own long-arm) |
| Quilt Your Weight Off | 2018 | Some squares pieced | Waiting for me to lose more weight |
| What My Grandma Gave Me – English Paper Pieced Carpenter’s Wheel | 2019 | Still piecing | I will be piecing this for a long time – it is hand sewing and takes me forever! |
| Rainbow Hand Dye | 2020 | Front pieced, back partially pieced | Set aside to finish Tree of Life quilt and pattern |
| 100-Day Transformation | 2020 | At long-arm quilter | Almost done! Ordered the binding fabric today! |
| Texas Broken Star Wedding Quilt | 2020 | Diamonds pieced but not assembled | This is one of my active projects. |
| Tree of Life Table Runner | 2020 | Partially quilted | Set aside to work on other projects with deadlines. Completing this is my one monthly goal for November! |
| Charity Baby Quilt | 2020 | Needs quilting | Missed the deadline for the challenge. |
| 100-Day Improv Quilt-a-Long | 2020 | Still piecing | 100 days ends 12/23/2020. Quilting is already planned out. |
| Modern Quilt Guild Fabric Challenge | 2020 | Still designing and piecing | Plan A and B didn’t work so I am trying an improvisational salvage using some of the piecing from previous attempts. This has a deadline of 11/30/2020. |
Writing it all down is always revealing. First, I didn’t think I had 12 UFOs. I would have guessed about 6. Second, quilting is an issue, with 1/3 of the projects needing quilting, and another that I sent to a long-arm quilter. Finally, I see is that if I am driven by deadlines. Quilts without deadlines get set aside, as do quilts that were not done before the deadline. But deadlines also help me complete important projects.
What is your oldest UFO? Is there a UFO you want to finish in 2020? What are your UFOvember goals?
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