UFO's

No, not the "Close Encouters of the Third Kind".  All my quilting friends know exactly what a UFO is . . . those UnFinished Objects.  How many are in your closet?  I'm not telling.  But, I did finish a couple from a quilting retreat I went to at Piece by Piece in FEBRUARY!!  Let's see . . . February, March -- yeah, seven months ago!!  I thought I should get them finished before starting two more projects at the retreat this weekend. 

TOO MANY SNAILS

Too Many Snails from the Hooked on Three Colors book was the first one I had done.  I love the look of this quilt and have never done the snail's trail block before.  I got that out of my system and probably won't make another snail's trail block again.  Why?  Trimming, trimming and more trimming.  Unless you mark each triangle you add perfectly to your block you have the inevitable trimming to make sure that this block stays square.  If you don't mind trimming, then by all means snail away!!  

This quilt is going to be set aside for a special friend for Christmas.  I'm not saying who in case my special friend reads this.  Could it be you????

MINUS ORANGE

Strange name for a quilt.  Let me explain.  This is a simple borgello quilt (sew strips of fabric together into rows; sew the bottom row to the top row, right sides together to make a tube; cut the tube into sections; use seam ripper to open tube and sew in order desired).  I had all my strips sewn together in sets and had cut all my sections.  I was happily sewing away when Kathy looked under the table and said "whose orange strip is this?"  Yes, it was mine.  Dropped it on the floor.  Didn't make it in the strip sets.  Didn't make it in the quilt.  Lots and lots of expletives.  More expletives.  Potty mouth quilter.  So, this quilt is actually 2 1/2 inches too small on all sides.  Kathy and Brenda love looking at this quilt as asking me, "Isn't something missing?"  I think I should give it to one of them for their birthday.  Smartypants.

Another quilt retreat weekend will hopefully yield two more projects.  Hopefully in less than 7 months.  I have a really, really good excuse for being behind. 

Find out what it is in a post soon to be called "My Sister and I".  I am very excited about this project, and will be happy to share it with you soon.