Fall 2013 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The List

As posted in the Quilters Knitting Group:

Sign-ups for the Fall 2013 UFO Club are now CLOSED. Any interested quilters with 5 (or more) UFOs were required to sign up by Midnight (EDT) on October 7, 2013. All qualifying UFOs must be completed by Midnight (EDT) on December 31, 2013.

Group details:

12 quilters have signed up to participate.  There are 3 in the SEND group and 9 in the NO SEND group.  At some point, we may stop offering the SEND group as an option.  For now... the legacy continues.

With life being so hectic at our house (and since I haven't finished a UFO in more than a year!) I have given myself "permission" to leave my list as it has been posted in prior sessions.  I struggled with the desire to revamp the list, but my friend ThePoch encouraged me to just leave well enough alone.  Thanks for being the "voice of reason!"

So...

My list is as follows:

3 commission quilts

3 baby quilts

3 "C" quilts

3 other quilts

For a total of 12 quilts that may or may not get finished -AGAIN!- during this session. Sorry, but I didn’t have the energy to change it up (for those of you who may be getting REALLY tired of seeing the exact same list!)

Follow the link to view the list:

http://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-2012-ravelry-ufo-club-list.html

(Ignore the Mill Quilt since I completed that one last year.)

Wish me luck!

(And... Happy Quilting!!!)

Summer 2013 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The Results

The Summer 2013 UFO Club is now CLOSED. Any interested quilters with 5 (or more) UFOs were required to sign up by Midnight (EDT) on July 7, 2013. All qualifying UFOs must have been completed by Midnight (EDT) on September 30, 2013. 

Members (15):

SEND (7):
Tortolachick: 3 completed projects
Bonnyknits: 1 completed project
nhsarab: 1 completed project
ldpaulson
jrnylst
andimc13
mducky

NO SEND (8):
thepoch
basketcase9702
catwithcats
loisbemis: 1 completed project
monicarose51
KK454
aerieiris
needleb: 1 completed project

Session Totals: 5 quilters completed 7 projects. Congrats! to each of you. If you have more UFOs to complete, come on back for another round.

I was so distracted by work and other activities (like trips back and forth to the hospital!) that I didn't finish ONE of my UFOs during this session.  (AGAIN!!!)  I'm disappointed with my lack of productivity, but feel helpless to change my workload.

Wish me better luck for the next session...PLEASE!!!

Summer 2013 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The List

The Summer session began on July 1st.  I'm a little behind in posting.  Sorry!  I figure that you are probably getting tired of seeing the same old list, anyway!  Unfortunately, I just haven't been able to get motivated to sew.

WAIT!!!  What does this mean???

It means that I've had the SAME list for an entire year!

Sad, but true.  I have only finished one UFO in the last 12 months.

My list for the Summer 2012 session morphed into my list for the Fall session, which morphed into my list for the Winter session, was transformed into my Spring 2013 list, and now the cycle continues.  It's rather depressing, but I will continue to try to chip away at the list.

Follow the link to view the list:

http://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-2012-ravelry-ufo-club-list.html

(Ignore the Mill Quilt since I completed that one last year.)

Those 3 commission quilts STILL need to be completed and the 3 baby quilts are going to need to be "Big Kid" quilts by the time I actually finish them. (And, I just found out that I'll need to add ANOTHER baby quilt to the list, as my niece is going to have her 2nd baby!)

Wish me luck and...
Happy Finishing!

MTS Meets Carol Woods

The Mountains to Sea Quilt Series has been on display for the last two weeks at Carol Woods Retirement Facility in Chapel Hill. This afternoon, Carol Woods residents had the pleasure of listening to resident Jonathon Howes' stories about the sites along the trail that are depicted on  our Mountain to Sea quilts. He was Secretary to the N C Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources under Governor Hunt's administration. The display has been met with enthusiasm, many residents visited it, often repeatedly.

Spring 2013 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The Results

The Spring 2013 UFO Club is now CLOSED. Any interested quilters with 5 (or more) UFOs were required to sign up by Midnight (EDT) on April 7, 2013. All qualifying UFOs were completed by Midnight (EDT) on June 30, 2013.

We had a relatively small group of quilters for the Spring 2013 (Ravelry) UFO Club.  Our membership was down this session and we had very few finished projects.  I believe that it was the smallest return for the Club since the formation of the group.  The good news is that a number of other members made progress on their projects (and that is the important part!)

Group stats can be seen below:

Membership: (14)

NO SEND: (10)
thepoch: 2 completed projects
monicarose51
sldrsprincess
basketcase9702
laceyspinner
Bonnyknits
needleb
loisbemis
aerieiris
KK454

SEND: (4)
andimc13: 1 completed project
nhsarab
jrnylst
bowie: 1 completed project

Session Totals: 3 quilters completed 4 projects.  Congrats! to our finishers and better luck next time to those members who didn't quite attain a finish.  Hope to see YOU back for another round of Finishing Fun!

2013 Dye Frenzy

My quilt bee recently had their annual Dye Frenzy.  Unfortunately, I don't have any

pictures to share because I wasn't able to attend.  :o(

I do have news of the event and hope to add pictures after our next meeting.  This time

the quilters used super hot water and got more vibrant results. One quilter also brought

indigo dye which was fun and unusual. I had no clue that indigo comes out of the dye bath

green and then reacts with the air to turn blue.  

The meeting began at 10 am and they finally paused to eat around 2pm…  They were

having TOO much FUN!!!

I'm looking forward to seeing the final results of everyone's dyeing at the next meeting.

I just wish that I hadn't had to miss it!

Incredible News!

You may or may not recall that the Mountain to Sea Trail quilt series that I participated in (Glencoe Mill Quilt) was juried into the 2013 North Carolina Quilt Symposium show.  Well, it was.  The show is going on in Fayetteville, NC this weekend.

I was unable to attend Symposium, but some of my friends went down to the show today.  I spoke with one of them this evening.  The news was quite surprising!

Are you ready to hear the results???


You'd better sit down.


MTS was awarded 1st Place in the Group Quilt category!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am "SEW" excited!