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Well, I started quilting in the late 60's when I was still in school. Then came marriage and four children and I continued to quilt to keep my sanity. I have a double wedding ring quilt top about a third of the way done that I'll probably never finish. It is at least 35 yrs. old from a long ago life as another man's wife! I pieced it all by hand sitting under the cottonwood trees in Golden, CO while the children played.
What a beautiful couple of lines........:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Thirdpewback
Mine is only about 3 months since I put it on hold not enough fabric but have since found the fabric on my trip to the west coast. My Mom sent home with me 2 of her unfinished does that count : D hers are old not 7 decades old but old.
My personal oldest - 2 years. I do have a grandmother's flower garden handstitched by my mother and her grandmother in the 30's (Grandma Rose passed away in 1940). It is only lacking ONE hexi (they ran out of fabric) and the quilting/binding. Hope to finish it someday, but it will never be used, just displayed. I also have several other UFO's my sister bought that are quite old.
One year and counting - it's such an ugly duckling it may never be finished. But, I love the story in the article, and would love to see that finished quilt!
I only work on one thing at a time. I have zero UFO s. Do I win a prize or anything???!!
Yes! We will all be happy to send you a UFO as a prize so you can join the UFO club :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jjkaiser
This has been a very interesting & sentimental thread. My oldest UFO probably is a queen size quilt that I made prior to "learning how to quilt" the right way. It's probably >25 yrs. old, b/c I think I was working on it when my kids still were home. It was enveloped. I cut the pieces with scissors using a square paper pattern (made from a brown groc. bag). I'm sure not all the seams lined up perfectly. I hadn't learned how to do binding yet. I was tying it with yarn, but couldn't finish it b/c I was down on the floor working on it & it hurt my knees. It's folded in the closet still needing the rest of the yarn ties done.
Of recent years, probably my oldest UFO is the sampler made during my beginner's quilting class in 2010. It just needs to be sandwiched & quilted. I have several quilt tops waiting to be sandwiched & quilted. Most of them are from watching Jenny's tutorials. I get excited about trying a new pattern & go on to the next project before quilting the ones I have done. I know I have at least 10 quilt tops finished, just waiting for batting & quilting. Most of these are baby/crib size.
In the mean time, I'm working on "Little Ark" #3 (most of the blocks are cut out, but not sewn together) & have a panel ready to be sandwiched & quilted. So I guess that makes at least 12! LOL JCY
I would love to have it for the PICU. It would certainly be loved and cherished.
I am usually pretty good about finishing what I start, but I do actually have a king size top that I need to do something with. Maybe rip some of it apart and turn it into 4 smaller quilts. I made that top and another for niece in law to decide between 2 for her mom for a gift. She picked the other one. I finished it (hand quilted) and just put the other one aside. I went for so long not quilting after Gabe was hurt than I just didn't think about it much. Then when I started again, I mostly made smaller quilts to donate. Other than the smaller charity quilts, I have only made 3 twins and a full in the past couple of years. Time to get that out and do something with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Claire OneStitchAtATime
I have a 2 year old table runner waiting to be quilted.