How old is your oldest UFO?

[Sandy Navas]

This article was in our local paper this morning. Very interesting story.

[Liberty]

Probably 10 years... but I don't think I'll ever finish it so it's just fabric that happens to have seams....

[Cfrankl]

I don't like to collect unfinished tops, I try to go right from start to finish. At the moment I have 2 tops sitting here, one is about a month old, the other is not quite a week.

[Leah53]

Since I've only been quilting since December 2013 mine is only 6 mos but I can see where it's probably going to turn into 6 yrs.

[Familyjournals]

40 Years!!!!!!!!
I'm a quilting newbie so quilting UFO's haven't occurred yet HOWEVER........ when I was putting my sew-wing area together and gathering everything I had pigeon-holed. I found a little yellow knitted ripple blanket I was making for my first child. It was still on the knitting needle. So... here I have one knitting needle, about 1 yard of yellow yarn attached to this unfinished little blanket. I didn't have another needle to cast of if I could even remember how to do it. So my dear little friend took it and just returned it to me a few weeks ago, finished off and blocked to boot. Love that gal! That is why I don't knit. I'm giving it to my son for his new little baby boy. Hey-yellow worked for him. :-)

[Hulamoon]

That was a really nice story. The history of it was so interesting. I think about two years, but i still want to finish it!

[GrammaBabs]

Love this story and all like it.. I have taken the "knitting" of many friends Moms' and finished or re worked the item for their first grandchild... complete with the "paper notes in their handwriting that were found with it".... Yep, I'm a bit of a "preservation and sentimentality buff"....
As for my oldest project... that's a hard one.. many things are waiting to be "re-configured"..LOL,, but the one that stands out is the "YO YO project I started at least 30 years ago... something I was making up... all calico fabrics... I used a "Rubbermaid" container top as the template... which made them about 3" diamenter finished... then stitched then into 12 YO YO squares... and planned on putting the squares together,,, I have approx.. 80 now,,, and have told my DD that I will finish it before I die and she can call it at "LIFE'S WORK"... LOL

[Dawnijo]

I found a tub of UFO's when I was moving my sewing room to another room in my house. I have way more UFO's than I thought! I would say the oldest one is about 10 years old. I am looking forward to finishing a few of them up this winter.

[Altairss]

I love these stories, at our local fair this year was a quilt named gift from the past. It told a story about a quilt given to a quilter to cut it up to use for scraps it was a hand pieced quilt though stained. She was able to save it and finish it. The story attached to it was better then the quilt for many reasons. To often we throw the past away, so I am trying so hard to finish everything I start.

[TRLSRL72]

Almost a year. I didn't think it had been that long until this thread got me thinking. I started a top and never finished it because I was just learning. It was too large for a beginner and probably still is. I am going to get that out and work on it. I need to practice.