The goal? To complete as many UFOs as possible in a three day period. Unfinished Objects. Tops never completed. Binding added. Borders sewn on. Table runners and wall hangings running and hung. All the bits and bobs shoved into boxes and bags saw the bright sunshine (110* today in Sun City, AZ).
The task? Daunting. Completing projects wanes against the excitement of starting a new one.
Excitement and camaraderie filled the room as we set to work. Within an hour, “the bell” was rung to signal a completed UFO. A raffle ticket was handed to the quilter. Who would be next?
My mission? To sew together twenty 12-1/2″ blocks with sashing and cornerstone between. Could I do it?
The first obstacle? I’d cut the sashing too long. I ripped and measured, resewed and measured, and finally sewed the two together. Success!
After a lunch break and wrestling an increasingly awkward mishmash of fabric, one eye on the clock, my seamripper at the ready, and with minutes to spare, I ecompleted my mission. The top was done.
I could ring the bell!
Tomorrow? I have two projects on deck. The first should take an hour. The second? I can’t calculate the time. It’s a project started and abandoned by someone else. I’m a sucker for a UFO, and I’ll happily enter Area 51 in the morning and finish what someone else didn’t have the courage to complete.
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