Lots of Stars

As you have seen from earlier posts about the UFOs I inherited from my Mom, she often found one design or pattern and made TONS of blocks from it.

That is the case with these blue-and-white stars…

She had one finished quilt top…..

I think that I will donate this to my guild charity group, but I may re-do the borders a bit first. Maybe make the inner border smaller by cutting it down and then adding a darker outer border. We will see….I may just hand it off.

But then, there are all of these…..

At one point, I decided to take these apart to set them differently….

…but they were REALLY hard to unpick. Apparently, she had used a tiny stitch length.

Now, some of you may be wondering why I am willing to give away so many of her UFO’s.

The truth is that I already own more than 25 of her finished quilts, so I really don’t need to add more to my collection.

At this point, I am excited to see them being sent out into the world to do good!!

Calendar House UFO

Continuing with my series of Inherited UFO’s, we now come to my Mom’s Calendar Houses.

As part of her love for button-hole stitch applique, she made these 12 blocks….

I love the details, like chickens pecking in the yard…

….and the Santa coming down the chimney in this southwestern scene…..

It was fun to find her notes to herself about adding ribbons to the maypole….

Although the blocks are cute, I don’t have any particular desire to finish it off.

I would love to hear your thoughts…..

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A Little Rusted

While cleaning out my UFO box, I was surprised to find two pieces that I had completely forgotten about. And, since I haven’t started on them, I am not sure that I can even call them a UFO!

But first, a backstory….

My friend Anita had a business dyeing fabrics and selling at shows. Her husband, Bill, became interested in using RUST to dye fabrics.

Back in 2009, I asked him to use items that resembled the center of a Sunflower. He gave me a wonderful piece that I quilted details on……

“Sunflowers in the Rust”

It was displayed at a regional show, and I was contacted and asked to sell the quilt. I agreed.

Now, I needed another sunflower quilt for myself. Bill came to the rescue again, and this quilt was born…

“Terracotta Flowers”

I had so much fun quilting the doily!!

At some point, they shared two other pieces with me…. another pot of flowers….

…..and a mish-mash of other designs….

I can probably figure out the flower vase, but do you have suggestions for this other piece?

Inquiring minds want to know!!

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I made a good decision

Earlier this week, I posted about the blocks my Mom received in a block swap…

After looking at them, I decided the best use would be to send them to the Charity Bee for my guild.

And, LOOK WHAT THEY DID WITH THEM……

I CERTAINLY made the best decision!!

Thank you, Suzanne for making something so special from blocks made by my Mom’s friends!!

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Another UFO from Mom

You guys have given me such good ideas for what to do with my Mom’s UFO’s, and I am very thankful for that advice.

PLEASE keep it up!

This next one is a series of blocks made by Mom’s friends. If I remember correctly, she won them in a block swap…

I giggled at the address labels used to identify the makers…

While I recognize one of the names, I didn’t know any of these women personally.

SO….. I am going to hand these blocks off to my Guild Charity Group. They do miraculous things with blocks like these.

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THERE…..

DECISION MADE!!

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Now, on to the next UFO…..

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