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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Flower Inheritance….

Each week, I am sharing a UFO from my studio. Some are from me, and some I have inherited from others.

This one was inherited from a quilter friend…. a long time ago!!

Pat K. was one of the kindest quilters I have ever known. She was always trying new ideas and techniques, even as her health failed.

Pat was highly involved in our guild’s charity work, and her children donated a bunch of her UFOs to the group to raise money for future work.

I purchased this one….

My original idea was to quilt it to death and call it finished.

At the time, I had just become interested in beading so thought that I would add a bunch of beads.

I did some work on it….

….but the beads don’t show up well and, honestly, don’t add anything to the project.

I think it may be time to remove the few beads I added and go back to my original idea to quilt it well!

Removing the beads will be an easy “watching TV in the evening” exercise, and quilting it will be fun as I remember Pat and her life!

Maybe….just maybe I can get this one finished this year!!

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