Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Catching Up On UFOs

I am still amazed at the speed with which time keeps racing by. Here it is, wheat harvest time in western Kansas again! We started cutting wheat yesterday afternoon on the farm only to receive rain last night that has stopped the combine today. So, I thought it would be an opportune time to post a little about what I've been up to the last few months.

At Christmas, my daughter purged her crafting corner and sent home a couple of her UFOs with me - like I NEED any more UFOs! One of those 'unfinished objects' was a Sudoku quilt top made with Kansas Troubles fabrics that was complete except for a border on two sides.

Sudoku Quilt made with Kansas Troubles fabric by Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com

Once home, I sewed the last two borders on for her and began searching for some backing fabric in my stash. That's when I realized I had my own Kansas Troubles UFO - blocks from a quilt guild Block Of the Month sew-along. I dug them out and there were 11 completed blocks. I sashed 9 together and they became the backing for my daughter's Sudoku quilt (or her Sudoku quilt became the backing for my BOM). Either way, it was a pairing that was meant to be! And it completed two UFOs in one quilt.

Sampler Quilt made with Kansas Troubles fabric by Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com

But, I still had two remaining blocks from my BOM. I decided to make them into a bench pillow, which turned out pretty great. 

Orphan Block Bench Pillow made with Kansas Troubles fabric by Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com

I took both completed projects back to my daughter when we visited her in Texas for the total eclipse in April (which, by the way, was so awesome and really hard to describe the experience, except to say "You just had to be there"!).

Total Eclipse 2024 Photo Taked by Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com

Total Eclipse Eyewear by Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com

I'll try to hop back on here and share some more projects I completed this spring in the next week or so. 

Until then -

Happy Quilting!!

~Sharla



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