I sewed my third UFO together, add some borders to a block , add a row with nine patches and....YES ... I also add a another ufo. ( I even didn't made a post of it) 
I went to bed with the Gwen Marston book. And I was hoping that I still like the idea next morning !
And I did !!! It has to be that most of the parts fitts together. But not the NYB row... One of Gwen guidelines is: "Is it to big cut it off" mmmm when I do this I can't go back with the decision to go back to only my New York Beauty quilt ....
Oké I cut it off! And sewed all blocks together and add a border.
and,
TAA DAAAHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I reduced five UFOs to one !!!!!!!!!!!!!
That feels so great ! Thanks to the inspring words from Gwen Marston and Freddy Morgan ! I can start with a new quilt without the feeling from a lot of ufos on my back .
mmmm .. now I am thinking of using a ufo quiltop for the backing ....... That means that I am rid of 6 Ufos ......
And at least I can say that this quilt is very MAVERICK !!
Lucy
61 comments:
Wow Lucy! This looks fabulous and I can imagine the weight lifted by getting some of those UFOs used up too. Great job in making it have an antique look too!
ooooooooooooh, Lucy, this is awesome! at first I was a bit hesitating about the result, but now when seing it finished I am so pleasantly surprised!!! I just love it... your ufos are so beautiful and they work great together as well, good job!!!
Lucy - I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that border fabric! And WOW - it is spectacular. And I like the idea of that 6th UFO being the back! Very Maverick indeed!
Definitely a Maverick quilt and it's great. I wasn't sure at first but WOWZER it's wonderful. I love the idea of yet another ufo for the backing.
It is obvious that you're a great quilter. This looks wonderful. Great job!!!
Lucy, this is just so inspired! Brilliant! It makes me want to make UFOs just so I can do it! Bravo!
Beautiful quilt! And good for you to use 5 (or maybe 6) UFOs.
Looks terrific Lucy! This is the best way I know of to use up UFO's that won't get finished any other way. This makes a wonderful throw. Glad you listened to Gwen and Freddie and not your husband!
Oh LUCY!
It's SO lovely - inspires me to do something with all the blocks I have from block swaps. Time to get my room in order!
Becky
Ohmigosh, Lucy, that is a fantastic quilt!! I MUST order the Moran/Marston book!!!!
WOW....this was amazing. Starting to read about ufo no one and then see your beutiful top. I guess you are doing a happy dance now. Reducing your ufo's this way. Thank you for sharing it with us. This really inspires me to look through my ufo-box.
great job!!!
I could not imagine getting that many done at one time - it looks great!!!
Oh Lucy! It's beautiful! You come up with the best ideas and the most gorgeous quilts!
Beth
Oh Lucy, it's absolutely beautiful! I love it! What a wonderful way to use up UFO's!!!!!
LaTeaDah
http://www.gracioushospitality.blogspot.com
What a lovely quilt from your UFOs and so much nicer than having piles of UFOs in the cupboard. I can't believe how well they all go together. Congratulations on a lovely finish.
Lucy, I think this is stunning! I have a box of orphan blocks and abandoned projects that I was saving for one of these quilts, and now I'm even more determined to make it. I'm not sure all my fabrics will go together as beautifully as yours did, but I'll try to make them fit.
I made a quilt years ago with one set of blocks as the centre, and another set as the border- got rid of two ufo's and looked as if I'd been clever and planned it that way. Ha!
Lucy, that is one amazing quilt! What a wonderful idea to put them all together like that! You must feel like there is a huge weight off your shoulders. Well done!
*hugs*
Tazzie
:-)
That's awesome! You've got everybody scrambling to reduce their UFO's now! Thanks for the inspiration!
Wow, I wish 5 of my UFOs put together would look that great. What a great idea!!
Very Maverick idea and I love the resulting quilt! It's wonderful!
That is wonderful. It looks like you planned it that way. What a great way to finish up a lot of UFO's all at once.
Your quilt is absolutely stunning! I've been thinking about trying the same process with some of my UFOs. You have given me the inspiration to do that. Thanks for sharing your creative process.
This quilt is fantastic!!! I must say, at first I agreed with hubby.. it looked awfully busy. But by the end.... tada! A gorgeous creation! How inspiring! Thanks for sharing, and for daring to trust your instincts. Maybe I should go pull out my 8,742 UFOs and make them into 5 quilts. Do I dare???
Absolutely stunning and motivating!!!
I like what you did with that! All the colors go so well together - and a very nice quilt top you ended up with!
If you back it with another top, which one will you consider the 'top' of your new quilt? :)
Wow! Very innovative and pretty, Lucy!
Love love love love love it. This is my favorite kind of quilt. looks so incredible. you've got very complicated bits and then simpler blocks to give your eyes a rest... fabulous.
This gives new meaning to the term "Sampler Quilt" I think. A few of these blocks, a few of those, a few mini-quilt tops, and they all look lovely together. Congratulations!
Just gorgeous! You really took the lessons and inspiration to heart.
Love the posting...what a great way to make progress through your UFO's.
Sio
It's perfectly lovely! I love the way all the colors flow. Congratulations!
Wow! I LOVE it! That is total genius! It looks beautiful and I really love the fabric you chose for the border. The border fabric really pulls it all together.
What a GORGEOUS UFO!!!! Absolutely stunning!!
UNBELIEVABLE!!! If I hadn't read your blog, I would never know that this was a collection of UFOS. It is gorgeous!! now go for it and add a UFO to the back!
Lucy, you never cease to amaze me! What an amazing quilt you now have...AND, as an added bonus, 5 less UFO's!! WHOA! I absolutly love it...and you've inspired me once again. :o)
Whow! No words ... it´s perfect! A good inspiration to look in my ufo-boxes ...thats patchwork!
Wonderful maverick quilt! And the colors all look wonderful together!
Wow, Lucy! It is stunning! Between this and your Barbara Bucher Snyder quilt, I have a severe case of "quilt envy"! I'm sure none of my various UFO's would unite as effectively as yours. Congratulations!
Maverick and very beautiful! Well done for hitting all those UFO's on the head too :o)
Oh my gosh! The quilt turned out so beautiful. Your colors all blend so well and the border sets everything off. Great job!! ;-)
Hi Lucy, wow...absolutely fantastically marvelous top you have created!!!!
To say I love it, hardly does the trick.
It's so great that you had the idea and ran with it.
The quilt top you are thinking of for a backing would be just perfect, I think! Absolutely the best of the maverick spirit at work in your sewing room. Way to go! Hugs, Finn
I should just say Ditto to everything Finn said! It's marvalous and wonderful and more than that!
It really "works". Well done. I have recently bought the Collaborative Quilt book and am all inspired too. It has me trying to get out of my comfort zone. It just shows that you can interpret the ideas in any way you like.
Lucy, its beautiful. The border you chose is perfect.
Its really so pretty all put together. Good job
STUNNING - STUNNING - STUNNING!!!!!! I LOVE this idea - you did such a fantastic job. I love every part of it and will now go and see if I can do something similar with my UFOs.
Thanks for all your holiday photos too - the green mossy rocks in the creek were just wonderful.
I wish I had the way with fabric that you do. Your UFO combination is a delight!
Brilliant idea! And it turned out just lovely!
wonderfull your work is very very original!!
I'm an italian quilter from Monza near Milano ciao.
Oh my Lucy, it's wonderful, you and your quilt are a Marverick indeed!!!!
Nancy in MT
Great work and congratulation with "UFO landings". I really like your quilt.
What a lovely quilt with different UFOS. The colors go wery well together. Very nice.
Hi Lucy! Ziet er echt geweldig uit! tot mails!
Wow that looks fantastic, the colours go so well together it looks totally planned, my Mum does loads of quilting I will pass on the tip of using up the UFO's in this way she will love it.
Diane.
Oh my, Lucy! I just discovered your blog (thanks to the reference by Be*mused http://bemused.typepad.com/bemused/2006/11/aufd.html [Jan, I believe]), and you do BEAUTIFUL work!
I especially enjoyed your posts about your recent vacation, as I was born and raised in East Tennessee in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. I have lived in Middle Tennessee (Nashville) all my adult life, where it is also beautiful, but I still miss the mountains after nearly 40 years. I grew up in a very cosmopolitan town (Oak Ridge--where the atomic bomb was created--a dubious distinction to be sure), but when I was a little girl (50+ years ago) I visited my grandparents in a rural VERY East Tennessee town. My grandparents' neighbor actually wore the hat and long housedress you photographed, when she worked in her garden. She was very, very old even at that time. Thank you for admiring my part of the world. It is truly lovely.
Jane Ann
jettstream.wordpress.com
OMG this is beautiful!! You've tied all the elements together really well!! Gorgeous!!
I really like how that turned out. Your UFO quilt looks fabulous. Congratulations!
I just randomly found your blog...but I LOVE your quilt...I think it's great that you used up a lot of your UFO's and were able to make a beautiful quilt!
Rebecca
opheliaspins.net
It really all came together so well. I know it must feel great. I am going to try this too. Thanks for the inspiration. Best, Catherine
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GREATTTTTTTTTTTT !!!! And so FunnYYYYYYYYYYYY LOL
I LOVE IT!!!! Thank you to share this EX UFO! It's great!
Ciao, Giusy from Italy
This is a pure beauty Lucy !! I have been browsing your blog all evening long :-)) Will come back tomorrow, but I love evrything you are doing !!
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