UFOs, WIP or PhD's -

UFO's - Unfinished Objects

WIP's - Works in Progress

PhD's - Projects Half Done

What ever you call them, almost every quilter has them.     They are created slowly and surely.   How are they made you ask?   

* Those classes you took where you only made one or two blocks.

* The half finished jacket that didn't get done before cold weather was gone.   "'ll finish it before next fall." you say.   3 years later, it is still in its plastic bin.

*  The internet round robin where someone put something in you didn't like.

* The Christmas gift list that was too ambitious for the time and energy you had left before the big day.

It seems as if almost every blog I read these days is talking about getting UFOs completed.   There are lists, and links and challenges and prizes, trying to help us get motivated to finish something.    Well this blog is not any different.   I am listing my UFO's, WIP and PhD's for all the world to see.    I already have an extensive list with about 25 things on it, and that is probably not all.  Gotta go through those bins in the closet.  I started
my list in January ( of course) about 5 or 6 years ago, and since then I have crossed off 6 items and added 5.   I have also completed a few baby quilts, and other things that never sat idle, long enough to make the list.  My theory is that it has to remain idle for at least a year to qualify for this list.   Otherwise it is not a UFO, it is just a WIP.    This year I am going to try to cross off 10 UFO's  from my list.   I know that is an ambitious goal, but I am feeling motivated and bold.    Let's see how I do.    Do you dare put your list (I know you have one), to paper and share it with the world?   I dare you!

1. Just Beachy   -  Machine Applique - based on a class pattern by Karen Stone - 2003
2. Paper Pieced Trucks - 2004
3. Autumn Jacket - 2006
4. Blue Square in a Square - Full Size - 2004
5. Spring Time Table Runner - 2009
6. Yellow Brick Road - 2006  Completed
   
7. Stack N' Whack - 2003
8. Blue Paisley Bible Block Quilt - 2008
9. Yellow and Blue Round Robin - 1999
10.  Blue Airplane Quilt for David - 2006 - Completed March 2011
11. Salsa Nights BOM for Dalten
12. Nine Patch Scrappy Quilt - 2003
13. Cups and Saucers - Paper Piecing - 2006
14. Christmas Table Runner - 2007
15. Snowball Quilt - 2006
16. Flying Geese Quilt - 2005
17. Love is a Work of Heart - Hand Applique - 2000
18. Lori's Jumper - 2007
19. Berries and Vines - Hand Applique - 2006
20. A Girl Can Get Tired of Diamonds - Ready to go to longarm - Need money - King Size - 1999
21. Southern Belle Quilt - Family Heirloom, 3 generations of quilters have worked on this.  Hand Quilting
22. Friendship Squares - Internet Swap - 2000
23. New York Beauty Blocks
24. Vintage Sunburst Star Blocks - Left to me by my mother when she passed 14 years ago.
25. Umbrella Ladies - Blanket Stitch Applique - 2004
26. Birdie Stitches - January 2011
27. Tis the Season - Stitch Along - March 2011

*  There are a few more.  I will add them later.

Try it for yourself.   Listing them is actually kind of freeing.    One blog said it was even okay to give them away or throw them away.   I won't go that far!  But listing them was not so bad.