UFO Sunday #1: One Step at a Time

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

9 Responses

  1. Foster says:

    Hello- Love the idea of UFO Sunday. Does the project have to be specifically quilting related or could it be related to sewing. for example, I finally archived my vintage patterns and cleaned the sewing room, or used my wool stash to make a skirt. I have plenty of quilting related UFOs as well but I thought I would ask.

  2. Anne says:

    So pleased you're doing this, Leah. Perfect timing for me. For one reason and another, I didn't get past no.13 of the Quilt Along and just this week decided to get back to it, and to use what I learn to finish some of my UFOs. I made a list of them at the beginning of this year and since then I've finished 4 of them and made progress on several others. Great to be able to combine a
    Quilt Along catch-up with this new project!

  3. Leah Day says:

    Foster – I think that's just fine. Not all my UFOs are quilting, in fact I have a few jewelry and crochet UFOs that need to be finished now that I think about it. Anything unfinished you're working to return to!

    Cheers,

    Leah

  4. Anonymous says:

    I'm excited you're including other art forms for the UFOs…I have a lot of knitting projects that need to be finished too!

  5. I love the idea too. By the way, I've always known UFO to stand for, Unfinished Fiber Object." Either way, I'm there.

    A question: Do we need to blog about the project we're going to tackle that week? I'm asking because the one I'm planning on trying to finish, "Morning After the Storm," has appeared in my blog more than a few times. I think even you left a (very nice) comment about it. Would my readers become ill if they saw it rear its Storm at Sea head one more time? Then again, it was quite a while ago. If you get a moment, please let me know your thoughts.
    Hugs,and thanks for all you do,
    Tina in San Diego

  6. Abby says:

    Great idea! I have plenty of UFOs to choose from, somewhere around 100. I have finished a few since the last count, but under your definition I can add a dozen more that weren't on my list.

    I'm not linking up this week because I'm not working on anything sewing-wise. I'm too busy in the garden and keeping up with the harvest. (That project won't end until snow flies.)

    Maybe next week.

  7. Leah Day says:

    Hey Tina – Really it's entirely up to you. Linking your blog, even the older posts about your quilt, will bring more quilters to your site to leave comments, share advice, and interact with you.

    I'd personally say you'll probably get more advice and support with a fresh blog post, but you know a photo posted to flickr or facebook can also work.

    I can't wait to see your storm at sea! It really is a beautiful pattern.

    Leah

  8. PFennessy says:

    I have mostly finished quilt tops that just need to be quilted …. last time I checked (which was several years ago) I had almost 30 ….. eeek! I didn't finish them because I couldn't afford to send them all out to be quilted and I was afraid that I would ruin them if I tried to quilt them myself.

    Luckily I recently found your website and have gotten up the courage to quilt them myself. The first one I did was a shop sample for the local quilt shop. I had to keep mumbling to myself, "You will only get better if you keep quilting." and "If you can't see the mistake from the back of a galloping horse, your quilting is fine! LOL!"

    I don't have a blog (maybe I should start one) so can't post photos but I used Stippling in the blocks (a modified Cathedral window block) and Wiggly Wavy Lines in the inner border. I want to kill myself now because for some reason I decided to quilt the small flower pattern that is on the batik fabric that I used for my outer border(7.5"). This is going to take forever.

    Thank you, Leah, for giving me the confidence to finally try to quilt my own quilts. I have gotten positive reactions so far. Thanks.

  9. Sorry my post is on a Friday– but we are camping on Sunday– but Sarah's quilt will be a UFO for more than one week! I have several other UFOs & I'm way behind for many reasons– but Sarah really does need her quilt. I'm the o ly one on either side of the family that quilts 🙂

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