My Sew Together Bag is Finished!

This beautiful, sunny afternoon was spent in my studio finishing up one of my UFO's. This Sew Together Bag has been on the go since last spring. It was even with me last summer in Nova Scotia. I am 'sew' glad there was a tutorial on making it as the pattern lacked pictures. The Quilt Barn has the tutorial. Now you can see where I used my decorative machine stitched piece. I used all batik fabrics for this one.

Check out other Sew Together Bags on Pinterest HERE, HERE & HERE. It's interesting to see what fabric combinations others have used!

Thanks, Linda in NS

Enjoy!!

UFO # 3

March is going out like a lamb! YAH!!! This has been a very cold month here on the east coast. I just hope I won't need to wear winter clothes much longer, especially this knitted Willow Cowl that was finished recently. It was started last summer.

This pattern is by Amelia Lyon. I used Alegria, hand-painted yarn, from Uruguay. It is a lovely yarn to knit.

This is UFO # 3.

Our Wednesday stitch group decided to challenge themselves to finish as many UFO's, started before 2016.  This is a selfie. I found that the best place to take the photo was in front of a mirror. That way, I could see what was in the camera screen.

Check out some knitting patterns below:

• 56 Free Cowl and Scarf  Knitting Patterns
• Cowls on Pinterest HERE
• 40+ Free Cowl and Neck Warmers 
• All Free Knitting Cowls  
• Free Cowls and Neck Warmers from Knitting Help  

Enjoy!!

Work in Progress

I'm trying to complete a few UFOs during the winter. This piece of Sashiko was started several years ago. I made a plastic template and drew it out on the fabric. The stitching was just completed! YAH! Now I have to finish it for my coffee table. Here's a sneak peek at the piece:

I have a variety of Japanese fabrics but mostly in fat quarter sizes but I found this blue piece with koi fish all over it that will work perfectly for the back.

1st. UFO for 2016

I finished my first UFO for 2016 today. This small hand embroidery was started just before Christmas. The pattern is from Redwork, Winter Twitterings by Pearl Louise Krush. Valdani thread was used for the tree and birds with silver metallic for the tree trim and snowflakes. The blue border is a royal blue batik but shows up much darker in the photo.

UFO's

Every now and then the topic of UFO's enters the conversation at FETE (Friends Every Thursday Evening - our stitch group).Well, one of the ladies decided to write down some more terms related to quilting and / or stitching. I think some people just have too much time on their hands (GRIN)!! Here's the list to date:

AUFO  Only one unfinished object (a UFO)
BUFO   Bad or Beautiful unfinished object
CUFO   Cute unfinished object
DUFO   Distasteful unfinished object
EUFO   Excellent or Evil unfinished object
FUFO   Favourite unfinished object
GUFO   Good or Great or even the Greatest unfinished object
HUFO   Hard unfinished object
IUFO    Intricate unfinished object
JUFO    Just an unfinished object, just started or just about finished
KUFO   Kitted unfinished object
LUFO    Lost unfinished object
MUFOs Many unfinished objects
NUFO   New unfinished object
OUFO   Old …. Or ordinary unfinished object, or overdue unfinished object
PUFO    Prince of the unfinished objects
QUFO   Queen of the unfinished object
RUFO    Rejected unfinished object
SUFO    Small unfinished object
TUFO    Traditional….. Or Terrific unfinished object
UUFO    Ugly unfinished object
VUFO    Valuable unfinished object
WUFO   Wonderful unfinished object
XUFO    Xmas unfinished object
YUFO    Yesterdays unfinished object or in Australia You-beaut
ZZZUFO Sleeping unfinished object

NB UFOs could also be classified by colour, size, and style.

Also

PIG     Projects In Grocery bags

PUB    Project Under the Bed

PIP     Project in Progress and Patterns in Progress

TIS     Tops in Storage

CAP   Currently Active Projects

WIP    Works in Progress

RC      Recently Completed

WISP  Works in Slow Progress

SINS  Stuff I’ll Never Stitch