Definition: Quilters have tagged a unique meaning into the term UFO. They are not objects flying around in the sky (unless we toss them around because they are so ugly). A UFO is an Un-Finished Object. The remnants of those quilts we start to make, but never seem to finish.
UFO's can be found tucked away in the bins and baskets of nearly every quilter. Here are a couple I came across this weekend: hidden in boxes of fabric that I just had to have!
This quilt top is one that I totally forgot I had. Some of the squares in the quilt were obtained in an animal block exchange many years ago. It was done online: To date myself, it was done on Prodigy. An animal block exchange was posted on a board. Other quilters would sign up. Perhaps 15 people joined and made 15 animal blocks (all the same) and send to the person who posted the original post. That person was responsible for for sorting out and sending the blocks to the other participants. In the end, you would get 15 different quilt blocks. This project needs to have a backing, the batting and to be quilted!
This quilt is fruit jars. I saw one that was called bug jars that used bug material and I decided to go with fruit instead. Each block is pieced together to look like a jar of fruit sitting on a shelf. This quilt is a little farther along. It has the backing and batting, and actually has some hand quilting done. The quilting is had done around each jar: On the back of the quilt, the jar outlines are showing. I need to get this one back on the quilt frame and finish up the hand quilting!
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