Well today is the last day of the UFO challenge to finish up your UFO before the new Bonnie Hunter Mystery is out. Â Well the mystery came on Friday so today is the last day to show off your progress on the you UFO project.
I am happy to report that I ended up finishing two UFO projects during the event….first I finished Grand Illusion.
..and now I finished Wild Child too! Â We have snow here so there’s no outside places to take pictures. Â I opted for my bed instead.
Ruby was happy with that. Â She jumped right up to get her picture taken.
I love the quilt. Â It really doesn’t fit the coloring or style of my house at all….but love it I do. Â It’s so fresh and totally scrappy.
I found a WONDERFUL polka dot at Whittles for the backing. Â The top has all the colors of the polka dots on the backing. Â Kelli saw my finished quilt and was in love so she grabbed our 2 Â 1/2″ Â strip bucket and hauled it home so she could cut her triangles out.
I had asked for advice earlier on what to do for the narrow border. Â After reading through the comments I liked the idea of a pink polka dot. Â There wasn’t enough of what I had so I checked Whittles and ended up getting the one shown. Â Cathy at Whittles was such a sweetie. Â She pulled her pink polka dots and sent me a picture of them and let me pick. Â I love the service and I love fabric. Â Although it’s a polka dot, the dots are in rows….totally cute and perfect.
This whole quilt got it’s start thanks to blog reader and retreater from the Oelwein group, Linda. Â She had some of this floral print fabric that I commented that I really liked. Â She ended up gifting some to me!! Â That got the quilt started and from there it rolled right along. Â Thanks so much Linda. Â Your gift of border fabric will have me smiling for years to come. Â Each time I see the quilt I’ll always think of you.
I’ll host this challenge again next fall so make sure to come back…and for those of you who asked for a block of the month type UFO finish it up party. I’m hoping to host that next year too. Keep watching the blog for details. Â Before you head off to check up on the blogs in the linky party I want to share a couple UFO quilt pictures that were sent to me.
First up is my friend Nell. Â She is the one who helped me start this venture two years ago. Â The lucky girl got a snow day that allowed her the final push she needed to put the last stitches.
Beautiful. Â This quilt is on my bucket list. Â I just need to get some time to cut up shirts!!
Diane is WA also sent a photo saying, “Hi Jo. I finished both the quilts on my list. One went to my son and this is Bonnie’s Jingle Bell Square from the latest Quiltmaker magazine. ”
Here’s her Jingle Bell Square.
Jingle Bell Square is also on my list of quilts I want to make. Â You can find that pattern here. Â I have to say, this pattern has been calling my name!!
Today we’re sharing our finished quilt at  Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Crazy Mom Quilts, and Link a Finish Friday.
Great job getting two UFO’s completed! The backing on your Wild Child is perfect. Thank you for letting us know about Whittles. I placed an order with them and was Very pleased with their service. I will definitely place another order with them!
I love Nell’s completed Tumalo Trail. It’s beautiful! I have one going as my leader/ender.
I put together old blocks from an exchange on Myspace for a quilt for a friend who’s cancer has metastasize, and finished quilting and gifted a Bento Box quilt I made years ago at a class. Less than I wanted to finish but more than usual! LOL
Y our wild child is just gorgeous. Perfect backing. I just ordered fabrics from Whittles for the mystery based on you showing the collections they put together for it. I received my reds ,folds and some neutrals to add to what I had and they are perfect.
I finished putting the borders on GI on Thursday night before Fridays start and also finished ano t her BOM that has been sitting for way to long.
I pulled out Celtic Solstice to work on during this mystery to see how far I can get done on that.
Thanks for hosting this challenge. This year I am very happy with what I got done.
I love both of your finished quilts. They are beautiful. The ones your friends shared are gorgeous too. Lots of inspiration!!! I hope to finish my Old Tobacco Road quilt soon. Thanks for sharing.
Love the quilt that Nell made. Do you know what pattern she used for it. I also love your Wild Child quilt, its so cheery and bright.
I can not believe how perfect that polka dot backing is for your Wild Child quilt – the entire project is totally awesome!
Love your Wild Child! November was busier than I expected, so I didn’t get as much done as I hoped, but I’m still happy with the progress I made. My Star Struck is now a top, so that goal was met, but I didn’t get my Oklahoma Backroads quilted. I did get the backing and binding made, and I finished quilting the charity quilt that was in line before it. Just need a nice day to lay it out on the deck for basting, and then I can get started quilting it.
Love Nell’s plaid quilt! I finished my Lozenges quilt–yay!
Hi Jo,
Things are lookin’ good! Loving the Wild Child. I have that book and this pattern has been on my to-do list. It’s great to see it from another perspective.
I was wondering, could you remind me of the pattern name that is made in the photo above using men’s shirts? It really strikes a chord with me!
Thanks!
Quilty Huggs!
That is Trumalo Trail. It is in Scraps and Shirttails II by Bonnie Hunter.
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