If you are a one-at-a-time stitcher, this post might make you cringe. I have quite a few UFO's (UnFinished Objects) in my stitching boxes. From time to time, I post about those projects. I'm happy to say I've actually finished some of the projects on previous lists/posts. I've added more since my last post about them and decided it was time to pull them out and take a look. I'm not including my recent WIP's - Works In Progress, just my neglected projects. Maybe I'll get back to work on these soon.
The House Quilt - I haven't worked on this in quite a while. It still needs a few more borders before it will be ready to make into a quilt.
This is my Royal School of Needlework (RSN) Knot Garden. I haven't worked on this in at least three years.
Another RSN canvas project. I last worked on it in 2014, I think.
This is an album ribbon-embroidery small wall quilt.
This is a miniature chair cushion on silk gauze. I pull it out from time to time and put a few stitches. In case you are wondering, it measures a little over an inch square.
This is a stumpwork project. I still have to do the pansies and the butterfly.
This may be my oldest UFO. It is an EGA correspondence course project. I started it and obviously thought I'd finish it in 1997.
The Paisley Purse, I do like this project and want to finish it someday.
This is a hardanger project with a counting mistake.
Originally this was to be a wall quilt. Maybe I'll use the blocks for something else.
Another hardanger project with a counting mistake.
The silk gauze cat - cute and maybe not so much to do to finish it.
This is an applique project from a class I took at the Houston International Quilt Show.
Mary Queen of Scots - it's been a year or two since I worked on her. Maybe all she needs are her jewels.
Kogin - I do work on this from time to time, but it has been a while. It must be time to work on it again!
Watermelon Chicken Scratch - I forgot all about this! It does have a counting mistake, but I could easily fix it.
Midnight Mystery Quilt - is ready to be quilted.
Dogwood Afghan - I last worked on this in March, which isn't that long ago, but I only put a few stitches in at that time, so it's still an old one.
The Hexagon Tree Wall Quilt - it's been at least two years since I worked on this. I think I started it before I began the temperature quilts and it sunk to the bottom of the pile since then, unfortunately. It would be nice to hang on the wall come December.
I might have more than this, but these are the ones I could easily find. It's nice to see some of these projects again. Maybe I'll get back to work on one of them this week.
Another catch up and another skipped letter - no letter "X", so I'm moving on to "Y". Two Japanese words that are kind of similar as far as this post goes are yameru (to stop doing or abandon), and yasumu (to take a break). I never really abandon a stitching project, but there are definitely long breaks when I stop working on some.
I'll start with the projects in my 17 in 2017 that I have not worked on yet this year.
Midnight Mystery Quilt - This mystery was in 2015 and I haven't worked on it since November of that year.
Silk Ribbon Baltimore Album - I last worked on this when I lived in Hokkaido.
Pansy Stumpwork - not sure, but this class might have been in about 2010 in Raleigh, NC.
Miniature Chair Cushion - I took this class in the mid-1990's in Indianapolis and have worked on it from time to time since then. It measures a little over an inch square.
Paisley Purse - I think I took this class in 2009, but I'm not sure.
RSN Japanese Rice Fields - started in 2014 and not worked on since.
EGA Drawn Thread - started in 1997 and not worked on since.
Then there are some UFO's that I had to go hunting for.
ANG Band Sampler - This was a year long ANG chapter project, started in 2006. I didn't get very far. Now I'm thinking this might be finished into a strap for my crazy quilt bag. We'll see.
Hexie wall hanging - my plan was nine blocks, four with hexies and five with stitched pictures. I didn't get started on the stitcheries after doing the hexagon flower blocks in matching fabrics. This was started in Hokkaido a few years ago.
Hardanger - I think there must be a counting mistake. Enough said.
Another Hardanger start
Counted cross stich on plastic canvas. This is really old.
Cat on 40 count silk gauze. I should finish this.
This was an applique class I took at the Houston International Quilt Show with Karen Kay Buckley in 2002. It looks like I didn't do anything after the class.
I think this was a class at the Paducah Quilt Show, but I can't remember when or who the teacher was. Really old.
I have more projects, but these look to be the oldest and most abandoned. Do you have any projects that you have taken a break from (or even abandoned)?
This is
another of my unfinished New Year’s Resolution 2013 projects. As you can see, the stitches are extremely
tiny. I started this project many years ago, when I had a doll house I wanted
to furnish and decorate. I no longer have the doll
house, but I did save the chair the cushion was to sit on. This has been
hanging over my head too long and I would like to finish it. If I do 20 stitches a day, maybe I could
finish it sometime in the foreseeable future.
What do you think?
