Taking Inventory, UFO Sunday and Then Some

With my finish yesterday of my last UFO - Cobwebs and Spiderwebs  I wasn't sure which UFO to work on next.  I  don't want to use up my safety pins to pin together another quilt top to finish until I know all my Christmas quilt gifts are finished. 

Most of my UFOs need more blocks in order to sew them together. Why? Because I love to swap. That forces me to sew together a whole bunch of blocks for myself and for swapping but there's never enough for an entire quilt. And so, they become piles of UFOs. 

So, I took inventory this week in order to decide what to work on. I'm only counting the piles that have been around 6-8 months or more. 

Needs more blocks - 

Rainbow Thrifties (pile says 150 of them - 6 inch blocks. May be enough)

Pink Thrifties 

Batik Happies

Pink and Black Sampler

Black, White and one other color Sampler

Depression Blocks (there may be enough of these for a Queen quilt- didn't count)

30s block swap

30s Tulips

Floribunda

Quaker Stars

Grandsma's Sewing Room (Spools and a few other surprises)

Civil War Sampler

Farmer's Wife Sampler

Sylvia's Bridal Sampler

Cake Walk

Bowties

Country 9 Patch (there may be enough)

Ready for Quilting

Roll, Roll Cotton Boll (Quiltville Mystery)

Orca Bay (Quiltville Mystery)

Double 4 Patch

Sunbonnet Sue

So, for my UFO sewing today I worked on a few more 6 inch spools. I'm making the spools black with aqua and red backgrounds. And, I'm including a few other 6 inch blocks as a fun surprise. I'm calling it Grandma's Sewing Room. I made 12 more blocks today with aqua backgrounds which brings me to a total of 46 out of a total ???   I don't know yet how big I want to make it. 

I basically only have the weekends to sew and the rest of the week if I do sew it is hand sewing while I watch TV. 

So, I finished up a baby quilt for a niece who is expecting/over due. I used some Happy Blocks with kittens on them from my stash of Happy Blocks and tried free motion quilting some 4 petaled flowers. 

 First attempt and they are kind of wonky but the baby won't care because the quilt is so soft and cuddly.

Sorry the pictures are so blurry today. My hands are rather shaky. 

For the back I used some fabric from my stash that I bought off the sale table at Hancock's at 50 % off on Senior Citizen's Day which meant another 15 % off.  I bought several yards so I would have it for backing fabric. For the binding I used some gray fabric with pink, blue and white flowers that I think I've had since the 70s. If I remember correctly I made a skirt that buttoned down the front from some of it. 

Linking up to Free Motion Quilting's UFO Sunday and Sew Many Ways Sew Darn Crafty Party.