I recently dug out one of my oldest UFOs to work on - Four Patch Posies. The UFO must be pre-2009 because I can't find any mention of it on my blog.
In a large manila envelope I found 30 blocks made from a green, gray, purple floral. I also found 18 blocks in that floral with the pink background plus a stack of more of that floral all pinned together ready for cutting. Also in the envelope were pieces of several other fabrics I guess I was going to use to make some posies. I managed to make 29 more blocks with that pink background.
I had enough of one of the fabrics for four repeats so made 42 more blocks. These are made of 3 inch pieces for a 5 inch finished block.
I ended up with a total of 119 posies from three different fabrics. I'm hoping I counted incorrectly and there is actually one more hidden in those piles for a total of 120 blocks. Then I can have a layout of 10 x 12 (50 x 60 inches) which is a respectable size. There were four repeats of a floral with a black background in that manila envelope but I'm not going to cut that up. Maybe I'll just use it on the back. Now I have to decide how to put these together. I usually sew blocks together randomly but I'm thinking this one might take some planning. I'm even thinking a very thin dark green sashing might be nice. Anyway...I moved this oldie forward and had some fun doing it.
And then I was in Whacky mode and felt like slicing up more fabric.
I was first thinking I would make it with some scrap chunks of gray, purple and yellow but found I didn't really have many yellows so also added in some aqua.
In no time at all I had eight blocks. And then I was bored with that but still felt like whacking away at more fabric so...
...I broke open a package of I Spy Bugs/ Critters that someone gifted me last year. I don't buy precuts myself but I think this is a layer cake? Package had several 10 inch pieces.
And I have a few bugs myself.
I made some stack and shuffle nine patches that finish at about 8 inches or so.
...I remembered another package of floral 11.5 inch squares I was gifted a couple of years ago.
And I found some stash I could add to the mix because I decided I would like to make a twin sized donation quilt.
These I am stacking and slicing on the diagonals...
...and they are being made into Hourglass blocks that finish at around 10 inches or so.
Well, I can't seem to work on one thing at a time but I'm not putting any of these away as a UFO until I get them to flimsy stage so I expect to have four flimsies to show soon if I work on them all a little each day.
