Sunday Snippet - The Moral of my UFO Story

We call those unfinished sewing projects, many things.

Some of which I cannot print here!  (wink)

I call them UFO's (unfinished objects)

Some call them WIPs (works in progress)  

I have even heard them referred to as 

PIGS (Projects in grocery sacks).

Well I "might" hold a record here for the time 
(5 years)

it took to finish a UFO.  

This quilt was made from 
Louisa Smith's "Strips and Curves" book
and templates.

The first delay was my fear to 

 "sew" the curves.  We were shown "how to"

in the class but by the time I got to it..well...

you know how that goes.

But I finally said more "unprintable words" 
jumped in and made the blocks in Fall of 2011
then finished the top in Jan 2012.

Then came the dilemma...how to machine quilt it? 

I don't want any traditional quilting design

and I want to quilt it myself.

So, I drug my feet for another year. 

Then I was introduced to MODERN quilting designs

and I found my way across the top of the quilt 

Concentric Circles took a lot of time

but were oh so worth it!

Free motion design between the circles

A view of the backing

The soft inner border gives the eyes a place to rest.

I sewed one straight line vertically down that border.

A keyboard border is made form all the strata scraps.

I quilted one vertical line down that border.

The outside border was a sold batik and 

I quilted organic vertical lines using the edge of 

my walking foot as the guide.

and views of the finished quilt.

The moral of my UFO story is...

don't fret over your UFOs.  
When you are ready to finish your project 
you will know it.  
 Don't worry about it...
just wait til you feel the creativity.  
Sometimes that can take years. 

I can't come up with a name for this one,

any suggestions?

"Once in a Blue Moon" 
winning title