Three in one day!

Today's been a great "finishing" day... three items off my UFO list. Firstly, I completed the sixth of my set of patchwork cushions. I'd made five some time ago, then realised there were enough fabric strips left to make another; the patchwork had been done but not the making up. However, I'd forgotten the order in which they were put together so had to search out again the website from which I'd learned the techniques of piping and inserting a hidden zip.

The crochet beret started on my last journey has also been completed:

Finally, the odd square of patchwork which I'd put together from scraps and was using as a practice quilting piece has been quilted and bound to make a table mat:

Nothing else in my UFO collection will be quite so quick to finish off as these have been!

Morag's UFOs

No, I'm not blogging about unidentified flying objects... my UFOs are UNFINISHED OBJECTS, of which I have built up a wide selection over the years. This is a result of my passion for starting new crafts... then finding another interest before I've finished the work started on the previous one. In the middle of last year I started sorting out and photographing my UFOs, but there are still more hidden away in cupboards, wardrobes and loft which haven't even made it to the camera stage. I did manage to complete one or two towards the end of 2015; my resolution for 2016 is not to start any new craft without clearing up the projects I left unfinished. This blog will chart my progress. Just for starters, here are some of the UFO photos taken last year. Firstly, the embroideries:

The right hand one is, I believe, one of a pair - but I've not yet found the other one!

Next, the knitting:

The problem with several of these is that although I've found the work, the patterns seem to have vanished into thin air. There are at least two major knitting projects I recall but which haven't yet been photographed: a large knitted doll with all her clothes also knitted (project halted when I was unable to embroider a face - lack of artistic talent) and a bedspread of squares knitted in a variety of different stitches - halted when I couldn't decide how to put them together.

Next, the crochet:

Crochet being relatively quick to work, I get a lot more crochet pieces finished than any other craft. The beret, for example, is the current "travel companion" - I can usually complete one of these on any long journey. As I'll be flying in a week or two, I expect this to be the first UFO to be completed this year. The ripple scarf was one of the few which got completed in 2015 - having been left for months with just the ends to be sewn in!

Then, the plastic canvas work:

Enthusiasm for plastic canvas work was very fleeting! Maybe some of these will turn out to be useful one day...

Finally - the sewing:

Strictly speaking, the two block quilts aren't MY UFOs - they're a joint project with my U3A stitchery group, but as I'm the group co-ordinator I take responsibility for getting them finished.