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Update of the American Patchwork & Quilting UFO Challenge

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OK, another month gone by and now there is just two months left, November and December and you can bet your bottom dollar that there won't be that much sewing in December.  So now, here I am with at least  7 more to do, and three of those I can easily get done this month.  What do you say?  Can I?  OK, I'm looking at #3, 4, and 7 to complete THE TWENTY EIGHTEEN ufo challenge   AMERICAN PATCHWORK & QUILTING PROJECT STATUS BEFORE STATUS    AFTER 1 Pat Sloans BOM Have about 60 to go out of 100.   Need to step it up.  I need to do box style borders.  This looks like it will be Decembers, so I need to do some work NOW! 2 Black and white squares - September For my aunt.   Just quilting left on a king size quilt.  Fully completed now.       3 Sewing BOM March Have only 1 block to complete and then I'm do

A Mystery on Thanksgiving?

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Well our Thanksgiving time is not the same in Canada as in the US but I believe this should be interesting.  There's a Mystery quilt from (see above...).  And it should be very interesting.  The fabric requirements are the following Greens: 1 1/4 yards Blues: 2 yards. Reds: 1 3/4 yards Oranges: 3 2/3 yards Neutrals: 6 yards It can be scraps, or plain colors, or a very small pattern. According to the designers the seams take up a LOT of  fabric , up to 30% when the piecing is small.  Don’t be alarmed at the yardage requirements given. The more pieces per block, the more fabric is in the seams. Plan accordingly and know that individual yardage requirements may vary  depending on  width/length and sizes of scraps used. You may need more or less fabric depending on the method you choose for each unit I present. I believe I have given ample yardage for even the methods that would use the most fabric. Clues will come every Friday with the first clue goi

OMG for November

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OK, it was terrible, my October OMG, I got it done except for one block and I'm trying to get that done this November.  But I also have another one that I'm working on and I started this week.  So I know that we only need to link up one ( I'm doing it at Elm Street Quilts )  but I'm taking control of this blog entry and I'm putting in two to complete.  The big one is the quilt I'm doing called Snowflake Shimmer Quilt. The first one is what I've been working on for two months (see the last two entries here on my blog - I'm going to get it done so help me!!!!).  Then I would like to work on a new one and this one is fabulous and a free pattern online.  It's from a kit I bought for about $40 american and it gave me enough material to make a quilt that is 72 inches by 85 inches.  That's a lot of material.  It looks like this now: And when done it will look like this: It's from Quilting JetGirl who is absolutely fabulous and the li