At the beginning of the year I chose 12 of my UFOs (yes, there were more than that!), and labelled them A through L. Then I put little paper slips in a basket with the corresponding letters on them. At the beginning of each month I draw a letter from the basket and finish that UFO during the month. Here are a couple of them.

This first UFO started a year or two ago when I made this hexagon in a class with Tara Faughnan. It was cut without rulers and was 45-50 inches across.

It was an accomplishment to get all those triangles to fit together smoothly without rulers, but then what? So I put it away for a while. Several months later I took it out and added triangles at the sides to make it into a usable shape.

But I didn’t like it, so I took those fabrics off (yes, it was a lot of un-sewing). I tried several other options.

I didn’t like those either, so I put it away again. And that’s how it became a UFO. THIS time when I got it out, I decided to cut it up! The result is titled Balz and now I like it.

Balz, 70″ x 58″

The second UFO wasn’t that much work!

I got these out, arranged them various ways on the design wall, and decided I was over it. As you can see, I was just experimenting with various quarter circles, and I decided the experiment was its own reward. These blocks went into the orphan block box, and that UFO is done!

This post starts my 14th year of blogging! My goals for the blog have changed over that time, but I’m still having fun so I’m going to continue. The best part of it has turned out to be meeting other quilters from all over the world. Thank you for reading and commenting!