| Mind Your O's, P's and Q's We have come to the end of our UFO completion contest. It's time to unveil the category winners and show you pictures of some of the projects that were completed during the contest. Congratulations to all our prize winners. As far as we're concerned, you're all winners. Way to go, ladies! Beautiful work! |
The Quilting Season
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| Category Winners * Oldest UFO 2003 -- Purple butterfly wall hanging Becki F. * Greatest Number of UFO's Completed Ten! -- Including lots of hand-finished bindings on numerous sets of placemats Nina N. * Wearable Flannel Lounge Pants -- and she even learned how to use her sewing machine's buttonhole capability! Dawn M. * Lost the pattern and had to wing it Pink & purple pastel flower quilt Connie S. * Bought backing from $5 section at the store Safe House quilt -- donated to a worthy cause Norma M. * Learned a new technique Appliqued leaf table runner -- she had to learn how to free motion machine quilt in order to finish it! Marge E. * A class inspired me to finish Snowman wall hanging Alicia S. * Other projects took priority -- this one's for ME! Irish chain quilt with machine embroidery Kathy W. |
| Embroidery Hearts Wall Hanging Roxann B. |
| Christmas Tree Wall Hanging by Rose Marie A. |
| Blue Hexagon Table Topper by Ellen T. |
| Disappearing Nine Patch Table Runner using Christmas fabrics made by Chris J. |
| This is the cake that Mary Lindquist brought for the party. It reads, "Congratulations, You Finished!" |
| Hot Cross Buns made by Marge E. Recipe is on our Free Stuff page. |
| Grandmother's Flower Garden made by Mary H. |
| Marlene K. proudly displays her Harmonic Convergence quilt, which is from a Ricky Tims book by the same name. |
| Marlene's Asian wall hanging made from charm squares. |
| Marlene prefers to make very colorful wall hangings. |
| Marge E. had to learn free motion quilting in order to finish this appliqued table runner. |
| Ann R's attic windows table runner. |
| Ann's attic windows wall hanging. |
| Ann R. shows us a queen size quilt made from quilt-as-you-go log cabin blocks. |
| Charlotte W. is somewhere there, behind this very cozy plaid quilt that was tied with nice knots. |
| Hand applique and hand quilting by Chris J. |
| Kathy W. and Irish Chain the quilt that she put off finishing for herself in order to work on gifts for other people. Notice the fabulous machine embroidery! |
| Also served at the party: Charlotte W's Artichoke Dip Three simple ingredients: * canned artichokes, drained and pureed * mayonnaise -- about half the volume of arti's * parmesan cheese, to taste Blend well. Put in an ovenproof dish. Warm in a 250 F oven. Do not allow to bubble, or the mayo will start to separate. Serve on crackers. |
| Norma M. finished this bed quilt and is going to donate it to the Safe House in Ann Arbor. Way to go, lady! |
