{"id":21950,"date":"2014-02-10T05:57:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T12:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=21950"},"modified":"2016-07-24T11:22:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T18:22:12","slug":"bfsi-question-1-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/bfsi-question-1-review\/","title":{"rendered":"BFSI Question #1 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a little behind on posting the reviews of the BFSI responses, but I am still committed to posting the reviews. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/black-friday-sew-in-giveaway-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Question 1<\/a> was about readers UFOs. It was interesting to see what people have on their UFO list.<\/p>\n<p>The question was &#8220;The question for this giveaway is:<\/p>\n<p>Tell me about your top 5 UFOs. What do they look like, what is stopping you from finishing? Do you still like the colors?<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have 5 UFOs, tell me about the UFOs you have or your current project. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I am trying to use the term &#8216;UFO&#8217; for projects that are really old. I am trying to think of WIPs as pieces that are in process, being actively worked on. I usually work on a few things at a time, but am trying to work on one main project. The leaders and enders technique is a great way to get a lot of progress on multiple projects. I put some projects on the wall and look at them, etc. I didn&#8217;t ask all of those details, but I still liked all of the answers.<\/p>\n<p>cw wrote &#8220;Hmm top five, I do like the colors -all the colors since none are very old (more than two or three years).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The list include 2013 ornaments, which are scrappy cubes and time will tell how many I complete.<\/li>\n<li>Gold and green doll quilt put aside for Xmas sewing.<\/li>\n<li>Blue and yellow windmill quillow pillow put aside for Xmas sewing. blue and yellow quillow, which may be finished if I draw someone suitable and the blue\/green and white infinity block set in a field and furrow pattern which I was stuck on but have figured out how to progress but it put aside for Xmas sewing.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leslie wrote:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grandmother&#8217;s Flower Garden &#8211; no hurry, I&#8217;ve been working on it off and on for at least 16 years. Someday it will be done.<\/li>\n<li>Giant one block appliqu\u00e9 that was begun in a class. No hurry. I might finish it someday.<\/li>\n<li>KC Star appliqu\u00e9 flower quilt &#8211; no hurry. I love it. Someday it will be done.<\/li>\n<li>Pile of blocks I won in a guild raffle. May never be finished. Everyone agrees that they are the ugliest blocks ever. I keep thinking I will find washing fabric that will make them all play nicely.<\/li>\n<li>Block of the month pieced cat blocks. No hurry. Someday I will make the rest of the blocks. When I am in the mood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All except #5 are at least 15 years old. #5 is only about 10 or 12 years old. I still believe in all of them.<\/p>\n<p>Leslie didn&#8217;t say whether or not she likes these UFOs, but since she wants to finish them, I assume that she does.<\/p>\n<p>Glenna in TX said &#8220;I have 2 REAL UFOs &#8211; they have been on my shelf for years. I think I don&#8217;t finish them because new (shiny) stuff catches my eye and I&#8217;m off on another project, maybe ones with deadlines like now. I also have WIPs &#8211; those are the ones I must finish because they are for someone else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I know about shiny, too. I am trying to curb my shiny distraction and keep my current projects shiny by working on them so they don&#8217;t lose their shininess.<\/p>\n<p>Kati R shared a few UFOs, too. If I had an Easy Street project on my list, I would still be considering it a WIP.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twin size Pink and brown monkey quilt, which I started 4 years ago for a then 10 year old. She picked out the fabrics, but I&#8217;m not sure if she&#8217;s still like the quilt since her favorite color is blue. On top of that She recently made a comment that quilts are Granny-ish. I don&#8217;t want to waste my energy on a quilt which she would not even appreciate. I&#8217;m thinking about giving it to my friend&#8217;s daughter after it&#8217;s finished.<\/li>\n<li>I have some handmade ribbon roses which I wanted to put in a 3-D quilt, but never got to it. I&#8217;d need to buy bias bars for the stems to make them.<\/li>\n<li>Christmas QAYG quilt in which the quilting is almost done, just have to assemble. I keep watching videos how to do it.<\/li>\n<li>Queen size hand-pieced Grandmother&#8217;s flower garden. It&#8217;s not EPP because I used my own hand-made plastics. I need to check the top closely to make sure there are no marker marks left on it from the sharpie I used to mark the templates. I had to change several pieces because of that. It needs basting, I needed a few years to figure out if I wanted to cut the edge straight, or finish it with a different method. Now I found a way to make it, so it might be in the near future, I just never know!<\/li>\n<li>Chain of Stars mystery quilt top, 48&#215;48, I might put borders on that one, haven&#8217;t decided, just finished it a few days ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, a queen and a king. I can&#8217;t believe it.<\/p>\n<p>SandyH also listed 5 of her UFOs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vicky&#8217;s Peacock&#8211;top is finished, just need to quilt it. Still awaiting inspiration on quilt design.<\/li>\n<li>2008 Guild BOM&#8211;blocks done, need to put together into a top. Will likely send out for quilting. I just keep getting distracted&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Tapestry&#8211;just need a stick to hang it. Really, it&#8217;s silly that it&#8217;s still sitting on my self. And now said sticks are frozen into the ground.<\/li>\n<li>Jelly Roll Sampler&#8211;about half the blocks are done. This has been my &#8220;take on retreat&#8221; project for years, but I really just need to get &#8216;er done. I should put myself on a schedule for doing a block a month or something.<\/li>\n<li>Hexies. Shhh. Don&#8217;t tell Pam or Jaye. Oops, I mean&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now I know what happened to Sandy&#8217;s Hexie. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Janet writes &#8220;Currently my top five UFO quilts that still need attention are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paper-pieced Log Cab 5 UFOin &#8211; Out of 100 blocks I still have 70 blocks to complete. The blocks need to have fabric strips 9 &#8211; 12 added.<\/li>\n<li>Craftsy 2012 BOM &#8211; Need to layer and quilt it.<\/li>\n<li>Strip Twist II &#8211;\u00a0 Need to piece the back before layering and quilting.<\/li>\n<li>String Block &#8211;\u00a0 Need to buy the sashing, binding and backing fabric.<\/li>\n<li>Day Dream Quilt &#8211; Need to get binding and backing fabric.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I see a theme in a few of these UFO lists, and one that I share, quilting, and binding. I suppose those are the most difficult parts. Perhaps we should commit to getting better at quilting? Or perhaps we should just keep piecing and having a good time. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Jen listed her top 5 UFOs. Now I wish I had asked for people&#8217;s entire list of UFOs. That might be a little scary, though, if people have as many UFOs as I do. She wrote &#8220;Top 5, Huh?\u00a0 OK&#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Head hung in shame on this one&#8230;.I have 3 unfinished blocks to design for a bee that ended this summer.<\/li>\n<li>The quilt I was working on earlier today during #BFSI &#8211; it is now 1\/3 quilted! and I hope to continue more tomorrow.<\/li>\n<li>A pink sampler quilt that I created for the Beginner Quilt Along last year.\u00a0 I have it basted and SID&#8217;d, but it needs additional quilting.\u00a0 Honestly, I am sick of looking at the thing and can barely bring myself to think of it.\u00a0 It is destined to be donated to my guild&#8230;..if I ever finish it.<\/li>\n<li>Blue and Brown &#8220;Land of Lincoln&#8221; quilt.\u00a0 It has been in the flimsy stage for over a year, needs borders, then finishing.\u00a0 I actually like this quilt, and it will be perfect for our room at the cabin.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve just been busy with other stuff.<\/li>\n<li>Swoon quilt &#8211; all the pink and grey blocks are made. I just need to sash, border, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What is keeping me from finishing them &#8211; quilters ADHD.&#8221; I think it is the shiny factor. Quilter&#8217;s ADHD sounds so depressing.<\/p>\n<p>What I have found with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?s=%2226+projects%22\" target=\"_blank\">26 Projects list<\/a> is that the &#8216;shiny&#8217; factor is critical for me. There is so much fabulous fabric out there, and fun activities like mystery quilts that I need to keep moving forward on current projects. I think my UFO list got filled up because I stopped working on pieces and they became less shiny.<\/p>\n<p>The last BFSI review was about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/bfsi-question-3-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">question #3<\/a>. Read it. I would love to read your comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a little behind on posting the reviews of the BFSI responses, but I am still committed to posting the reviews. Question 1 was about readers UFOs. It was interesting to see what people have on their UFO list. The question was &#8220;The question for this giveaway is: Tell me about your top 5 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/bfsi-question-1-review\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BFSI Question #1 Review&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[381],"tags":[362],"class_list":["post-21950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-381","tag-works-in-progress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}