{"id":71823,"date":"2026-08-27T07:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=71823"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:31:01","slug":"august-ufo-challenge-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/august-ufo-challenge-update\/","title":{"rendered":"August UFO Challenge Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-71823 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/the-pandora-charisma-is-finished\/20260207_175942_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260207_175942_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Pandora Charisma - back, finished\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69662\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69662'>\n\t\t\t\tPandora Charisma &#8211; back, finished\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/finished-megans-bone-enigma\/20260309_162619_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260309_162619_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Megan&#039;s Bone Enigma-front\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-70014\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-70014'>\n\t\t\t\tMegan&#8217;s Bone Enigma-front\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/finished-project-bag\/20260302_113137_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260302_113137_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"My extra large project bag\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69885\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69885'>\n\t\t\t\tMy extra large project bag\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/finished-paris-cell-phone-wallet\/20260322_184933_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260322_184933_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Paris Cell Phone Wallet - closed\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-70201\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-70201'>\n\t\t\t\tParis Cell Phone Wallet &#8211; closed\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/finished-sheffield\/20260516_144152_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260516_144152_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Finished: Sheffield\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-71025\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-71025'>\n\t\t\t\tFinished: Sheffield\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/finished-eppic-bag\/20260719_144251_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260719_144251_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"EPPic cover\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-71648\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-71648'>\n\t\t\t\tEPPic cover\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/finished-sun-hat-2\/20260809_182811_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260809_182811_wm-SM-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sun Hat #2 finished\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-71908\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-71908'>\n\t\t\t\tSun Hat #2 finished\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>At the guild we started our seventh month of the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/guild-ufo-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFO challenge<\/a>. My list is thus far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Serendipity Lady &#8211; did not finish, though I did work on it<\/li>\n<li><del>Paris Cell Phone Wallet<\/del> &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/finished-paris-cell-phone-wallet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">done<\/a><\/li>\n<li><del>EPPic Case<\/del> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/finished-eppic-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">done<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rose Petrillo Bag<\/li>\n<li><del>Megan\u2019s Bone Enigma<\/del>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/finished-megans-bone-enigma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">done<\/a> &#8211; this month&#8217;s project, but I had to finish it to send it to a friend so it has been done for awhile.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/finished-sheffield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><del>Sheffield<\/del><\/a> &#8211; done<\/li>\n<li><del>Sun hat<\/del><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/more-chickadee-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chickadee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><del>Extra large project bag<\/del>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/finished-project-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">done<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Joni Tote bag<\/li>\n<li>Catalan Storage Cube<\/li>\n<li><del>Pandora Charisma<\/del> &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/the-pandora-charisma-is-finished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">done<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71906\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260809_182822_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71906\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260809_182822_wm-sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sun Hat - lining side\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260809_182822_wm-sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260809_182822_wm-sm.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sun Hat &#8211; lining side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This month #7 was pulled, which pleased me. I really needed to get that Sun Hat finished. I guess I feel that way for all of my UFOs.<\/p>\n<p>I did finish my second version this month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/june-ufo-challenge-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As I mentioned before<\/a> I groan every month when the number is pulled. I actually didn&#8217;t groan this month. I was happy to work on the hat. More than just progress on my project? Progress on my attitude?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the guild we started our seventh month of the UFO challenge. My list is thus far: Serendipity Lady &#8211; did not finish, though I did work on it Paris Cell Phone Wallet &#8211;done EPPic Case &#8211; done Rose Petrillo Bag Megan\u2019s Bone Enigma&#8211;done &#8211; this month&#8217;s project, but I had to finish it to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/august-ufo-challenge-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;August UFO Challenge Update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[558],"tags":[277,160,338,362],"class_list":["post-71823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-garment-sewing","tag-guilds","tag-quiltmaking-challenges","tag-works-in-progress"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71823","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71823"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72002,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71823\/revisions\/72002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}