On Sunday I discovered a UF-Uh-Oh...
Many many many moons ago - way back in 1999, I took the one and only formal quilting class I have ever taken. The class was to make this:

It was a one day - all day class - and we spent much of the time cutting all the pieces for the entire quilt.
I then took it home and continued to work on it.
And then I discovered we were moving - SC to NY - lock stock and bobbins...
The project, unfinished, got packed away.
I looked at it a couple of times, but was busy with other things. And besides, the great wall space over the sofa was gone, and soon the sofa was also "gone" - under a slipcover. These colors no longer matched my decor.
Two years ago -convinced I would never ever ever finish this quilt, I "borrowed" a couple of the blocks to make tote bags out of for some quick gifties. I also "borrowed" some of the larger pieces of fabrics, for tote bags, scrappy quilts, and other projects.
On Sunday I was cleaning out a drawer in my craft room, and came across the bag with this project in it. I decided to empty it out and re-distribute the fabrics and scraps to their appropriate places.
Imagine my surprise when I found SIX of the nine blocks completed...

HUH??? I thought I had lots more to go on this quilt - if I have SIX done, and took out TWO already - that means I was just ONE block short when I "borrowed" for the tote bags.
OOOPS!!
So I scrounged through the parts and pieces left in the bag to see what I could do - and actually managed to put together the remaining 3 blocks - and while not identical to the original pattern - I think they work...

And this is the working layout right now...

The only problem is that this is all that is left....

That's it.
So making the border as designed - not going to happen.
I am not even sure at this point if I am going to set the squares all together, or introduce some sashing to get back some size and break up the beige a bit - it's a bit much.
Not bad for 10 years later - though.
Stay tuned for the finished product!

3 comments:
You never know what might happen to the UFO's.
I think all quilters have a UF-uh-oh, too. Your blocks look awesome though!
Great project! I call these fifis ("fee-feez")...for Find It, Finish It! Good luck!
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