This is one of my oldest UFOs. This top has been hanging in my closet for about 5 years, but the pieced blocks are actually from a 2003 Saturday Sampler. That is 13 years!
And I know exactly why this became a 13 year old UFO - it is flannel, and I really don't enjoy sewing on flannel. It stretches, it creates a ton of fuzz, and it's heavy. In this case I made it twin size wide but extra long.
A couple of days ago I did some cleaning in my sewing room and found 3 yards of a black flannel with tiny pink flowers and green leaves. Digging further revealed 3 yards of a forest green flannel. The 2 seemed to be coordinating colors but come from different manufacturers. Did I purchase these for backing? I have no idea. But those 6 yards were just enough to make a pieced backing for this quilt.
This will go to be quilted sometime in the next few days, and I'm hoping this will be the first finish of 2016.
Congratulations on tackling this teenaged UFO. Finding the yardage for backing was not a coincidence.
ReplyDeleteYou listed all the reasons that I dislike working with flannel. I avoid it whenever I can.