Best part is, everytime I look for a UFO I find quilt tops that have been cut but not finished sewing together yet! At this rate I'll have practice pieces for at least another year! Some tops I have found I do not even remember starting. Yes, it does feel good to get the UFO's completed after having them around for so many years. I really like the scrunched up quite nicely! Thanks for the awesome comments! Yes, I was looking for the antique look with this top.that's why I did the meander pattern.I washed the quilt about 3 times to get it to look the way it is. I don't know who's been more blessed by the quilting of these quilts the family who received them, or me. Sometimes we need to give back from the abundance we've been blessed with. I've put albums in the Gallery on my web site under "Ann Thompson - Gift to Bob" and Ann Thompson - Gift to Sarah". A friend put the binding on and yesterday I made special labels with pictures for both quilts. Little 8 year old Sarah slept at the hospice with her gramma a couple of nights ago, snuggled under the new quilt her gramma made for her and that I quilted on Friday. I put soft flannel on the back of the quilts instead of the old sheets she'd sent for them, and now they are truly "comfort" quilts. One quilt goes to her husband and the other to her 8 year old granddaughter. A friend helped her get her sampler blocks put together and made into 2 quilt tops instead of the one top she had planned for their bed. I had the privilege last week of quilting 2 UFOs for a lady that's in her final days. I wish more people would consider simpler patterns for their quilts. The allover meander you did on that quilt is just perfect. Doesn't it feel good to get those UFOs out of the closet and finished?! And the CQ makes it so much quicker and easier.
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