It Wasn't My UFO!
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
Canada
May 1, 2017 5:53am CST
Two years ago my daughter and I went to Oregon for a quilting retreat.
We had a great time, wonderful weather, a lot of laughs and a grat dal of sewing.
My daughter pieced her first full sized quilt. When we returned home the two of us had the quilt fronts sandwiched quickly and then her's just lay there.
My Oregon quilt was finished almost two years ago, but hers was about a third quilt and just waiting and waiting.
A few weeks ago, I asked her if I could finish it for her and borrow her quilt frame (mine is broken). After thinking about it for a week or so, she said yes please.
Two weeks of intense...finger pricking.....eye straining.....hand quilting, the quilting was finished. The binding was applied and now I only need to label it before returning her quilt.
One more UFO finished.....but it wasn't my UFO.
Now I have one of my own UFOS on the quilt frame.
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15 responses
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
1 May 17
You are so kind to finish your daughters. I experienced quilting years ago but I did small ones, pillows, wall hanging, and enjoyed it for a while. I also played with yarn for a while but nothing stuck...except the paint and brush.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
1 May 17
I did have an ulterior motive. I wanted to use her quilt frame...mine is broken. Her's also takes up a lot less room.
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@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
1 May 17
@Morleyhunt That sounds lovely.
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@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
1 May 17
@MALUSE I'm having a little laugh at this. People come to our house and see all the rugs we have from around the wall and say things like "Rugs! On the floor! How unusual". That's what they are for just like quilts are for putting on bed.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
1 May 17
This quilt will reside on my daughters sofa, so she can wrap herself in it when she watches television.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
1 May 17
A few minutes each day and you'd be surprised how quickly you can make a quilt. I do a lot of the work while watching/listening to audio books and television shows.
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@LadyDuck (502427)
• Italy
1 May 17
@Morleyhunt It was a good arrangement after all, now you can complete your UFO.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
1 May 17
I happy too. Now I can get another one of my quilts finished....another UFO, mine this time.
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@garymarsh6 (24004)
• United Kingdom
1 May 17
I truly admire your quilting skills and patience. Although my wife used to be quite talented at sewing I doubt she would endeavour to make one of these.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
1 May 17
It's more time consuming than difficult, if I look at the total time spent on a quilt it can be overwhelming, but think of it as 15 minutes at a time.....time I'm sitting and doing nothing.....it's not that bad.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
1 May 17
Love this! I have hand pieced 3 tops, years ago, nothing fancy just the squares, and I need to quilt them, by hand also but I do not have frames, is it possible to do it with a hoop?
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
1 May 17
I have done a lot of quilting using just a hoop. Several of the quilts I have waiting to be quilted are quite large. They are easier to manage on a frame. The frame I'm using now is very portable and lightweight. It is made with PVC pipes...Joanne Fabrics had them on sale last week for $50.00. If I hadn't already borrowed one, I probably would have purchased it.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
1 May 17
@Morleyhunt Thank you. I will deal with the hoops.
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@Juliaacv (56241)
• Canada
1 May 17
That was really nice of you.
The choice of colours is pretty, I like that.
My Gramma used to have a quilting frame, and I remember how much she'd love to loan out her frames. She claimed that she didn't have the room to set it up, but I always thought that she just liked to get out to quilting parties at other's homes. Regardlessly, I remember her complaining about her fingers being pricked the first few times out, after that she'd claim that she had toughened up her finger tips and was less likely to be pricked.
@Juliaacv (56241)
• Canada
1 May 17
@Morleyhunt LOL, that is true, but I'm sure that it was a labour of love preparing for Sandra's arrival. And I imagine that its like anything, the first time out in the garden your hands are pretty soft, but after a while of holding a shovel or a hoe, your skin gets tough. I do remember my Gramma talking about the blood that she'd lose over a little prick on the quilt-side.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
1 May 17
Once you have a quilting routine...the finger tips get pretty callused and you can quilt for much longer periods of time. The only time it was a real issue was when I was trying to finish a quilt for Sandra when she first came home. Most babies give you about nine months warning. This one was ten days.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
1 May 17
My grandmother did quilting and I have one that is over 100 years old...
Glad you got the quilt finished. Very nice.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
1 May 17
I delivers it to her at work this afternoon. All the women at the library loved it.
I'm glad that it is finished. Now my plan is to finish quilting one of my UFOs. It's on the frame ready to start.
@JudyEv (382021)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 May 17
Don't you have enough of your own UFOs? Just askin'....... 
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
1 May 17
I have plenty of my own....but emptying her quilt frame for me to use....will help me finish some of my UFOs.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
1 May 17
My favourite colours. The quilt I made at the same retreat had similar colours. The difference is mine has been finished for two years.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
1 May 17
@Morleyhunt i LOVE that one as i love blue!
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
1 May 17
ah..ah..ah..but this is good. Hard work should be and needs to be appreciated.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
1 May 17
My daughter does appreciate the work I've done for her. She also helps me out quite often...so I think we at probably even.
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
1 May 17
What a lovely quilt.
your piece sounds like the embroideries I would start with ma and then she would have to finish off mine :)
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
1 May 17
I usually let my children finish their own craft projects.i wanted to borrow her quilt frame. This was the quickest way to get her quilt finished and off the frame.
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