UFO Challenge

I am going away for a short holiday this week. I will be going for two weeks -- and in the words of Jenni " Didn't you just get back from Holiday?" Yes, but this one is different. My husband never gets summer holiday - it is his busy season - (Salmon Biologist). When the kids were young I would take time off in the summer because they were out of school and I could take them places and do the swim lesson and camps and such. Since the kids have all left home I continued to take my two or three weeks in the summer and go on a little road trip on my own. I drive to Calgary which is about 1000 km from here and spend one week there and then go to Cranbrook B.C. and spend a week or so visiting my parents and friends there. I have come to really enjoy the long drive, with my CD's playing very loud and passing as many cars and trucks as I can - to see how long I can go without stopping (no adult diapers included - LOL), very therapeutic.

I have felt quite "off-track" since the job change and I really have accomplished very little in the past few months. Except for a few Dear Jane blocks and the table centre and the bag I have done very little. I think the road trip will do me well. I haven't a decided yet on when I will return but I will leave on Wednesday. I will be in Calgary for a few days to attend the Calgary Stampede, which is great fun!!


I am going to join in on Linda's UFO challenge when I get back. I spent this morning taking photo's of all my UFO's and putting them in a special UFO photo file. I have 11. So that is not too bad. Some of them are just flimsies. And some just need a few more bits of hand quilting and then the binding put on. I am going to post a few pictures today and tomorrow and then when I get back from holiday I will decide which UFO to finish!!!

The Blue Heron -- needs more applique and some embroidered details - then will be layered and hand quilted.




Lorraine Torrence workshop - some more bias binding and then layered and machine quilted. I would like to do some beadwork on this one.


"Little Quilt" circa 1998 or so. Just needs to be layered and machine quilted.

"Basket of Posies" just need to have the hand quilting finished and then the binding.