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| CherryPie |
Posted - Jun 11 2008 : 6:00:03 PM
I'm curious what UnFinished Objects you might have in your craft baskets. I always have way too many things going, but eventually they get finished (my list of projects has grown quickly since I joined Ravelry). My current UFOs include:
A crochet USA flag afghan (1776 style) (Update: Finished!)
A star granny square table medallion (Update: Finished!)
A crochet thread doily with tatting edging (working on tatting now)
An aqua, mocha and sand colored afghan for my parents
A tatting sampler
Crazy quilt pillow
Painted t-shirts for Father's Day gifts (Update: Finished!)
Embroidered kitchen cafe curtain
Retro butterick "walkaway" dress
"Rose" square lap quilt
In the planning: another embroidery portrait (did Sis and her hubby for Christmas last year)
Holiday crochet hats and mittens for family
Crochet tree frog for my son
Crochet Spiderman rug for my son
Embroidered ballet slippers
Reverse applique corset style t-shirt from Alabama Chanin
Kimberly Ann
Why Reinvent the broom?
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| sunshine |
Posted - Jul 02 2008 : 3:41:02 PM
I don't think the computer could handle my list yikes I start a new project every day
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
Farmgirl Sister #115
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| suzyhomemaker |
Posted - Jul 02 2008 : 3:16:51 PM
I am laughing so hard at this thread. We are all overachievers, and I just laugh at the list of "What was I thinking?" when you find a project years old in an area you did not even remember using to hide it.
I just gave awaya ton of beads to a church for their activities. No more haunting me of unfinished ideas opening that cupboard anymore.
I gave away a ton of half aprons collected for pennies as I wear full ones and have no idea how to incoprate theminto my decor for our small home. They went to a friend who displayed some, wore one and gave others to friends.
I have lots of swapped quilt blocks waitinf for me to make quilts out of them. My goal this past month has been getting fabric for sashing and borders for them. So, my crazy nine patches have a dotted sashing, my red, white and blue have two fabrics for sashing and borders, my spring blocks havew a dynamic orange print to make them pop. SO my last three MJF quilt block swaps will be made into quilts this year and early next year at the latest. I like to think of them as works in progress. LOL
My yo-yos are in a jar for decoration and used as needed. I pulled some for two Bubble Dresses I made last week. I like to think of it as art.
I am working on a scarf as a take along project. Would you believe I broke the one needle today after 8 years of owning these hand me down pink plastic needles? How sad is that? And, I was thinking of finishing the last ball of yarn at tomorrow's daughter's appointment. Bummer. Will have to wait for trip to Walmart or Joanns for replacement needles.
I love seeing how diverse you all are. I also like to see I am not the only one who goes through stages of interests. I realize scrapbooking and card making are not my favorites, but I make these items occasionally. I remember making folded diaper cards for son's borth announcement. Very cute, but wore me out. I made macrame items one year. No more bracelets for a while. I always return to sewing, though. It is my absolute favorite hobby. baking takes a close second.
Country girl in NE PA |
| shepherdgirl |
Posted - Jul 01 2008 : 5:09:15 PM
Oh Kathie! WHY'D you have to mention FILM??!! I have 8... count 'em.. EIGHT!!! disposable cameras that need to be developed. I know for a FACT that one of them is from my oldest son's 8th grade graduation and dance. That was 3 YEARS ago!!! I just hope they are still "developable" (is that a word? Well, it IS NOW!!) How long does the film in disposable camera's last anyway? As for the other SEVEN cameras, I have absolutely NO IDEA what is on them!!! Do you suppose, Kathie, that we were separated at birth? (LOL) Hugs! ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
| CherryPie |
Posted - Jul 01 2008 : 1:44:35 PM
Digital cameras have solved that problem for me. Soooo much easier to just upload your photo into your computer. Prices have become really reasonable too now.
Kimberly Ann
Farmgirl Sister #225
http://nostalgichomemaking.blogspot.com |
| Kathie |
Posted - Jul 01 2008 : 1:38:41 PM
Ya know.. I think half of My Problem is that I tend to misplace half of My projects! or HALF of their materiel.. thinking I'll get back to them later! OR the very worst.. is STASHING it all.. not dare letting everyone see how much crap I REALLY do have going on at any given point.. that I Loose track of where I've hidden these projects.. Hiding them.. EVEN from Myself! I'm such a doof!
Tracy.. Jeez.. We're really on the same Plane girl.. I don't know how many things I've started for someone that could NEVER EVER fit into something I'd originally thought of for them..
THIS is almost as bad as that horrible habit of "BELATED FILM DELELOPING!"
I turned in so many rolls one time My daughter & I took hours trying to figure out who some of the people & kids were once..
There was this baby we kept seeing in some of them.. We were like..
"WHO!! is This Baby???" It was the Absolute Freakiest thing!
We were judging by MY Kids ages.. (Who in the Pics were in late Elemantary or Middle School.. & the Daughter at THIS point was Now in her Mid 20's!) & where we lived.. & the other People..
& there was THIS BABY! On the floor.. in someone's Lap.. holding a Bottle! My Kids.. several friends.. FINALLY.. there was something about his face.. My Daughter said.. Oh Mom! It's Zach!
(My Nephew Zach is Now 16.. yeah..talk about feeling like Pond Scum....)
Poor Little guy.. may have well have been some Baby Photo Shopped into my dang Pictures!
* NOTE To SELF* Take Film to Wal-Mart!!
Kathie..
Farm Girl Sister #29
"In a World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Yourself.."
www.nitegardener.blogspot.com
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| okiequilter |
Posted - Jul 01 2008 : 12:59:50 PM
Ohhh, UFO's??? Too many to count and I am "sooo not going there" about the fact that I am so unorganized that I couldn't even list them :( Shame on me!
Cathy (okiequilter)
www.AuntDaisysCottage.blogspot.com
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| PlumCreekMama |
Posted - Jun 26 2008 : 7:49:33 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Brew Crew
Hmmm....add a reply to this list as one of my unfinished items....
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Thanks for giving me a good laugh today. I was too lazy to even think of my UFOs, much less list them.
http://plumcreekmama.blogspot.com/ |
| Brew Crew |
Posted - Jun 26 2008 : 6:09:05 PM
Hmmm....add a reply to this list as one of my unfinished items....
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| Txfarmgal |
Posted - Jun 26 2008 : 5:13:13 PM
quote:
Originally posted by CherryPie
I'm curious what UnFinished Objects you might have in your craft another embroidery portrait (did Sis and her hubby for
oh I have way to many to list, but i love seeing what everyone else is working on. hugs
AngiK
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| Jami |
Posted - Jun 16 2008 : 6:02:37 PM
Well, if you want to be hip farmgirls, you can "re-purpose" those UFO's that are "dated"...it's the latest thing with the "in" crowd, ya know, especially the younger set, college aged getting into sewing for the hipness of taking old stuff and personalizing it to be really "unique." Who knew farmgirls would lead the crowd on being hip...and I'm not talking about a measurement 8 inches below your belly button.
Jami in WA
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| shepherdgirl |
Posted - Jun 16 2008 : 5:48:38 PM
Well, I went to look for some UFO's to finish and decided to start something NEW! Oh brother.....!
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
| tribalcime |
Posted - Jun 16 2008 : 10:20:29 AM
I got way too many to list I hate to say .I can saflely say i have a room full of them :P However i did get one out to work on today . http://tribalwitch.blogspot.com/2008/06/perfect-for-unfinished-project.html
LIfe is a witch ~~~ and then ya fly !! My blogspot .http://tribalwitch.blogspot.com/ |
| cinnamongirl |
Posted - Jun 15 2008 : 9:34:16 PM
Funny subject I start finishing them and decide to start more. LOL |
| PlumCreekMama |
Posted - Jun 15 2008 : 8:09:30 PM
I have so many things in my UFO pile, I wouldn't know where to start listing them. I have tons more since teaching myself to crochet a few months ago. I too have quite a few on Ravelry, Kimberly! I found you on Ravelry and added you to my friends.
http://plumcreekmama.blogspot.com/ |
| shepherdgirl |
Posted - Jun 14 2008 : 10:53:31 PM
Oh Kathie, I'm sooo WITH YOU! Your post made me laugh so hard! I look at my stuff too, and I think, "I started this dress when my neice was THREE! She's SIXTEEN now, so I think it's a little out of date"--- oh my. What to DO with that stuff? Anyone got any suggestions?
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
| CherryPie |
Posted - Jun 12 2008 : 09:07:59 AM
I find if I don't take stock of what I have in the UFO pile every once in awhile, they never get done. Stuff made for holidays seems to rise to the top faster, not surprisingly, but you know it is bad when I am planning a whole room around around my crafting (instead of the corner it currently overflows from).
Kimberly Ann
Why Reinvent the broom?
http://nostalgichomemaking.blogspot.com |
| Kathie |
Posted - Jun 12 2008 : 08:41:05 AM
SEE! This is just crazy isn't it?
Quilts for nearly every living family memeber that i own.. & those I've long dis-owned.. Yo-Yo's spilling from every drawer,box,cubbard & crannie.
Painting projects.. some I remember what they were meant to be... some I DON'T.. seasons long past.. Gifts for people that Gads.. I have no idea WHY i was doing this for them.. I sit & wonder looking at that project that is now too many years old & think to myself.. "Wow.. did i really like this person all that well? & Where are they anyway???"
(I know.. that last bit makes me sound pretty awful.. but it could have been the OTHER person that was the goof too ya know..!)
Scrap booking & Altering projects that i now have NO Idea what my main goal may have been..
Just so many things sitting in so many different stages..
it's like this bizzare museum of a very strange
'Kathie This is Your Life' & you can see stages of where i was in different eras!
Not so sure it's a good idea to try to place it sometimes!
Just move forward!
I am with Karin though.. Brain overload on trying to calculate it all.
Kathie..
Farm Girl Sister #29
"In a World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Yourself.."
www.nitegardener.blogspot.com
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| electricdunce |
Posted - Jun 12 2008 : 08:26:58 AM
OOh just the thought of how many UFOs I have makes my brain hurt! karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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| shepherdgirl |
Posted - Jun 12 2008 : 12:27:17 AM
Oh YEAH!!! I'm not the ONLY one who has UFO'S coming out her ears!
let's see---
4 quilts (3 hand sewn, one by machine--none of them even HALF finished!)
Way too many Dollies to count
1 Elf I started for my borther's 18th b-day (as a joke!) He's now 25!!! (my Brother, not the ELF! He's almost done-- just needs ears and a pair of PANTS! The Elf, not my BROTHER-- LOL!)
Several Embroidery and cross stitch projects (one was supposed to have my oldest sons handprints on it. He's 18 now, so they're too BIG to fit on the canvas!)
3 Afghans.
Victorian Doll clothes (need hems and buttons-- and dolly needs a BODY!)
Teddy Bears (made from my mothers ugly old Muu-muu's-- but my siblings will appreciate them!)
A family of Dollhouse dolls (cloth-- they are all naked and some still need faces)
Several Crochet Doilies
One half knitted scarf
A wedding dress that needs a zipper and a hem (don't ask me why. I just thought I'd give it a try! I don't think it will FIT anybody either!)
A pair of Pantaloons
The bodice for an 1880's Ball gown (hand-sewn)
Hmmm..... there are MORE things, but I can't remember off hand what else there is. I guess you could say I'm the QUEEN of procrastination. And I get side tracked VERY easily. (Ya THINK?) Guess I better dig out all my "UFO" totes and get SOMETHING finished! (sigh....) But you know, I REALLY want to try my hand at making soap.... (HA! HA! HA!)
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 11 2008 : 9:31:31 PM
Oh my...not enough room here for a complete list..
but here are a few highlights
My Underground Railroad quilt..about 1/3 done
two different pairs of knitted socks started
at least two cotton knit dishcloths going
an embroidered clothepin bag I am working on tonight
a quilt in muted earthtones with a brick design for a gift if I ever finish
a camping theme quilt ..the blocks are embroidered and only 1/2 are done
schoolhouse quilt
baby quilt with tractors
3 different throw size quilts ready to be quilted..tops done
about 40 dishsoap bottle aprons ready for their bias tape trim
2 different full aprons 1/2 done
I need to get to work don't I? I wish this were all my UFOs!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| Sitnalta |
Posted - Jun 11 2008 : 8:43:48 PM
lol, Rhonda! Hope you didn't bump it to hard. Youll have to stop in and share your list soon!
hugs
jess
http://crshelpmeet-heartssong.blogspot.com/
Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. -- Mark Twain |
| abbasgurl |
Posted - Jun 11 2008 : 8:16:34 PM
Sorry I can't come up with a list right now...I fell off my chair laughing & bumped my head!
I will sing at the top of my lungs, and I will dance even if I'm the only one...
http://www.kattywhompus.etsy.com |
| Tammy Claxton |
Posted - Jun 11 2008 : 8:02:52 PM
Wow..hmmm, let's see
A box of fabric cut for yoyos
A crocheted blanket for my daughter-- started working on it last week!
A quilt block blanket with a winter theme
A denim purse
Another purse
Some baby blankets for charity
6 wooden boxes to decoupage
A sewing machine table to refinish
A chair to re-upholster
A pillow back to crochet and assemble
Wow, I need to get steppin'..lol I probably have more UFOs too much to think about this late at night..lol
Crafty Bay Farmgirl Chapter
"What doesn't kill you will only make you stronger"
Farmgirl #152
http://countryintheburbs.blogspot.com/ |
| Sitnalta |
Posted - Jun 11 2008 : 7:05:58 PM
Current UFOs....(this was a creative subject line and I had to take a peek at what it was:) )
lets see:
embroidered pillow cases with butterflies I only have one done and that's only partial
Ohio State quilt..gotta put the back on and quilt it
crocheted blanket for my sister Gold/Brown/Maroon Wheat Pattern
Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Sampler
Two doilies for mom's window
crocheted baby blanket
embroidered pillow case (Curious George for my son and Strawberry Shortcake for my shortcake!)
a dress that needs ripped out and the waistline moved up
various pants, shorts, and skirts that need taken in
crocheted dish cloths
Heehee! Well, this was an eye opener. I didnt realize I had these projects waiting until I sat back and actually thought about it.:)
hugs jess
http://crshelpmeet-heartssong.blogspot.com/
Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. -- Mark Twain |
