Most of us crafters, I think, are guilty of having a few unfinished objects, or UFOs, lying around. Some have only a few, and some have a whole lot more than others. I don't mean the multiple projects that you may have on the go at any one time. I mean the ones that have been sitting in a bag somewhere at the back of your craft closet, shelf, or wherever they end up, maybe for years. The ones you never got around to finishing. Maybe you got stuck with the pattern, maybe you had a technical difficulty, or maybe you just didn't like the way it was turning out. Maybe you got distracted with something else for long enough to have forgotten about it. In any case, you are not alone! My biggest UFO is a fully hand-sewn patchwork quilt (I planned to do all the quilting by hand, as well as the piecing), the kind where you baste the pieces onto card, and whip stitch them together. … [Read more...]