Friday, October 11, 2013

UFO Finish #60!

I'm a believer in celebrating big round numbers (at least the ones that are quilt related) so I'm whoop whooping it up for Pandora's Box in Teal which is my 60th UFO Finish since 10/1/2012 and my 50th finished project during 2103! This quilt was made using the pattern "Pandora's Box" from the book "Jelly Roll Quilts" by Pam & Nicky Lintott. I started with a group of strips from a teal & brown online swap and added to them from my stash.
Using the lines of the blocks as my guide I walking foot quilted this top using teal Essentials thread from Connecting Threads. Mr. Juki seems just as happy sewing with this thread as he does Aurifil so I've been stocking up on their color packages to use for quilting.
The border fabric and binding were a great match from my stash. I'd love to find some more of the border fabric! I did a line of quilting framing the inner border and then quilted the outer border with lines 1.5" apart.
For the backing I had purchased some wide backing fabric which was a nice shortcut vs. piecing a backing! I have enough left for another quilt of this size by cutting it in half along the 2 yard length... I think I'll be on the lookout for backing fabrics on sale in the future.
This quilt will be donated to Project Linus.

I'm linking up to TGIFF@Quilt MattersCan I Get a Whoop Whoop@Confessions of a Fabric AddictLink A Finish Friday@Richard and Tanya QuiltsNeedle & Thread Thursday@My Quilt Infatuation and Finish it Friday@Crazy Mom Quilts.
October Finishes

23 comments:

  1. Such a great finish. I love the teal/brown combo.

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  2. Very nice!! Simple and very pretty :)
    I love the prints you used.

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  3. Congratulations, Deb! You just keep pluggin' away on those UFO's. The border fabric and binding are spectacular. Great job!

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  4. Another awesome finish and congratulations on that big round number of UFO finishes. That border fabric is great.

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  5. Wow, it is gorgeous. One of my favorites of your finishes. Way to go.

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  6. Holy moly....I can''t get over the 60 UFOs!!!! Congrats on getting things done.

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  7. Another beautiful quilt! I also really enjoyed getting to know you a little bit better by reading the interview you gave on Darlene's Quilting Daze blog. You are definitely catching up on the time you missed away from your sewing machine!

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  8. Looks great and congrats on the finishes!!

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  9. that's such a pretty color combo! Really rich colors, but very soothing. It's just lovely!

    Thanks so much for sharing at Needle and Thread Thursday!

    :) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation

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  10. Very nice quilt colors and quilting. How do you manage to make so many quilts in such little time? wow...julierose

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  11. Definitely a great, simple finish! I am so lovin' this look! I hope to do something a lot more simple on my next top. I use a lot of Connecting Threads' cotton and poly. Both work well in my Juki but I prefer the poly in the Sweet Sixteen......a lot less lint! Both have a great look! Enjoyed your post and really like the color combos!! Hugs......

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  12. Came over from Darlene's blog; Quilting Daze. Love this quilt; that border fabric is fantastic!

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  13. This is such a pretty quilt and congratulations on your accomplishments.

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  14. Thank you so much for the inspiration to get those quilt tops finished!! Love all your finishes - You Go Deb!

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  15. Congratulations. 60 finishes is amazing!

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  16. Wow so impressive to have finished 60 quilts. It is a great pattern and color combo too!

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  17. Darlene sent me! I admire your stick-to-it on your UFOs! Do you hire out? LOL

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  18. Congratulations Deb! You are amazing! I love the pattern and color combination!

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  19. This is lovely! Congrats on the finish :)

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  20. Congratulations and well done! How many are left and how many are you adding to the list while doing this? :-) (I just wrote a blog post about this very thing!) It's a LONG time since I've been to your actual blog - just reading via my reader - and I notice you've added many tabs. I'm eager to check them out!

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  21. Great finish, Deb! Fun colours and fabrics! Thanks for linking up to TGIFF! and OctoberQuest 2 -- Good luck!

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