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Title: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Manuela on January 02, 2020, 03:23:49 AM: Welcome to The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge. The aim of this challenge is to support and motivate each other while completing as many UFOs as you can. We’ll run it until December 31st, there may or may not be a little prize for the person who finished the most UFOs. Anything goes, be it a quilt, a garment, an upholstery project, a bag..... lets do it, get them out and get them done!

Here is the UFO tracker

Existing UFOs:

Completed UFOs:

UFOs still to tackle:

While you don’t need to fill in ~~admit to~~ the first and the last number ;), it would be great if everyone could keep track of how many UFOs they completed.
Please post a before and after picture.

Get up and tackle those UFOs!

(https://media1.tenor.com/images/f527ef7d7658ffaf4bca19b467e2c4fb/tenor.gif?itemid=5419946)
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Puzzler on January 02, 2020, 07:16:20 AM: @Manuela, I love your dancing Simplicity lady and her head nodding companion! :D

Does a pile of abandoned toiles for a number of different patterns count as UFOs?

Edit: OMG, just found some dancing Butterick ladies on another thread. I feel like I am hallucinating.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Pearl on January 02, 2020, 10:00:49 AM: I'm in again this year. Last year - one finished, one passed on to someone else to finish, one discarded. Depending on the definition, I'm not sure these are all UFO; some are WIP but it will help to keep me on track.

1. Jan Hassard's Spirals - Still waiting for borders, but now I have the fabric.
2.. TSP Mystery Quilt - waiting to be sandwiched
3. Katharine Guerrier's Scrappy Houses quilt - begun when I was new and enthusiastic. Some blocks are too big. May become several smaller projects. I'll need your help with this one.
4. Stack and slash quilt - needs sashing, but I have a plan!
5. 4 patch chain quilt - begun at a BOM class. I hate it but have spent too much money on it to throw it in the mud and stomp on it. No change to this since last year but I am planning to work on it at a retreat in February.
6. Jelly roll race - begun 4-5 years ago. Only needs binding and has for 4-5 years. Still needs binding another year later.
7. Curved bargello - ready to be sandwiched
8. Q4CL quilt - not finished in time for this year's (last year's) Christmas dinners.
9. TSP temperature quilts - Stuck in June.

Existing UFOs: 9

Completed UFOs: 0

UFOs still to tackle: 0
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Bodgeitandscarper on January 02, 2020, 10:08:14 AM: I don't have any UFOs :angel: :angel:

I can't just leave something, it either is ok and has to be finished, or isn't ok and get's binned (very rare!)

Oh, errr, erm, actually, I do have some unfinished hand knitting... it's been languishing in the storage pouffe since we moved here, waiting for me to get the chunky knitting machine set up to just make the shawl collar... :|
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Manuela on January 02, 2020, 10:48:08 AM: Quote from: Puzzler on January 02, 2020, 07:16:20 AM
Does a pile of abandoned toiles for a number of different patterns count as UFOs?

They do indeed, very much looking forward to seeing those finished.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: fourkid on January 02, 2020, 12:35:47 PM: Jumping in with a goal in 2020 to be finished (or rid) of all UFO's! :thread:

1. Baby quilt for a soon-to-arrive grandson. It has been languishing for a very long time (it began as a gift for another baby - probably about seven years old now!). This baby will be here in a four weeks. Get it done!
2. DONE! ~~Set of 4 spring flower placemats.~~ :flower:
3. Two doll carriers - started for my two granddaughters when they were little - they are now teens! I messed it up and as is, the doll will fall through! I have debated tossing, redoing, or improvising. I have now chosen improvise and will finish to give to some grand nieces.
4. Vintage quilt #1 re-do.
5. Vintage quilt #2 re-do
6. Kitty-kat skirt for daughter (before pregnancy! No telling who will get it now - may possibly be adjusted to fit post-baby figure.)
7. Finish granddaughter #1 quilt
8. Finish granddaughter #2 quilt
9. Bionic Gear Bag #1
10. Bionic Gear Bag #2

To be continued ….. not necessarily in order, but to give focus and direction, I am listing a few at a time.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: eluceo on January 04, 2020, 00:35:31 AM: I am in!

Existing UFOs - 10 that I can remember though there may be more lurking in bags and closets
Completed UFOs - 0
UFOs Still to Tackle - 10

UFOs:
1. Black dress - hem/buttons
2. Print dress - fix wonky hem
3. Pockets in Coat
4. Belt/cumberbund thing on blue dress. Or remove and rethink
5. Pink/White dress......no idea what even needs to be done
6. Blue/white sundress - fix and put back together
7. Green dress - if I can find the pieces
8. Blue coat - if I can find the pieces
9. Purple maxi skirt - cut out and forgotten
10. 1895 dress - embellishments, hem, closures
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: SewRuthieSews on January 04, 2020, 07:54:46 AM: Maybe this is the year for that olive green jacket.....
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Renegade Sewist on January 04, 2020, 10:43:42 AM: @Pearl reading your list I feel much better about my quilts in progress. Quilts can never be UFO's. They have two distinct phases. The top or flimsie, which is done when it's done and pressed. Then the full quilt done after all that blasted layering and pinning, pinning, pinning then sewing- forever. That is time consuming and wears you down. Sometimes we need to put them aside and rest. Sometimes for years.... :devil:

I have a few UFO's and long time WIP's here and there. More then three, less then one hundred. There, close enough for now. I'll be attempting some progress on two this month. Ann and I are going to do monthly sewing for Christmas around the 25th and Hallowe'en on months with 31 days. Feel free to join us. Play some music, fix some appropriate food and enjoy. I've a flip and sew C'mas throw in process and a larger Hallowe'en one layered and basted that just needs quilting and binding. The binding's already made. I'm starting with those two I think.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Lowena on January 04, 2020, 10:59:42 AM: Right @Pearl you have galvanised me!
I've never had UFOs before now....but someone has snuck in and dumped some in a storage box :o
I'll be back in a bit with the definitive list......oh the shame :|
Mind you,nothing has been waiting for more than 6months :P
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Lowena on January 04, 2020, 13:05:56 PM: Right...having checked, I have decided I have no UFOs just several WIPs as there is nothing outstanding which I haven't been working on fairly regularly.
This being said...I have decided this thread is not for me :'( and instead I shall begin a dedicated thread to my work in 2020 over on TDS ( as that's all I do )
I'll follow this thread with interest and wish you all luck in getting everything finished....especially @Pearl 0_0
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Pearl on January 04, 2020, 14:07:49 PM: Thanks, @Lowena .

Karen from Just Get It Done Quilts defines a UFO as a project that hasn't been worked on for over a year. That definition would slash my list from 9 to 4. Sadly these are the projects I have least affection for. There's a reason they haven't been finished.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: WendyW on January 04, 2020, 15:55:31 PM: Even with that very specific definition, I have at least 10 UFOs, maybe more. I'll take inventory of those and come back and post my tally. I'd already made this a goal for the year and have already taken care of one pile this week, so I can't get a "before" pic of that one.

I LOVE the dancing pattern pics!
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: fourkid on January 04, 2020, 21:53:10 PM: So if we use the 1 year of languishing to count as a UFO, I will take my daughter's maternity dress out of the mix. It did sit for several months, but not a year! The quilt will still qualify though - it has been in progress for several years and designated for other babies along the way - but now it has a stopping point. I am glad it will be for this grandbaby.

It also states in the "contest" directions to take before and after pictures. I am practically a luddite - I am not sure I am able to do that, but I will put some photos in my phone and see if I can figure out along the way how to get them from my phone to this page.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Renegade Sewist on January 05, 2020, 23:42:36 PM: Use your own definition of UFO, not some blogger or shopkeeper out in Internet Land. Doesn't matter a Rodent's Patootie what someone else defines it as. It's truly undefinable.

Also include long time WIP's if you count them the same. I'd think if I haven't touched a project in 6 months it's a candidate here no matter if I call it a UFO or WIP. If I've cut parts out for quilt or garment and not started it, I might call it a kit, but it's still an unfinished item. Same ways if you bought all the bits and bobs for a project and never did a thing it's still technically unfinished. Also un-started, but unfinished none the less.

I think the point of a UFO Challenge or sew along is to encourage each other to finish some things that are unfinished. That's what @Manuela said too.

Technically, since I've not sewn for some time, if I finish much of anything I was working on when things ground to a halt I'll -haha- finish the most. Now that just shouldn't be.

@fourkid I'm sure the idea of B & A pics is for encouragement and because we all are snoops and want to see all of it. :toast:
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Manuela on January 06, 2020, 07:02:55 AM: @fourkid, UFO = UnFinished Object, it doesn’t matter whether is was started 4 weeks ago or 10 years....
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: fourkid on January 06, 2020, 13:46:55 PM: You are all so kind - I am new on here and didn't want to break any "rules". I have had a year-ish slump in sewing and have determined I need to sew for my peace of mind - and to have something to wear! ;) My UFO pile(s) stress me to look at them - so that is another place I am committing to finish or toss (depends on how it goes and if I even like it.) I plan to post lots of UFO's - hopefully at least one a week (le sigh - yes, I have that many) though some may take a couple weeks to complete. I am going to add to my list now - then get cracking. >:)
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Acorn on January 10, 2020, 17:08:07 PM: I have cut out the rest of the pieces for my dressing gown, so it looks as though I'm on my way to deal with at least one UFO!

This is the fabric (brushed cotton):

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... with a white brushed cotton neckband and cuffs.

The pattern is Butterick 6837:

(https://images.patternreview.com/sewing/patterns/butterick/6837/6837.jpg)

As some of you will know, I hate tissue patterns with a vengeance, which partly explains why this is a UFO. Well, I've cut it all out, and I hate tissue patterns just as much as ever.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: UttaRetch on January 10, 2020, 17:15:32 PM: That fabric is lovely. I started looking for brushed cotton to use in my dressing gown project. Where did you get yours?
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: UttaRetch on January 10, 2020, 17:32:42 PM: Just found the fabric on Midland textiles (https://www.midlandtextiles.co.uk/products/white-large-floral-cotton-wynciette-soft-brushed-flannel-fabric-44-mk988-19), but it is sold out. I note, however, that the fabric is only 111cm wide. (https://i.imgur.com/0yY8mge.png)
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Acorn on January 10, 2020, 17:37:48 PM: It is narrow - I seem to remember that I had to order more when I received it because I hadn't realised it was so narrow. I think I got it from Calico Laine, but it was about a year ago, and I couldn't swear to it. They don't have it now.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: UttaRetch on January 10, 2020, 18:20:36 PM: I have spotted this

(https://i.imgur.com/m7lh2Nf.jpg)

again from Midland textiles and also out of stock. Black and roses, what's not to like. :D
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Acorn on January 10, 2020, 18:37:45 PM: That is gorgeous. I don't know Midland Textile, so I'm off to have a look.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: renita on January 13, 2020, 06:21:10 AM: ince we're back to January, I took the opportunity to finish my UFO that was supposed to be finished by the end of the month, LAST January...

This is my little hand-pieced and hand-quilted (and definitely machine-sewn together so it doesn't fall apart the first time I sit on it) meditation cushion, which I started for the Home-Decorating competition last year.

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I won't add too much detail here, since it had its own little thread. More details & pics here:
https://thesewingplace.org.uk/index.php/topic,6178.0.html

I have a billion (give or take) other unfinished projects, but not many of them are sewing ones at the moment. I'll see if I can dig up any others...
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Acorn on January 15, 2020, 09:45:00 AM: Dunnit! The dressing gown I started pretty much a year ago is finished. I delayed because I wanted to embroider on the white collar but couldn't find a pattern that looked right - I'm actually quite glad I didn't now, because I don't think any embroidery would have looked right.

The pattern (Butterick 6837) was a nightmare. The instructions were very confusing (I usually use Style Arc - less is definitely more!) in relation to the collar at the back. When I first sewed the sleeve/shoulder seam the seams came down almost to my elbow - and they are set in sleeves. I had to recut both the armscye and the sleeves, but I got there in the end. After that I pretty much made it my own way. I think unisex patterns are probably a very bad idea - although a man with shoulders wide enough for this pattern would have been terrifying!

Anyway, here it is on Jemima. The brushed cotton clung terribly to her skin, so it isn't hanging brilliantly, and it actually looks better on me, but I am useless at taking selfies.

I am actually very pleased with it now!

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Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Greybird on January 15, 2020, 09:58:13 AM: Very nice - worth persevering with. I agree it definitely doesn't need embroidery. Another case of less is more!
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: renita on January 15, 2020, 22:56:04 PM: Really lovely robe @Acorn - I second (third?) the decision to keep the collar plain - it looks terrific as-is.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Pearl on February 06, 2020, 17:02:27 PM: Existing UFOs: 9

Completed UFOs: 1

UFOs still to tackle: 8
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: wrenkins on August 30, 2020, 17:49:47 PM: Really?
Nobody has done anything since February?!?!?!
You have three months starting Tuesday to get yourselves squared away. You too @Lowena! :laughing:
Now where's my list...? :[
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Syrinx on August 30, 2020, 22:19:19 PM: Haha well if my fpp quilt counts that I stated about 5 years ago and finished this month after picking it up again in July?
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: mudcat on August 31, 2020, 18:13:48 PM: I will finish my garment UFOs by the end of the year! Really, I promise. :laughing:

I have only three garment UFOs. Two are for cooler weather so no need for them now. The third has been a UFO since mid 2000s and I'm not sure what to do with it. Perhaps I'll start another thread on that for ideas. It's a Sewing Workshop shirt cut out from some vintage fabric. I still like the fabric but not the pattern. Unfortunately, it's one of those oversized asymmetrical style tops and one side of the shirt front may end up being too short to cut something else out of it. I do have some bit of yardage left though. Actually, as I was writing this it occurred to me the SA Jules top might work for it.

Outside of that I have several quilt UFOs that I should get done. But it's unlikely they will be competed at this late date.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Bodgeitandscarper on August 31, 2020, 21:32:53 PM: I only have one UFO, and that's because I cut it out this afternoon, it will be finished tomorrow :angel:
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: cakeymcdoodle on September 30, 2020, 07:49:31 AM: Hey I’m late to the party but I do have some UFOs:

Existing UFOs:
Cloth shopping bags x2
Cloth sanitary pads x6
Harem pant pyjama bottoms x2
Blue waterproof bumbag x1
Advent calendar x1
Espadrille summer shoe test x1
Drawstring gift bags x2

Completed UFOs:
0 (sanitary pads currently at the machine)

UFOs still to tackle:
7

I just got a set of rolling drawers for my sewing room and put all my UFOs together in the bigger ones. I would have said I had three things not seven! But it has made clear what I need to do. Some of the things just stalled because I had to unpick, or got distracted by another project, or ran out of elastic thread. I’ve got the pads on the go and the recycling contest to think about, then a dressing gown. After that I should crack on with the advent calendar as it’s a bit more time-dependent. How’s everyone else doing with their lists?
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: cakeymcdoodle on October 05, 2020, 20:08:11 PM: Existing UFOs:
Cloth shopping bags x2
Harem pant pyjama bottoms x2
Blue waterproof bumbag x1
Advent calendar x1
Espadrille summer shoe test x1
Drawstring gift bags x2

Completed UFOs:
1

UFOs still to tackle:
6

I finished the cloth sanitary pads! I finished too late for the plaids and checks contest and also started too early for th refashioning challenge :rolleyes: They have a soft cotton plaid upper, cut from a shirt that shrank in the wash, some layers of leftover sports mesh and cotton knit for absorbency, and the bottom layer is cut from old waterproof trousers. Buttons cut out of different garments over the last few years. I’m so happy to have finished these; I’ve been running short at the end of every month! :|
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Morzel on October 06, 2020, 16:29:52 PM: Yeah, @cakeymcdoodle , one more thing off the list!!
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: cakeymcdoodle on November 03, 2020, 08:56:26 AM: I’m making slow but steady progress with my advent calendar pockets. I messed up a couple at the start by trying to get fancy with mitred corners on the back but I have enough velvet to cut two more so that’s fine. I think it will take most of the month to actually finish them all and attach them to the back.

The body of the calendar is a sandwich of the velvet topper, felt inner, and a backing fabric. And the instructions say something like “use your preferred tacking method”, sew on the pockets, then bind the edges. It’s basically a quilt sandwich! How far apart will it need tacked? The whole thing is 2-3 feet in height. Do I have to venture into the Darkside fora to ask this sort of question? :o
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: cakeymcdoodle on November 25, 2020, 16:42:52 PM: Getting there...
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Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: SewRuthieSews on November 25, 2020, 17:02:46 PM: The advent calendar is adorable, well done!
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: cakeymcdoodle on November 25, 2020, 17:19:48 PM: @SewRuthieSews thanks! Pockets are only pinned on still but I'm definitely on the home stretch... :)

After that I'm really hoping to tidy up most of my UFOs/WIPs by the end of the year. How's your own list going?
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: SewRuthieSews on November 25, 2020, 17:26:28 PM: I have no idea how my own list is going as I've not been back to it.
I think we can safely say that little or no progress has been made!

Suppose I had better go and look.....
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: mudcat on December 01, 2020, 00:54:42 AM: I finished a UFO today. :dance:

They are the Cutting Line Discover Something Novel Pants (https://media.rainpos.com/8827/discoversomethingnew_envelope_front.jpg). I started them I think in 2018 and became unhappy with how huge they were. I ended up figuring out how I could wear them with a particular top I have so decided to finish them. I like the fabric a lot. They are in the laundry bin but once they have been washed I'll post photos in my member diary.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: cakeymcdoodle on December 06, 2020, 15:30:21 PM: Existing UFOs:
Cloth shopping bags x2
Harem pant pyjama bottoms x2
Blue waterproof bumbag x1
Espadrille summer shoe test x1
Drawstring gift bags x2

Completed UFOs:
2

UFOs still to tackle:
5

Advent calendar is finished and hanging up! Very pleased with it, even the wonky bits. [ You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: cakeymcdoodle on December 14, 2020, 06:54:22 AM: Existing UFOs:
Cloth shopping bags x2
Blue waterproof bumbag x1
Espadrille summer shoe test x1
Drawstring gift bags x2

Completed UFOs:
3

UFOs still to tackle:
4

My harem pyjama bottoms are done, and they are hands down the comfiest pyjamas I've ever had. They have high waistbands (one shirred and the other jersey). The crotch is so low that they can't need adjusting in the night, and they are attached at the ankle so they won't move up like a nightie. The fabric is so light and swishy too. Very pleased. And dancing in them makes my husband laugh quite a lot (important in a pandemic). [ You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]

I'm not sure I'll get any more UFOs done this year. Maybe the drawstring bags but that's it. I'm busy making Xmas dresses for the girls and planning a Mrs Santa outfit for myself
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: cakeymcdoodle on December 14, 2020, 06:57:22 AM: Whoops, forgot to add the inspiration pattern. It uses the bias fold of the fabric square as the inseam. Quite clever. [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Renegade Sewist on December 14, 2020, 07:19:56 AM: Fabulous! @cakeymcdoodle , you have a winner in these. Great summer lounge pant also. I've always liked the looks of this sort of garment but never get around to making any. Hadn't thought of pajamas! How cozy all the extra fabric must be. Enjoy those
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Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Lachica on December 14, 2020, 07:51:44 AM: They're great @cakeymcdoodle . I'm nosey, though - is the microscope for stitching inspection?!
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: cakeymcdoodle on December 14, 2020, 20:08:00 PM: @Lachica if only! It's for actual diagnostic work. I'm a pathologist and some days can take slides home and work. The sewing machine gets to sit at the very edge of the desk at night only now :'(
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: mudcat on December 14, 2020, 20:34:14 PM: I like the harem pants too. Great fabric.

As much as I like the way harem pants look I tried a pair once and didn't find them easy to walk in or comfortable in usage because I sit with one leg tucked under the other and constantly switch legs. Harem pants don't work well for this. :laughing:
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Lachica on December 14, 2020, 20:59:58 PM: @cakeymcdoodle I thought you might be. It's a nice looking bit of kit.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: cakeymcdoodle on December 18, 2020, 20:57:56 PM: Quote from: mudcat on December 14, 2020, 20:34:14 PM
As much as I like the way harem pants look I tried a pair once and didn't find them easy to walk in or comfortable in usage because I sit with one leg tucked under the other and constantly switch legs. Harem pants don't work well for this. :laughing:

I just tried this and found it fine, but it might be because this pair have the lowest crotch you could probably have! There's just no restriction in movement. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: SewRuthieSews on December 27, 2020, 12:35:22 PM: UFO challenge finishes on 31.12.2020, so a few days to finish up those projects!
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Pearl on December 27, 2020, 12:36:22 PM: Quote from: SewRuthieSews on December 27, 2020, 12:35:22 PM
UFO challenge finishes on 31.12.2020, so a few days to finish up those projects!

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Skater’sMum on December 27, 2020, 13:28:26 PM: Please will someone tell me what a UFO is - I always thought it was something to do with little green me, but now I’m not to sure!!
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Acorn on December 27, 2020, 13:36:11 PM: Unfinished Fabric Object. :thumbsup:

I am pretty certain that the only old thing I've finished this year is the jumper I was knitting, but I think I only started that fairly late last year, so it didn't really reach the status of UFO... :thinking:
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: cakeymcdoodle on December 27, 2020, 15:20:53 PM: Quote from: SewRuthieSews on December 27, 2020, 12:35:22 PM
UFO challenge finishes on 31.12.2020, so a few days to finish up those projects!

But also, if we don't finish we can keep them for next year's contest which starts in about a week... :dance:
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Pearl on December 27, 2020, 15:30:43 PM: Quote from: cakeymcdoodle on December 27, 2020, 15:20:53 PM
But also, if we don't finish we can keep them for next year's contest which starts in about a week... :dance:

This will be the third year some of mine have been on the UFO thread, but 2021 is their year!
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: mudcat on December 27, 2020, 23:37:06 PM: I think I only completed one UFO this year of the three garment ones I had. Two garments still exist and I added one dress though that is just being postponed until February. I still have some partially finished quilts. Now that I am sewing on the regular I just might actually get to them this year. Getting rid of the one quilt for my niece (it only needs binding and has been in that state for at least 12 years!) would free up quite a bit of fabric closet space. She lives in a different state so I'm not sure I'll get it to her since I'm reluctant to ship it.
Title: Re: The Sewing Place’s year-long UFO challenge - 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
Post by: Skater’sMum on December 30, 2020, 21:13:44 PM: Quote from: Acorn on December 27, 2020, 13:36:11 PM
Unfinished Fabric Object. :thumbsup:

Thank you.... now I think I need to be honest with myself about the bits I’ve hidden in boxes, in the bottom of the wardrobe, under the bed ... or I can just carry on ignoring them