Crafts - Cleaning out the sewing closet

My quilting guild is doing a UFO Challenge this year that I decided to sign up for.  I've agreed to complete 5 of my ufo's with one being due every other month.  When I came home and told Kate about it, we pulled out all of the UFO's I could find, took out the ones we really didn't care if I ever completed, and picked out 5.  Of course, there were more I wanted to get done too, but maybe next year, or not.

Anyway, here's the first of my UFO Challenge quilts.  I started it at a guild workshop with Karla Anderson, made about 12 blocks and put it away.  I wasn't sure I was going to like the finished quilt.  Boy was I wrong. I really like how it came out.

So while I was pulling out my UFO's I also found this quilt top that had been around for quite some time.  I think I dyed the fabrics in 2002 or 2003.  Then they sat in my fabric stash until the end of 2005 when I made it one of my cabin projects, decided on the yellow brick road pattern, and put the blocks together.   Boy, was it bright.  I wasn't too happy with it.

I had already cut out the borders, batting, and backing and then left it sitting in the linen closet pretty much for the last 4 years.  After pulling it out with all of the other UFO, and even though this isn't one of my UFO projects, I decided it was just time to finish the quilt already.  And here it is.

A bit loud, isn't it. But I think it might actually spend some time on my bed.  I am so tickled to have gotten this done.

It feels so good to be quilting again!