Last Saturday at our monthly guild meeting, after we had to change a scheduled class and substitute it with a UFO workday, one of our newer members said, "hey, what is a UFO anyway?" and I smiled a great big smile as she got the scoop UnFinished Objects....
She learned that most quilters have their fair share of stashed quilt projects at various stages of completion that never see the light of day. Most are doomed to spend their days crammed into boxes or piles lurking in closets or if they're lucky, maybe a quilt studio. And it did my heart good to hear the confessions of fellow quilters describing their long lists of stalled projects all vying for attention.Then a brilliant idea was suggested...another chance at something that I'd participated in a while back while still in the Juneau quilt guild, Capital City Quilters. Why not trade these outcasts?
And so it came about that we decided to have a UFO swap. And we're planning on sweetening the deal by combining it with a Spring Tea Party. Just think, you can come and enjoy tea and scones while rummaging through another quilter's reject projects and unloading a few of your own.
So the date has been set: April 21, 2012. Bring your UFOs and an appetite for adventure and come to my house at 2pm. Stay tuned for more details- but embrace the opportunity to free yourself of "quilt-guilt" and let go of closet clutter. What could be more fun, right?
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