finished ufos 2025

Two Finishes! Tomten's Quilt and BOM 2024 from Grandma's Red Needle

How come I've forgotten to take photos of these two finished beauties?!

I think the distraction of my faulty Bernina (in June) is to blame.

Now, for about two weeks, I've been waiting for nicer weather to take photos, but 'of course' the weather went worse. Today (Jan 1, 2026), the sun is shining from blue sky.

Tomten's Quilt (Keep Believing), #14 on my UFO list 2024 / #16 UFO list 2025

6 blocks were done in 2024 and the remaining 24 in 2025.

My intention was to make it into a flimsy at that point, which didn ...

added by Astrid 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under apq ufo challenge 2024 , bom2024 , finished ufos 2025 , keep believing , rsc2024 , sfd , tomten's quilt , ufo challenge 2025

Over the River and Through the Woods - It's a FINISH! from Grandma's Red Needle

FINALLY! ...after 16 years...!!!!

Over the River and Through the Woods is completed!

My goal was to finish it by the end of this year (2025), and here it is:

It took me some time deciding how to quilt it. I had a look at several quilts on Pinterest and it looks like many of them are longarm quilted, which is not an option for me.

I decided on crosshatch design on the stitcheries. I was worried I'd mess it up if I tried something else! (I did not press it before taking photos).

Did you notice? I did ...

added by Astrid 2 months, 1 week ago. under apq ufo challenge 2025 , finished ufos 2025 , over the river and through the woods , stitchery

Too Many Men Wall Hanging - A Finished UFO from Grandma's Red Needle

I have a few FINISHED UFO's to show. I'll start with this one.

This post has been in draft mode since April, just waiting for photos.

Photos were finally done today, but due to strong glare from the sun and blue sky, they didn't turn out as good as I hoped. Oh well... I'm not a photographer!

Since I finished my goal for April early (Dwellings), I thought it would be nice to finish a smaller quilt; the snowmen wall hanging.

I'm not sure when I started working on this one.

I purchased the panel ...

added by Astrid 8 months, 2 weeks ago. under apq ufo challenge 2025 , christmas , finished ufos 2025 , wall hanging , wall quilts

Dwellings - A Finished UFO from Grandma's Red Needle

Warning: Photos heavy!

Click on the photos to enlarge.

My goal this year is to finish at least one UFO each month.

'Dwellings' was my goal for April, and yes, I did it!

The border is a fun houses design. It looks a bit overexposed and I was not able to correct it in the photo editing program. Not the best quality photo, you can see a better photo of it here.

Pieced backing

I used up the house fabric, a piece of Stonehenge and various Moda Marbles

Moda Marbles are also used for the scrappy binding

Closeup of the ...

added by Astrid 10 months, 1 week ago. under dwellings , finished ufos 2025 , moda marbles , pieced backing

Keep the Home Fires Burning - A Finish from Grandma's Red Needle

I reached my goal for March!

(I'm late in posting my finishes)

'Keep the Home Fires Burning' is FINISHED!

This quilt was started when I had a squirrel moment in February 2024, and also a result of the RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2024.

In December 2024 I made a pieced backing, using up more bits & pieces of fabrics I know I'd never use for anything else. I got two leftover blocks I added to the back.

Deciding on a quilting design is always a challenge. I do all quilting on my domestic sewing machine; Bernina 440 QE. The ...

added by Astrid 10 months, 2 weeks ago. under apq ufo challenge 2025 , finished ufos 2025 , keep the home fires burning , scrap quilts , scraps , stash

New York Beauty Quilt is Finished! from Grandma's Red Needle

When the weather calls for 'no venture out', what do you do?!

SEW! EAT! Drink COFFEE! SLEEP! REPEAT!

Well, this apply to all rainy days, not only last week when 'Garance' passed close by.

My February goal was to finish the NYB quilt, and I did!

It has 48 blocks + 4 corner blocks.

It measures 74 x 58 inches / 188 x 147 cm

All batik from my stash, except the backing (batik too) I had to purchase.

Once again thank you to those of you who suggested thread color and design! (here). Much appreciated!

You may remember I'm on ...

added by Astrid 12 months ago. under apq ufo challenge 2025 , finished ufos 2025 , flimsy , keep the home fires burning , new york beauty , nyb , quilt , scrap quilts

Purple Finishes from Grandma's Red Needle

After joining RSC in 2023 - purple was chosen for April that year - and after making the monthly blocks I had chosen, I decided to make a purple & white/cream quilt.

I got a copy of Quiltmaker May/June 2022 and fell in love with 'Bases Loaded' by Becky Rico (Scroll down to the Green/Cream HST quilt). Why not make one in purple, I thought, and so it happened!

I had to focus getting it right! lol

Using up as many purple fabrics as possible, I made a pieced backing for this one; 12 blocks + pieces of fabric. It wasn ...

added by Astrid 1 year, 1 month ago. under apq ufo challenge 2025 , finished ufos 2025 , rsc2023 , rsc2024 , rscpurple

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