Identifying some UFO's...

I've joined Jacquie's UFO Challenge.

There are more unfinished projects hidden around my house than I care to admit. Her timing couldn't be better, because I'm running out of places to stash them.

While I'd love to get them all off my plate by the new year, I'm being realistic and have narrowed it down to three. Originally I thought five would be doable, but let's face it, Christmas is on its way and there's a lotta other sewing that needs to be done as well.

The first one is a "Summer in the City" charm top that I started probably three years ago, and didn't have enough squares to get the size I wanted (two of the pieces were mis-cut). There were many additional excuses made (discontinued fabric, nothing in the stash that I wanted to substitute, hangnails, dust bunnies, yadda yadda yadda), and the project stalled.

Yeah, it doesn't take much to bounce me off to the next shiny project. I'm not proud of it.

Anyway, I was driving back from Michigan last month and found a little quilt shop with a whole bunch of "Summer in the City" leftovers. No more excuses, I have more than enough fabric to get it done.

My Two-Color Improv quilt was supposed to be a charity quilt for Lent last spring, and got reprioritized for who-knows-what while I was halfway through quilting it. This one shrieked so much guilt whenever I walked past it I hid it in a closet. It's just time to get it out the door.

Many of you may remember the Safari Bento Box. That project got shelved because I just couldn't figure out what to do with those busy busy blocks, they just weren't doin' it for me. When I dug them out last week, they said "Christmas present!" and I'm determined to make them work. Somehow.

So that's it, the Big Three. Thanks, Jacquie, for the kick in the pants I needed to get these finished -- now that I have the blogosphere to answer to, maybe it'll be easier!

Now I need to get to work.