In 2018,
Gail from Quilting Gail hosted a PhD program (Projects Half Done) to encourage completion of UFOs and trying to prevent creating more. There were two parts to her challenge:
- Make a lit of all your UFOs at the beginning of the year and finish at least
half.
- Complete all projects started in 2018
I was successful on both parts! My UFO list had 29 projects. I completed 19 of those 29 projects!!!
The second half of the challenge was harder for me. I like to start projects! But I resisted a lot. Because I have a lot of time off the second half of December, I made a deal with Gail that projects started during that break would not count. I actually didn't start very many during that time this year anyway, as I concentrated on my UFO list.
First, my list of UFOs from the beginning of the year with completion dates.
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Project
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Date Completed
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I Wish You A Merry Quilt Along
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1
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1-13-2018
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Growth Chart for friends
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2
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1-15-2018
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Aqua/Brown doggies
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3
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1-21-2018
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Monopoly
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4
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2-11-2018
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Happy Weekend/Green I Spy
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5
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2-19-2018
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Secret Project version #1 (Message in a Bottle: Pirate Monkeys)
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6
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3-10-2018
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Secret Project version #2 (Message in a Bottle: Red, White, &
Blue)
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7
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3-14-2018
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Owls
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8
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4-15-2018
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Mollie’s baby quilt
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9
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4-16-2018
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Scottie Dogs
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10
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5-18-2018
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Elephants –became 2 projects (pink)
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11
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5-27-2018
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Savanna
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12
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7-28-2018
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Sports I Spy (project with my son)
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13
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8-9-2018
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Canyon
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14
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8-26-2018
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Color Block I Spy
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15
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9-17-2018
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Elephants –became 2 projects (rainbow)
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16
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10-7-2018
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Rin
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17
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11-24-2018
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Vintage Holiday (renamed Winter Memories)
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18
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12-28-2018
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I Spy for Mom
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19
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12-31-2018
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Bookshelf quilt
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20
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I Spy for our bed
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21
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Snowmen
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22
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Doggone Cute
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23
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Magical Forest
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24
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Lion Pillow
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25
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Giraffe Pillow
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26
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Laura’s quilt
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27
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Dandelion Embroidery
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28
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Food themed picnic blanket
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29
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Next, my list of projects started in 2018, not counting those started in the last two weeks of the year.
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Started in 2018
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Jan & Don’s quilt
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2-17-2018
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Amy’s Baby Quilt
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6-23-2018
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Patriotic Stars (Bee Blocks)
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6-24-2018
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Scrap Dance: Square Dance (Mystery Quilt)
became 2 quilts
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7-29-2018
8-20-2018
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Pumpkins Aplenty
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8-25-2018
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April’s baby quilt
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9-15-2018
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Happy Birthday Banner
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9-28-2018
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Fireburst Mystery
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10-21-2018
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Fall QAL
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12-04-2018
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Bumper 2 Bumper (Rainbow Scrap Challenge)
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12-16-2018
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Fire Monkey’s quilt
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12-24-2018
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Devin’s baby quilt
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Those started in 2018 were mostly Quilt Alongs (5) or baby quilts (3). You'll notice one baby quilt is not actually completed. I've got about 12" of binding still to hand-stitch. I stitch my labels into the binding and I'm waiting for baby's name and birth date so I can put those on the label.
In total, I finished 31 projects in 2018! Thank you, Gail, for such fantastic motivation!
Gail is doing a PhD in 2019 program, too, you can get info here. I'll be participating again (list coming soon) to see if I can do as well as I did this year!
