UFO Trunk Show 2023: Week 2
Welcome!!!
I’m so glad you are here for this month of fun, friends, and tackling those backlogged projects!
Below you will find the prompts for week two along with my responses. The prompts will go live each morning.
If you want to get the prompts early, you can get them the night before by subscribing to my free newsletter The Creative Quilter. Once you sign up the welcome email will give you a link to get the prompts in your inbox, plus have access to exclusive subscriber-only giveaways.
For more details on other platforms and how to share there, check out this year’s main UFO Trunk Show blog post!
Everything is better when we do it together!
If you’re curious how I responded to these prompts, you can find those on Instagram or in our private quilting group The Quilting Quarter. Or you can get on the mailing list and get them in your inbox!
Week 2: Day 8
Does your UFO Trunk Show project quilt have a mistake? Take look at it and think about how you could fix it. Could you:
- Re-cut or re-size? Un-sew or re-sew?
- Change the pattern?
- Take a dart, pleat or other adjustment?
- Cover with a patch or decoration?
- Go forward and trust it will “quilt out?”
Decide how you want to fix your mistake, then share! If you don’t have a mistake, share a project that you did and how you fixed it.
Week 2: Day 9
Is your UFO Trunk Show project a little “above your pay grade?” Take look at it and think about how you could make it simpler and easier. Could you:
- Eliminate pieces?
- Simplify the construction method?
- Use a different technique?
- Break the project into teeny-tiny bite-sized steps?
Decide how you want to simplify/bite-size your project, then share! If your UFO project isn’t too hard, maybe share a quilt from your past that was and how you fixed it!
Week 2: Day 10
Sometimes a UFO just needs to be smaller. Especially when we have to finish it but cannot get excited. about it. Think about:
- How big is was the quilt supposed to be?
- How small could you get away with?
- Could you use any leftover pieces for something else?
- Could you put them into your scrap bins?
Decide if you are going to make your UFO smaller, then share! If you aren’t going to, maybe share a project that you do, or did in the past.
Pssst…. there’s a subscriber-only giveaway this week! Get on the list if you want to be eligible!
Week 2: Day 11
Yesterday was smaller, today is micro-sizing! Could your UFO be made into a runner, doll quilt, placemat, mug rug? Think about:
- Would you want to micro-size your project?
- If so, what project would you chose?
- If not, have you ever done that?
- What’s your favorite very small quilted project pattern?
Decide if you are going to make your UFO much, much smaller, then share! If you aren’t going to, maybe share a project that you do, or did in the past.
Week 2: Day 12
Today we're talking about another way to super-downsize a UFO quilt. Pillows!!! Throw pillows, lumbar pillows, pillow shams…. the possibilities are endless. Think about:
- Could your UFO be turned into a pillow?
- Would you want to?
- Have you made quilted pillows in the past?
- What's your favorite quilted pillow pattern?
Decide if you could turn your UFO into a pillow, then share! If you aren’t going to, maybe share a project that you could, or did in the past.
Week 2: Day 13
Another great way to make a UFO much smaller is to turn it into a bag or tote! Could be a book bag, market bag, beach bag, messenger bag… the sky is the limit! Think about:
- Could your UFO be turned into a bag or tote?
- Would you want to?
- Have you made a quilted bag or tote in the past?
- What's your favorite quilted bag or tote pattern?
Decide if you could turn your UFO into a bag or tote, then share! If you aren’t going to, maybe share a project that you could, or did in the past.
Week 2: Day 14
Today we’re looking at how we’re doing on our UFO Project so far! Take a look at your progress and share things like:
- How far have you gotten on your project?
- What is working?
- What is not working?
- Where do you need help?
Then see below for the giveaway!
Week 2: Giveaway!!
For the second giveaway of the UFO Trunk Show I am giving away a pre-cut bundle to make a throw-sized quilt from my Scrappy Classics: Ship Quilt pattern, along with an early-release limited copy of the pattern! :-) There are tons of cute fabrics here, many of them out of print. You can see many of them in the picture.
You can enter by doing any or all of the following:
- Subscribing to the UFO Trunk Show list and writing back to any upcoming UFO Trunk Show email
- Posting on your own Instagram feed and using hashtag #uforunkshow on the theme of one of the UFO Trunk Show prompts
- Posting in our private Facebook Group, The Quilting Quarter on the theme of one of the UFO Trunk Show prompts
Every time you do one of the things on the above list it gains you an entry! You can enter as many times as you wish and with any method you wish. You do not have to be a subscriber to be eligible to win this bundle. (A subscriber-only giveaway is coming on Friday!)
NOTE: The entry period for this giveaway will close at 11:59am (noon) Pacific Time on February 20, 2023.
Good luck!
