I probably have the oldest UFO of anyone out there. This is the very first quilt that I ever made. 28 years ago I took a quilting class at Lee Wards, now Michaels on quilting. I had no idea what I was getting into but my Mom and I were going to take this together. We met for twelve weeks once a week and made our blocks. These were made back in the day when you made templates for cutting out your pieces. Then each block was layered and I hand quilted each one as I went along. This is where my dislike for hand quilting came from. The way it was constructed was odd since we put borders on some of the sides and not the others. They were to be added later. OK so advance 28 years and enough was enough. I was never going to add the other borders so I decided to cut off the borders that were on the quilt and simply bind it and call it done. I tossed it in the wash first and it came out great with the exception of the quilting thread on the back of some of the blocks where the color bled. Some of the blocks were done in a burgondy quilting thread and on the back since it's all white there is a little discoloration along the quilting. Who cares it's finally finished and for a while it's going to take the place of honor on one of my quilting racks.
