UFO update

For those who were curious about my mystery subject in yesterday's Scavenger Hunt post, it's a piece of playground equipment.  Some of you had great guesses!


Do you remember my update back in January about my UFOs?  Probably not.  That's okay.  You can check out that post right here.  I decided that I would make it one of my unofficial goals to finish or at least make some significant progress on a few major UFOs.  Nope, I'm not talking about flying saucers.  I'm talking about my unfinished craft projects.  It's really rare that I let them happen, but a few of them sneak in from time to time.  Here's how it's going.

To re-cap: I started this back in 2008 right before I got serious about my jewelry making.  I'd been doing cross-stitch almost exclusively for the better part of 5 years and was ready for a little break.  I've finally gotten to the point that I'm ready to devote more time to this again.  I'd said in January that I didn't think I'd finish before 2013 even if I worked on it every week.  I am making progress with it, but that timeline still stands.  At this point, I'm hoping to finish it by the end of 2013, although that is subject to change at any time.

I made this Christmas button tree back in 2010.

I bought and covered another tree when I made this one, intending for it to be fall tree, and then I didn't do anything else with it, even though I had all of the buttons for it.  I'm proud to say that this spring, I did get it nearly finished.

I made the leaves out of felt left over from my flower project.  I painted them with a gold acrylic.  You can see how my Christmas tree has a beautiful topper.  I'd like to find something for this fall tree.  Now that we're moving into fall, I'm hoping that I'll find something or spot a good tutorial.

I started my latest PDF pattern sometime last fall.

Originally I planned to have it finished before Christmas, but it got lost in the shuffle during all of my shows and other holiday stuff.  I completely lost my momentum on it and haven't finished it up yet.  I said in my January post that I'd like to get it listed by early March.  Obviously that didn't happen.

I don't think that it'll take more than a few hours to complete it, but you know how these things go...I've lost track of where I am with editing photos and what sections I have left to write so it'll take a bit to get back in the writing groove.  It would really benefit my shop to have a new pattern, and I've put a lot work into it so I will get this done at some point, but I don't have a set deadline at this time.

I know that many of you have UFOs!  Share your stories.

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