{"id":6585,"date":"2026-09-28T16:47:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=6585"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:47:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:47:45","slug":"ufo-challenge-2026-2027-big-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/28\/ufo-challenge-2026-2027-big-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Ufo Challenge 2026\/2027: Big Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Digging around for treasure in the sewing room is great for procrastinating updating the blog that you use for procrastinating your sewing. Heh!

After a year off, I’m signed up once again for this year’s UFO Challenge at the Patchworkgilde<\/a>. I finished 80% of my enrolled projects in 2024-2025 (and the other one<\/a> only a week late), and now I’m out of small<\/a>, easily achievable<\/a> pieces.

“Complete the top” is an allowable goal, so I’m using it four times.

Here are some before pictures (I know they are bad). Each month a number is drawn, so I don’t yet know which project I will be forced to stare down first and which won’t get done because I went to Iowa instead. That’s the excitement of it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Schnecke<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It’s “only” missing the embellishments–beads, sequins, etc. I painted and stitched it in 2012.

Goal:<\/strong> Finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Red Monster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

English-Paper-Pieced, begun in 2006. It’s bigger than our living room, so I will have to pay someone to layer and quilt it, but before that the edges need to be evened out a bit.

It might not be square. I have no way of knowing.

It’s possible I should have made a plan before just making dozens of blocks while watching TV or sitting on airplanes. Unlikely, but possible.

Goal:<\/strong> Finished top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. The blocks from the meme I made in 2019 about making blocks in 1998<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Really actually created in 2019<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The issue was too many layout options and I couldn’t decide which one looked best. If I can get past that, it should be easy.

I made these while I was living in Indianapolis–the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Goal:<\/strong> Finished top. And then it can sit in a box for a few more decades if needs be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Pastel Corners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I made three Patience Corners<\/a> quilts (from that exact link!) in the summer of 2000: One I finished immediately as a wedding gift, one I finished in a Scrapbasket Quilt Guild UFO challenge several years later, and this one. The fabric was hand-dyed in a kitchen sink–remember when sinks used to be stainless steel? Good times.

Goal: <\/strong>Finish it completely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Bye-Bye, Baseball!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I don’t know how long something has to sit in a box before it moves from WIP<\/a> to UFO, but the 2025 Brewers Home Run Quilt<\/a> has been dormant since last October while I’ve stitched on new projects<\/a> so let’s get this thing up and outta here and gone.

Goal: <\/strong>Finished top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Pineapple Insanity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another long-term project, foundation paper-pieced<\/a>. In 2024 I decided I had enough blocks (366) to make my point, whatever that point was–I don’t remember it.

I hate joining FPP blocks, so this should be a real fun time.

Goal:<\/strong> Finished top. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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