Boo-Boos, Leftovers, and UFOs

Date: About 2000 to 2017
Location: Wellington North, Wellington, Ontario, Canada

Made by Inger Jensen and Karen Carter – c.2000 - 2017

Approximate Size: 67 1/2" wide x 74 3/4"

I inherited my mother’s sewing supplies and crafts after she passed away in 2013. For three years I pulled out her boo-boos, leftovers, and UFOs (Unfinished Objects) - which Inger made from about 2000 to 2012 - then put them away again. (Some of these blocks were Four Corners Quilter’s Guild block-of-the-month projects.) I just did not know how to work with them.

I collected pictures and articles on Random Samplers. In March of 2016, I once again, put all the blocks up on the design wall and started to play with them by moving them around, cutting them down or adding fabric strips, making filler blocks/strips (such as the miniature, paper-pieced flying geese), unsewing and resewing, until a lap-size top was created.

There were some leftover pieces which carried on over to the backing of this quilt. And finally, the binding used up more scraps.

It was quilted on my Nolting Hobby Quilter machine with a design by Hermione Agee called ‘Lush Leaves.’

I love how this quilt turned out, and I am sure that Inger would be pleased with the results as well.