Sheila's Drunkards Path and a sad U.F.O

From the first 'possible layout' Sheila has moved on

Sheila
'This is the 2 halves of my quilt top with my shibori stitching / dyeing as centre piece. Not keen on next stage but it has to be done!!
Hope we can back to Cottage sooner than later.'

The story of how this quilt came into being, its been in the 'interested/planning' stage for awhile.
Sheila
'This is the tiny picture that was my quilt inspiration It came from a Japanese quilt mag belonging to Gwen Mitchell which she gave away many years ago
Translation of Japanese text “The concept of the quilt is to“spreading from Centre out.
Bright coloured fabrics and various whites are used with accent with geometric pattern fabrics”
My Japanese trip guide Shuji , translated for me!'

Sheila's story got me to thinking about our U.F.O's and 'One Day' lists.

Decided to unearth my oldest U.F.O. and give you all a laugh and perhaps you will join me on a trip down the U.F.O. memory lane.
Of course, to share this madness with you the box containing the sampler had to be located. Being the slightly anal creature that I am, turning to an excel storage list quickly bought the box to light, not so quickly was the unboxing.

This sucker was boxed up many years ago and taped down when we moved 3 years ago. 3 year old packing tape! - not something to be undertaken lightly I can tell you, it splits, it sticks in a way you don't want to argue with and is just generally a bit of a mess and a pest. (and I have to tell you - there are more of these taped boxes lurking around-ugh!)

Just to add to the 'yumminess' of the exercise, the 'Sample Quilt' book on top was so old it has started to break down, I now have a space full of dust, plastic shards, sticky lumps and the curiosity of old handmade templates along with the leftover fabric.

The 'quilt to be' has obviously been hung on a design wall, I used to buy really cheap matress protectors, this sucker crackles as it is moved and the state of it as it was unfolded was rather scarry, you know the story, those yucky marks you get on any fabric that has been folded away for years.

By this stage I was really starting to worry about the whole exercise and was tempted to just shove everything back in the box and file it away it the tall green 'outdoor filing' thingy, but curiosity and a certain amount of early morning bravado stepped in. (you know that special time when everyone is asleep and there isn't much chance of getting sprung doing something that in the end you might not want to share)

Kinda glad I continued, the quilt blocks are in good nick, having been protected by the protector. Wish I could say they were a joy to behold, but nah...

so I guess the challenge is...
Choice 1. - Finish the sucker...honestly, not much chance of that happening.
Choice 2. - Break it down and convert it into charity quilts - the large blocks are 12" and there is quite a bit of leftover fabric so that could happen but honestly, why foist it onto some poor sausage.
or choice number 3.- Box it up and ignore it for a few more years.
Yeah, I agree, choice number 3!

Send a pic of your old U.F.O. or 'some day' plans. Lets all have a giggle at how times have moved on, not only with fabrics but also what we once thought was just the bees knees of quilt designs and if your 'one day' design has stood the test of time.