UFO and Goals Challenge

The Challenge: Complete 4 UFO/Goal quilt projects in 2025

Eligible Projects

• UFOs: Any unfinished quilt in any state of completion
• Goals: Any quilting-related goal you wish to finish/accomplish

Criteria

• Submit a list of 4 projects to accomplish in 2025
  • Quilts: Provide the quilt name and short description
  • Goals can be skill, process, or outcome-oriented
    • Goals must be quilting-related
    • Briefly describe the goal’s intention
    • Include measurable completion criteria

Any combination of UFOs or Goals may be entered into the challenge.

• Send your list to Sandra Johnson at the LBMQG email

Submissions

• Quilts must be quilted and bound
• Goals must meet the submitted completion criteria
• Send a photo of the completed project to Sandra Johnson at the LBMQG email anytime before the check-in dates.
  If appropriate, a brief statement of completion may suffice.

Key Dates

• February 16: Last day to sign up with project/goals list

• Check-in dates: Mar 11, Jun 10, Sep 09, and Dec 09

If you live locally: Sign up at the Bridge Center's Show and Tell list and check the “UFO Challenge” box.

If you're participating remotely: Submit a photo by the Sunday before the check-in meeting via email or the show and tell form. Note it's part of your UFO/Goals challenge.

Completions can be submitted anytime!

Projects can be brought to any meeting. If there’s no drawing that month, the entry rolls over to the next eligible drawing.

Each completed UFO/Goal earns one drawing ticket for a prize at quarterly check-ins.

• July 13: Last day to reset UFO/Goals projects

Plans change—we get it! You may reset your list once before Sunday, July 13.

Note: New projects added during a reset are ineligible for one meeting month’s drawing.

Example: Add new projects by May meeting to be eligible for June drawing.

Second Chance / Final Drawing

Anyone completing all four project goals by Dec 31, 2025 will be entered into the grand prize drawing.

Drawing will be held at the first guild meeting in January 2026.

Thank You to Our Sponsor - Sewing Arts Center

We’re so grateful to Sewing Arts Center for their generous sponsorship of our UFO-Goals Challenge! Thanks to their support, our grand prize winner will receive an Oliso M3 Pro Project Iron and a stylish tote bag—the perfect combo for finishing those works-in-progress in style, in this year's final drawing package.

Thank you for supporting our creative community and helping us stay inspired, motivated, and (literally) pressed for success!

 

Visit Sewing Arts Center:
2306 Corinth Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
sewingarts.com | @sewingartscenter 

 

In addition to our sponsor’s generous gifts, this year’s final drawing winner will also receive a half-yard bundle of AGF Pure Solids, curated in modern 2025 colors and purchased from Sewing Arts Center.

 

Tools

Visit the Make Something page for helpful links and resources, including planners, tools, and label tips.

Download the free 2024 Quilt Planner from Simple Simon and Company to get started!

Getting in the Right Frame of Mind

Explore these blog posts by Jenni Grover on Suzy Quilts:

• 3 Steps to Let Go of Guilt About Quilting
• 4 Tips for Quilting Time Management
• 5 Ways to Improve Your Quilting with Accountability & Routine

Just Get It Done Quilts - Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 15 - UFOs

Check out Karen Brown’s blog post on tackling UFOs as part of her Declutter Challenge.

Self-Guide UFO-Goals Project Tool

Need guidance or ideas? Use the self-guided tool to reflect and plan your goals. Have an idea already? We’d love to hear it!