Tops Seeking Bottoms

Edited 2/18/13 to amend the name of the page: apparently unquilted tops are not technically "UFOs," a term reserved for works in progress that haven't yet reached the status of finished tops. Now I face a naughty-or-even-more-naughty dilemma in renaming the tab...unquilted tops are sometimes called "floppies" or "flimsies" but I think that "floppy after dark" has a really unfortunate -- although amusing -- ambiguity. Instead, I think Tops Seeking Bottoms pretty well captures it. (Also, I bet it drives a little extra traffic to my blog.)

Until I can figure out how to incorporate a thumbnail gallery, the following are photos of my current collection of flimsy quilt tops, awaiting only quilting and binding to render them complete. Lots of beautiful things in there! I will leave this page as a single post, editing it periodically to remove things that I manage to finish, or to add new tops that I finish (or find in closets, bins, and bags) and are awaiting quilting.

In absolutely no particular order:

"Thin Mints", from the "Roller Rink" pattern by Elizabeth Hartman (36 x 48", added 3/12/13)

"Sapphire", from the "Lotus" pattern by Jaybird Quilts (52  x 60", added 3/10/13)

Rubik's Crush, pattern by Film in the Fridge (60 x 84", added 2/28/13)

Autumn arrows, made for Planet Patchwork's "Square's the Center" mystery project, Feb. 2011. (56 x 56")

Large hexies, handsewn in 2012 (57 x 72.5")

Bumbles in gingerbread houses, made in December 2012 from the "Neighborhood" pattern by Elizabeth Hartman (19.5 x 39")

Scrappy bricks; made in 2012 using 1,782 1.5 x 3" pieces (81 x 99")

Scrappy chaos, made in 2012 from Gumballs pattern, McCall's Quilting , April 2008 (60.5 x 73")

Garlands of geese, made in 2012, inspired by Elizabeth Hartman's Glam Garlands pattern (43.5 x 51")

Made for Newington Schoolhouse Quilters mystery project, 2011-12 (48 x 57.5")

Orange & turquoise metropolis, made in 2012, inspired by Elizabeth Hartman's Metropolis pattern (75 x 75")

Fracture in neon, made in 2009 (53 x 53")

These 21" blocks are already quilted! I will make one more in a ninth color and sew them all together using my favorite Quilt As You Go technique.

Rolling Stars, made in 2012 from the Rolling Along pattern by Judy Laquidara (55 x 75")

Made in 2012 from the "Dreamweaver" pattern by Tula Pink (66 x 80")

Made in 2012 from the "Fade to Pink" pattern by Tula Pink (81 x 81")

"Tracking Sandy", made during the 2012 storm , original design (44 x 62")

Full-spectrum swirl, made in February 2013 from "The Swirl" pattern by Cheryl Phillips (44.5 x 47")

Clearing the Decks, original scrapbuster made in January 2013  (75 x 91")

La Strata Facile, my Tuscan version of Bonnie Hunter's Easy Street mystery, made in 2012-13 (96 x 96")

Tropical hexagon, traditional "Jack's chain" pattern made in candy colors (29 x 35")

Tumbling blocks, sewn by hand several years ago, maybe in 2009 (20 x 14")

Christmas runner, made in 2012 from the "Roller Rink" pattern by Elizabeth Hartman (16 x 52")