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Old March 13th 05, 05:57 PM
C & S
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When I first started quilting back in 96, I made a rule that the maximum
UFOs I could have was 5. IOW, I wouldn't start a new project unless I
finished an old one. That number kept getting higher and higher until it
sort of dissapeared. I now have 12 UFO's, that's if all is accounted for!
So, does anyone stick to a rule as a kind of motivator to get things done?
I onced challenged myself to only use fabric from my stash. That was hard!
lol

I'm curious to find out how you all deal with the issue of getting quilts
finished. Thanks for your imput.

Carole
Champlain, NY
http://photos.yahoo.com/ceridwen_rhea


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Old March 13th 05, 06:22 PM
judy in fort worth
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I don't bother with rules. If I want to work on something new and a UFO is
waiting, I just let that UFO wait a little longer. Now, if there is a
deadline on something---like the wedding quilt that needs to be given next
Sunday---it has first priority and I will not let myself work on anything
else until that one is finished. I have discovered that if the UFO sits
there and it is sitting there because it "needs" something, like a new
border idea or something like that, the idea will come to me if I just wait
for it. In the meantime, it can "languish" in the UFO stack.

judy in fort worth
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Old March 13th 05, 06:24 PM
AnnP
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What I need is something to motivate me to finish my scrapbooks! I once
told myself "No new quilting projects until your growing-up pictures are
in a scrapbook" -- but that was 2 years ago and several quilting
projects later...

I do try to "finish what I have" before going out looking for more...
it's fun to see something get finished, so that's my motivation.

--AnnP

C & S wrote:
When I first started quilting back in 96, I made a rule that the maximum
UFOs I could have was 5. IOW, I wouldn't start a new project unless I
finished an old one. That number kept getting higher and higher until it
sort of dissapeared. I now have 12 UFO's, that's if all is accounted for!
So, does anyone stick to a rule as a kind of motivator to get things done?
I onced challenged myself to only use fabric from my stash. That was hard!
lol

I'm curious to find out how you all deal with the issue of getting quilts
finished. Thanks for your imput.

Carole
Champlain, NY
http://photos.yahoo.com/ceridwen_rhea


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Old March 13th 05, 07:54 PM
Diana Curtis
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Unfinished quilts dont bother me. I think of them as head starts when a
quilt is wanted or needed quickly. Making tops is a fun process. I have
given myself permission to make as many as suits my time and attention span.
Is there are reason you stall out on your quilts? Perhaps a part of the
process isnt fun for you, and you avoid it?
Diana

"C & S" wrote in message
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When I first started quilting back in 96, I made a rule that the maximum
UFOs I could have was 5. IOW, I wouldn't start a new project unless I
finished an old one. That number kept getting higher and higher until it
sort of dissapeared. I now have 12 UFO's, that's if all is accounted for!
So, does anyone stick to a rule as a kind of motivator to get things done?
I onced challenged myself to only use fabric from my stash. That was

hard!
lol

I'm curious to find out how you all deal with the issue of getting quilts
finished. Thanks for your imput.

Carole
Champlain, NY
http://photos.yahoo.com/ceridwen_rhea




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Old March 13th 05, 10:30 PM
Diana Curtis
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I like the qualifier you have there. Does that mean you give yourself
permission to take on as many simple quilts as you feel happy doing? :-)
Diana

"georg" wrote in message but I'm trying to get them
done
before I start anything else elaborate.

-georg



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Old March 14th 05, 12:17 AM
georg
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Well, if something comes up with a deadline, or if I do go ahead and
make a small project to sit on the TV for the cats to perch on, or if I
want to start making more HUG blocks again (which I really want to do),
I can do that with a clean conscience.... Or if there's another short
project I wanna do like calligraph a scroll or make a dress...

But no starting something I know will take years!! One Dear Jane in
process is enough. And I've badly about PIGing it while playing with the
1390, which has me mildly burned out. I MUST do something by machine next!

-georg

Diana Curtis wrote:

I like the qualifier you have there. Does that mean you give yourself
permission to take on as many simple quilts as you feel happy doing? :-)
Diana

"georg" wrote in message but I'm trying to get them
done

before I start anything else elaborate.

-georg




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Old March 14th 05, 01:01 AM
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I usually have about 4 or 5 projects going at the same
time. That way if I get bored with one then I switch
to one of the other ones. I gradually get all of them
done. Sometimes if a holiday is coming up and I
want to make something for a holiday or maybe
right before Christmas I might have to switch to
another one for a Christmas present. At the present
I have 5 quilt tops that need to be quilted and I also
have 3 wall hangings in progress.
dreamboat

"C & S" wrote in message
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When I first started quilting back in 96, I made a rule that the maximum
UFOs I could have was 5. IOW, I wouldn't start a new project unless I
finished an old one. That number kept getting higher and higher until it
sort of dissapeared. I now have 12 UFO's, that's if all is accounted for!
So, does anyone stick to a rule as a kind of motivator to get things done?
I onced challenged myself to only use fabric from my stash. That was

hard!
lol

I'm curious to find out how you all deal with the issue of getting quilts
finished. Thanks for your imput.

Carole
Champlain, NY
http://photos.yahoo.com/ceridwen_rhea




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Old March 14th 05, 01:03 PM
Valerie in FL
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I've only been quilting for just under 2 years, but so far I find when I
start a quilt, I have a definite use for it, i.e. it's for my mother or
another relative, or for a specific piece of furniture. Since I am usually
eager to get onto the next project, I don't start another until I've
finished the one I'm working on.

Right now I am working on a queen size for my mother, to go with the
wallhanging I made her last year. I'm done with the piecing and sandwiching,
and I've been machine quilting it for a week. I started using white thread,
then decided 25% of the way through that it looked awful. I then started
using transparent thread. It looks better, but then I noticed about halfway
through that the tension had gone flooey, and I had to pull most of it out
yesterday. I am so frustrated now that I would like nothing better than to
bury this thing under the back patio, but it's for my mom, so I can't. I
also swore I wouldn't start another until this was done, and dammit, I want
to make a quilt for myself!! It's been 2 years--I deserve it. But I can't
start it until I finish the quilt from hell!!!

Anyway, that's how I get projects done. It also helps that my favorite
part is hand-stitching the binding on the back. Since it's the last part, I
am always eager to get to that stage, so I never have an excuse not to
finish.

--
Valerie in FL
My quilts: http://community.webshots.com/user/vjkahler


"C & S" wrote in message
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When I first started quilting back in 96, I made a rule that the maximum
UFOs I could have was 5. IOW, I wouldn't start a new project unless I
finished an old one. That number kept getting higher and higher until it
sort of dissapeared. I now have 12 UFO's, that's if all is accounted for!
So, does anyone stick to a rule as a kind of motivator to get things done?
I onced challenged myself to only use fabric from my stash. That was
hard!
lol

I'm curious to find out how you all deal with the issue of getting quilts
finished. Thanks for your imput.

Carole
Champlain, NY
http://photos.yahoo.com/ceridwen_rhea




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Old March 14th 05, 01:51 PM
Roberta in D
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I try to work from stash, and nearly everything contains at least one piece
from the scrap basket. Mine get finished mainly because of my anal
personality though, no rules needed!
Roberta in D, need some rules to loosen up

"C & S" wrote in message
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When I first started quilting back in 96, I made a rule that the maximum
UFOs I could have was 5. IOW, I wouldn't start a new project unless I
finished an old one. That number kept getting higher and higher until it
sort of dissapeared. I now have 12 UFO's, that's if all is accounted for!
So, does anyone stick to a rule as a kind of motivator to get things done?
I onced challenged myself to only use fabric from my stash. That was

hard!
lol

I'm curious to find out how you all deal with the issue of getting quilts
finished. Thanks for your imput.

Carole
Champlain, NY
http://photos.yahoo.com/ceridwen_rhea




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Old March 14th 05, 06:15 PM
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Of course like everyone else I have deadlines too, and of course work
to meet them and prioritize accordingly. But for the rest of the time I
work on whatever makes me happy. If that means plowing through one
project from beginning to end or that means working on 5 (or more) at a
time...I do what makes me happy. If you aren't happy you've lost sight
of the whole reason you probably started quilting in the first place.

Melissa in NJ

 




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