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Posted by Roberta on September 28, 2009, 10:53 am
IMO it can't get finished if it never gets started. If you tend to be
a finisher, then please start as many as you like! And even if you
don't finish them all, that's OK too. You will have learned something
from each one. And maybe you'll provide inspiring (or not) projects
for future generations of quilters :-)
I have about that many under way, haven't really counted. (Don't want
to know.) They all get done eventually.
Roberta in D
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:17:51 -0700 (PDT), Bonnie NJ
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>I've wondered if I have a problem. When I stop to think of all the
>quilting projects I am currently working on - some more than others.
>I'm working on "Over the River and Through the Woods", a batik quilt,
>my everlastingly large handquilting project, a machine quilting
>project, a quilt for my daughter, a brown and rosie pink quilt and a
>quilt I'm putting together for a neighbor who just found some of her
>Mom's embroidered green work blocks. These are just the ones that
>come to my mind as I'm sitting here. Oh yes, The Lancaster quilt too!
>Do you think I should continue to muddle along, or should I work on
>one until it's finished. I keep saying that I'll not start another
>quilt until I finish my currents projects - but I always see something
>else I'd like to try ;-)
>Bonnie
>NJ
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Posted by Pati, in Phx on September 28, 2009, 11:26 am
Well.... I have a lot of "in progress" projects going (and
ongoing.........)
Several are bound but "need more quilting", but I don't think I can do
the quilting I want to do on them.
Many tops made that need to be quilted.
Dear Jane, which I need to get back to hand quilting (But summer in
Phoenix is not a good time to sit with that much quilt on your
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lap.<G>)
Way too many that are stalled for one reason or another..... mostly
time and energy lacks.
And I keep having to make more class samples. sigh. (but grins
too.....)
(Many of the "needs more quilting" are class samples that got enough
quilting to display, but not a lot more.)
A few years ago I started to count.... gave up at over 20 tops to be
quilted and at least that many WIPs.
(And yes, some of the hesitation is fear of screwing up, and other
medical/emotional problems. )
So do what makes you happy.
Pati, in Phx
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> I've wondered if I have a problem. =A0When I stop to think of all the
> quilting projects I am currently working on - some more than others.
> I'm working on "Over the River and Through the Woods", a batik quilt,
> my everlastingly large handquilting project, a machine quilting
> project, a quilt for my daughter, a brown and rosie pink quilt and a
> quilt I'm putting together for a neighbor who just found some of her
> Mom's embroidered green work blocks. =A0These are just the ones that
> come to my mind as I'm sitting here. =A0Oh yes, The Lancaster quilt too!
> Do you think I should continue to muddle along, or should I work on
> one until it's finished. =A0I keep saying that I'll not start another
> quilt until I finish my currents projects - but I always see something
> else I'd like to try ;-)
> Bonnie
> NJ
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Posted by Bonnie NJ on September 28, 2009, 11:59 am
Thanks all, I must say, I do finish quilts. I guess I really need a
deadline. When I'm sewing for others it's never a problem. However,
when I'm sewing for myself - it's whenever I feel like working on a
project. I do hope to improve, at least slightly ;-)
Bonnie
NJ
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Posted by Dr. Zachary Smith on September 28, 2009, 12:41 pm
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> Thanks all, I must say, I do finish quilts. =A0I guess I really need a
> deadline. =A0When I'm sewing for others it's never a problem. =A0However,
> when I'm sewing for myself - it's whenever I feel like working on a
> project. =A0I do hope to improve, at least slightly ;-)
> Bonnie
> NJ
As long as the deadline pressure doesn't have a negative effect on
your results.
You know that better than any of us. ;-)
Doc
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Posted by Michelle C. on September 28, 2009, 12:52 pm
Bonnie NJ wrote:
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> I've wondered if I have a problem. When I stop to think of all the
> quilting projects I am currently working on - some more than others.
> I'm working on "Over the River and Through the Woods", a batik quilt,
> my everlastingly large handquilting project, a machine quilting
> project, a quilt for my daughter, a brown and rosie pink quilt and a
> quilt I'm putting together for a neighbor who just found some of her
> Mom's embroidered green work blocks. These are just the ones that
> come to my mind as I'm sitting here. Oh yes, The Lancaster quilt too!
> Do you think I should continue to muddle along, or should I work on
> one until it's finished. I keep saying that I'll not start another
> quilt until I finish my currents projects - but I always see something
> else I'd like to try ;-)
> Bonnie
> NJ
Hi Bonnie,
Hmmm. Here's my list: piecing blocks on the machine for a quilt for a
friend; cutting and hand-piecing blocks for a scrappy quilt; cutting
pieces for a scrappy Drunkard's Path (figure while I'm cutting for one,
I may as well cut for another). These are current at the moment.
However, when the weather gets cool, I will switch from my hand-piecing
to do some hand-quilting on a top that is complete. Waiting in the
wings--3 tops needing quilting, and a quilt that I need to finish
machine piecing some blocks for.
So, no, I don't think you're out of the ordinary having so many projects
going at once.
That said, I am trying to make the effort to get more focused so that I
can actually complete something in my lifetime. HA! Part of my problem
has been trying different things, like machine quilting for example, and
finding that it is really one of my least favorite things to do. So I
try to tell myself that I can only do one of my more favorite things,
like piece blocks, after I've got so much machine quilting done. Keeps
me going forward. Right now though, I have a reprieve since my mom is
using the machine we have for quilting. HA!
Best regards,
Michelle in Nevada
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>quilting projects I am currently working on - some more than others.
>I'm working on "Over the River and Through the Woods", a batik quilt,
>my everlastingly large handquilting project, a machine quilting
>project, a quilt for my daughter, a brown and rosie pink quilt and a
>quilt I'm putting together for a neighbor who just found some of her
>Mom's embroidered green work blocks. These are just the ones that
>come to my mind as I'm sitting here. Oh yes, The Lancaster quilt too!
>Do you think I should continue to muddle along, or should I work on
>one until it's finished. I keep saying that I'll not start another
>quilt until I finish my currents projects - but I always see something
>else I'd like to try ;-)
>Bonnie
>NJ