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    Old 01-24-2011, 01:12 PM
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    Originally Posted by Prism99
    Ummm...., hide them where I can't see them?
    HaHaHaHa! I do that....but after a time I set myself a limit to get them done. I whacked out a stack of them last year because I told myself if I didn't get more to the finished stage I was going to quit sewing & quilting all together. that scared me enough to finish a bunch. Now I have a few more...time to get busy again! =) Good luck!
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    Old 01-24-2011, 01:15 PM
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    i'm going to pack all mine away so i can clean that rooom. I will then take one at a time and finish them.. I am not going to start another till i get these four or five that are on the table in various stages finished. I have more than that ready to go but these need to be off the tables. lmao
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    Old 01-24-2011, 01:29 PM
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    I'm supposed to feel guilty? lol

    I just try to keep the pieces together so that I can come back to them when I am ready.

    I do what I please and if I don't feel like working on something, I move on.

    If an abandoned project is staring at you and making you uncomfortable, then put it in a box and hide it in the closet or under the bed! lol
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    Old 01-24-2011, 01:33 PM
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    I think as a women guilt is part of our lives so what's a little more guilt over not finishing a UFO :) I like to have a project ready for me when I need a quilt to finish for someone. That way I feel like I put a lot of hard work into a quilt in a short timeframe. (See how I made that work!!!) Then there is no guilt over not having it done.
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    Old 01-24-2011, 01:37 PM
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    I have gotten frustrated or bored with a WIP before, if its a frustration, I will put it aside and move on for awhile. Sometimes the lightbulb goes on while working on a new project, and I'll go back to it. If its a boredom issue, sometimes I hang it over the bookshelves for a couple weeks so I can see it all the time, and decide if it get worked on or put away in a couple weeks. Right now I think there are 7 projects going, one of them being test patterns for a designer. Plus a knit afghan, and three crochet projects. Of course, I am ADHD which helps... get bored? already another thing to spark my interest.

    Then sometimes you have to bump other projects for necessity (its really cold here, so building quick bargello window quilts for drafty front livingroom windows... anything to warm them up!)
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    Old 01-24-2011, 02:49 PM
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    It depends on my mood some days want to be behind the machine, other days I like to go through stash and a book and pick out next project,others give me the rotary cutter and cut up a quilt top some days I like to spend here....
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    Old 01-24-2011, 02:58 PM
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    Originally Posted by amma
    I know that I will eventually get them out and finish them. If a project frustrates me, or if I am unsure of what to do next with it, I would rather let it sit for a while than hurry through it and be unhappy with the end result :D:D:D
    Thats what I did too. And thats what I did with a Bento Box I'm working on. I put it AND the pattern in a little clear tote along with all the pieces that are cut out and put it on the shelf. Rather do that then be so frustrated that I rush through it and it turn out like crap.
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    Old 01-24-2011, 03:03 PM
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    Originally Posted by Kappy
    Originally Posted by davidwent
    As some of you already know I am a very newbie. Maybe 3 months since I started. I already have 4 wip's or ufo's however we want to call them.
    I know we all do it, but... How do you get over the guilty feeling of projects going unfinished?? LOL
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    Is it considered a UFO if you've only bought the pattern and fabric and it's sitting in your sewing room waiting for you and waiting for you and waiting for you! And lets just say, it has company, lots of company! LOL Learn to live with the guilt! Then go buy more fabric.!
    LOL Thats too funny.
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    Old 01-24-2011, 03:06 PM
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    Think of them as projects that don't have the highest priority -- we all need to take a break. and come back refreshed at a later time

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    Old 01-24-2011, 03:25 PM
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    No guilt here, thats says I'm wrong...we woman are never wrong you know that!
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