feeling guilty
01-25-2011, 07:49 AM
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I feel that I have to finish one project at a time; however, I find that if I stick another one in the middle I have more fun and when I return to the original I'm renewed. Don't think we are suppose to feel guilty about it, just do what feels right for you.
01-25-2011, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Carol J.
Quilting is lot like eating, you finish a meal and then look forward to the next one. You always have something to do if you don't finish everything right away. I look at UFO's as old friends, I pick them up, work on them awhile and look for the next one, never get bored that way.
UFO could mean Unseen Friends On the horizon.
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UFO could mean Unseen Friends On the horizon.
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01-25-2011, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Aurora
Originally Posted by davidwent
I know we all do it, but... How do you get over the guilty feeling of projects going unfinished?? LOL
David
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Thanks so much for all the comments!
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01-25-2011, 07:52 AM
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I also finish them all, I spent a whole winter finishing my UFO's and swore I never would let that happen again. I always have one i am quilting and one I am working on . I hand quilt . This way I have some thing to do when my finger gets too may pricks and has to heal.
01-25-2011, 08:01 AM
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I don't feel guilty about ufos because I enjoy them while I am creating them and since I am retired I can always finish them later. If I have promised them to someone, I finish them. Besides there are so many creative ideas here that I just have to try them as I find them even if only one block of each.
01-25-2011, 08:51 AM
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I don't think of them as UFO's. They are all WIP's. I'm serious about that. I have only done one project that I quit with no intention of finishing it, and I got rid of it! Nothing says I have to finish reading a book I don't like, and nothing says I have to finish a project I don't like. In my sewing room, I make the rules. And here's another rule: I don't have to finish one project before I start on a new one.
01-25-2011, 10:22 AM
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Those projects are just unfinished for now. I am finishing up a yo-yo project that was started 15 years ago. My husband told me last night 'A lot of people would have gotten rid of them by now. That's one thing I love about you. You see the worth of things, and people, and you don't give up.' Keep your WIP's close and they will become treasured things one day.
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