How Many UFO's?
#51
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Originally Posted by Maia B
Um, I'm only 38 yrs old and I realized I have MANY UFOs, as much as 20 years old, that is, older than my kids. I was just hand-piecing a tumbling blocks block I started about 14 years ago, from a sampler quilt I started before that. I do a block here and there... Is it still a UFO if you never plan to finish it? I have sloppy blocks from my first attempts that I hate to toss but won't ever use. Also blocks started with corduroy...with cheap fabric, etc. Then nice projects I'm just creatively stuck on.
#52
I think I have 2 that are old...then there is the one I can't find that I would work on...oh yea there is another one I work on here and there. So maybe 4. I have an excuse I have been making baby quilts for my GC. Just finished the last one last night. Still have to do a bumper for that one.
#53
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I've been quilting since July of '08 and I don't have any that I'd call UFO's. I have several WIP's, but none have been left unfinished and not worked on. I may put something aside for a week or so, but I always return to it. Sometimes I put something aside while I think about what to do next with it; for example, how to quilt it, but nothing has gone unfinished yet.
#56
Same for me! I am shamed to admit I'll need to live two lifetimes to complete my UFOs.....There must be 80 sets of completed blocks; 30 vintage tops; three or four that need to be unsewn; and this does not include the new patterns that have caught my eye! My guess is that I am the Queen of UFOs!
:-( :roll:
Originally Posted by MissM
How many UFO's do you have? I am a new quilter and already I have five UFO's. I get started on a project, then I see something else I like and start it, or I see something I want to make for someone, or I get bored with the one I am working on and start a new one, or the season changes and so does my mood. The excuses go on and on. Oh what to do. Help!
#57
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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I have several and I'm proud to say that! When I get bored I just move to another one that's already begun. But, I should also add that this year I've finished 2 from about 7 years ago. I usually have a couple that are applique and am working on 1 that is colored and embroidered (black cat creations - Plaid cats). This one is about 8-9 years old. I'm down to block 11 now. For me it's not a race to finish and I like having several at a time going to take with me to work on at lunch etc. I know this would drive several crazy but it works for me and they DO get finished.
#58
I don't call them UFO's they are WIP's (Works in Progress)
Last year at this time I had 112. I now have 98. Considering I have started 2 for evey one I finished I am making progress. Many are smaller-table runner, toppers, wall quilts,baby quilts. I was BOM chair for 3 years and made a lot of sample quilts of the blocks. I travel 250 miles to take care of my mom for 2 weeks at a time every month. She only has a very small table to work on so I finish tops and haven't had time while home to get them all quilted.
I'll be home for awhile since I have to replace my car and heal. Hopefully I'll make some headway in the next 6 weeks.
Last year at this time I had 112. I now have 98. Considering I have started 2 for evey one I finished I am making progress. Many are smaller-table runner, toppers, wall quilts,baby quilts. I was BOM chair for 3 years and made a lot of sample quilts of the blocks. I travel 250 miles to take care of my mom for 2 weeks at a time every month. She only has a very small table to work on so I finish tops and haven't had time while home to get them all quilted.
I'll be home for awhile since I have to replace my car and heal. Hopefully I'll make some headway in the next 6 weeks.
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