lynnie

I have more than i can count.
if i had to guess... somewhere between 15 to 25.

liking quilting

Just one at a time for me so far; I've only been at this for 1 yr. I take over the living room while I'm working on a quilt and I just couldn't have more than one going at a time at this point.

franc36

I am about 3/4 through FMQ a quilt, am doing 5 BOMs, have a quilt ready to bind, and am in the process of cutting out a quilt. I enjoy having several projects going at once. Oh, I just remembered that I have one more block on a Civil War quilt and then I can start putting it together.

alisonquilts

Yes, strip chain stitching is certainly the fastest. Most of my scraps are truly tiddly, though, and I don't usually have more than two or three "sets" of rectangles for any given fabric - and it is often pretty tight to get even one set. Also, without getting too obsessive about it, I am trying to have as many different combinations as possible, which makes strip chain piecing problematic. I do chain the blocks though - I can do about thirty completed blocks in an hour, from selecting the combinations from my larder of squares and rectangle sets, to having the pressed, completed block (she says boastfully). I wonder how many blocks I have at this point? The mind boggles...

I have only done about 20 of the string pieced blocks so far (ran out of skinny bits long enough to use) and I must say they do look nice! My non-scrappy brain is forcing me to make them monochromatic, which actually looks pretty cool.

Alison

alisonquilts

Lynnie, how do you keep them all straight?! Do you change thread for every project, or use a basic neutral for everything?

That's amazing! (I get confused just imagining it.)

Alison

GrannieAnnie

Actively maybe be the sticky point-------------but right now, I've got two dresses for my GD cut out-or partially cut out. Two personal sized quilts going----------one close to being done. And 4 reversible cable scarves in the knitting bag.

AND I TOOK MY FIRST SPINNING LESSON SATURDAY--------------the alpaca fleece to yarn kind of spinning. I'm using a drop spindle. (like I need another bad habit!)

cad_queen_2000

I have about 6 - 8 "donater" lap tops, 3 queen size, 2 double, and one 1 (mystery quilt) carpenters star top to sandwich and quilt. Oh yes, and one baby quilt top. I have a single top sandwiched and basted in my hoop (which is about a quarter quilted), and a matching pillow sham.

I have a maple leaf quilt with 72 leaves cut out, and about 12 of them are hand appliqued onto squares, (of which 4 are embroidered). I have an apple core quilt that I have started to cut out.

I have a queen size scrappy, that I designed (with 2" finished squares), and cut out, but have not yet started to sew them together.

Not to mention the block of the month kit my sister gave me, with one block missing, that i will have to design and try to find fabric that will play well with the rest of the blocks (it is from 1994), but I have 11 of the blocks completed and sewn together.

And to top it off, my fellow Senior Quilter Ladies and I visited a Quilt store a couple of days ago, that we have never been to before, where we saw a neat little bag. We tried to buy the pattern, but they said it wasn't for sale. We tried to buy the bag, but sadly, they said it was one of their class projects and not for sale. So I spent all morning putting this bag together. I showed the ladies, and they said it looked just like the one we saw. I am now making 6 of them for the rest of the ladies.

yikes!! I didn't realize that I had so many on the go. Guess I better hunker down and finish some of these projects! I also just got a new sewing machine 2 weekends ago (which I have been playing with and getting to know), a house that needs a good cleaning, and I just purchased 3 new James Patterson books (I like to read).

I wish the quilt fairies would come clean my house, and weed my garden............. siggghhhhh.....

BETTY62

I usually have 1 big WIP and a couple of smaller things going on at a time. Seems like I get board with a the big one and it helps me to have something smaller to work for a change of pace.

lynn_z

Too many but I can sort of justify the numbers...only 10 right now beyond just the planning stage...because some days and cut, some days I sew, somedays I iron, etc etc. I spend more time than I should looking at magazines and the internet as to what I should try next. I did just finish 2 tops but one of those I finished a long time ago but ripped it all out last week and did it more to my liking. Hopefully, I can have the patience to finish a couple of Christmas ones I have going. In the meantime, I found a great Halloween panel (silhouette witches) and can move forward again. Just no end!

pollyjvan9

I have many more than a sane person should. Last year I worked on 12 BOMs. I have finished all but two and it is getting very hard for me to go back to them and they are almost finished! I will never do that many BOMs again! Right now I am actively working on two quilts at the same time because I am using the same color combo and they are both scrap quilts.