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I get bored easily so have multiple projects going at once. I love to piece, so most of my UFOs are pieced tops or blocks that haven't been sewn together yet. I'm trying to change my stumble areas (sandwiching, quilting & binding) by choosing several UFOs to focus on for the rest of the year and I'm mixing in a few new Christmas projects too. I'll never be a start-to-finish one project at time person, as much I admire those who are. I need choices.
I am beginning 8 handbag/totes for a bride and 7 bridesmaids. I will do assembly line style. I have made one out of my fabric to be my sample and worked out any bugs before cutting into the fabric the bride gave me. By doing the assembly line style work, this will save me from changing feet, stitch size, and remembering any changes I made from the pattern. Kinda of fun to see everything lined up on the cutting table.
I am like NJ Quilter. I have several projects going at one time. One that I can hand quilt in the evening. Another that I am cutting, another that is being machine quilted. Another on the floor that I am working on the binding. Just went to the local quilt shop and got the material to start the next one after the one that I have at the LA back which I will then hand bind it!! I work on them in tandem and whatever I feel like that day or hour. I can work on a quilt at the drop of a hat or go for a walk or shopping or calling the grandchild and/or my mother. I just "love" being retired ;-)
Busy in Ohio
I finish one before starting another. I can't stand a big mess and that's what I would have in my small space if I had more than one quilting project going.
aka Gale
I totally finish one quilt before I start another.
Another Phyllis
This life is the only one you get - enjoy it before you lose it.
I live in a small mobile home. I have a very tiny area in my BR that I set up a small folding table with my featherweight to piece. It's usually set up. I also cut there, which is sometimes difficult, but I do it anyway. Quilting is another matter. I do not have enough space to keep set up all the time. I use the enclosed porch when I can, but can't stay set up for long. It gets humid and the lighting is terrible. I've got a window AC, but I don't like to leave my machine out there when I'm not using it. It takes so long to move the exercise stuff aside that I only quilt on weekends, and only if not babysitting. So I tend to work assembly line. Piecing whenever I can thru the week and quilting when I can on the weekends. I am almost done with quilting my 4th quilt in 2 weeks. One is done and gone as a gift, 1 is for me2 are Christmas gifts, of those, 1 needs binding, 1 almost done quilting. I will probably be back to piecing for awhile after these are done.
There's nothing wrong with either method. You just do what works for you!
i usually have a couple things on the go too. right now, i have one very near completion that is wholly machine quilted, a hand quilting journey that's maybe 1/3 of the way done and a basted but untouched queens sized lone star that will ultimately have both hand and machine stitching.
i am planning my brother's quilt and just waiting to begin another scrappy project. plus there are two labels outstanding and and and....
once i cut though the piecing takes over. i always want to see it done you know?
aileen
I am still trying to recover from the stack of quilts I built up while waiting for my long arm machine to arrive (and now, for me to get good enough to put a "good" quilt on the frame). Usually, I like to have only one in the piecing stage at any time - but that doesn't count block of the month quilts (I have 4 going right now). Before I had a long arm, I would finish the quilting on one before starting another - because I didn't want to switch my machine back and forth. Now, with 2 separate machines (and rooms) for those 2 stages, I find I am much more likely to start piecing a new top before the previous one is quilted. Trying to stop that, but those new designs are so tempting ....
I like to make a few tops and then quilt them all. I like jumping around from project to project. It might be just the change of fabric or procrastination. I have a pile of quilts at all different stages. Some I leave behind when I'm quilting, just because I don't feel like doing them now.
enjoy your life...it's the only one you have!!!
Heather
I usually get anywhere from 3-6 tops done, then stop and quilt them on my long arm, then make some more tops. Since binding is my least favorite to do, I have to get my self in the mood to do that. So I usually have a large stack of them to get done at a time. I keep trying to convince my self to not put it off, but not doing to well
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