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  1. 05-04-2015, 02:55 PM #1
    oklahomamom2
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    What happened to me?

    Well I was on a roll getting my charity quilts started and sewn ready to quilt, and I thought I would get three tops done that way I could send them all together when it gets time. But when I got started on the third quilt I couldn't get excited about piecing it. I love the colors but I don't know what happen, I made a four patch but didn't cut the pieces out right to start with so I had to go back and re-cut them. When I finally got them all cut like I wanted I only got three blocks together. Now I don't even want to mess with it, What happened to me? Do I put it away? Do I start a different quilt? How do I fix this?
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  2. 05-04-2015, 03:30 PM #2
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    If it was me, I would put the pieces in a bag - with a note to myself (when I open the bag 10 years later) to give me some clues about what I was trying to do.

    This does happen to a lot of people. Our enthusiasm just gets up and walks away.
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  3. 05-05-2015, 04:37 AM #3
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    I think this is the reason we have so many UFO's over the years. Set it aside with a note to yourself to go back in a month to try again. Good Luck

    Quote Originally Posted by bearisgray View Post
    If it was me, I would put the pieces in a bag - with a note to myself (when I open the bag 10 years later) to give me some clues about what I was trying to do.

    This does happen to a lot of people. Our enthusiasm just gets up and walks away.
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  4. 05-04-2015, 03:34 PM #4
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    I am with bearisgray or I might just force myself to do some every day to just get it done and over with.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Annaquilts View Post
    I am with bearisgray or I might just force myself to do some every day to just get it done and over with.
    Yep, this is what I do too. I just forced myself to finish a quilt top that stayed on my wall for a few months, and now I just love it, only have the quilting left to do. Now I can move on to something else....FINALLY!

    BTW, "Yep" is our small great-niece's favorite word-of-the-month -- for about the last 5 months. So I've gotten to the point I use it in the written context also, so if it offends anyone's sense of humor, I'm sorry.
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    I find I get easily bored with making some quilts. I have so many UFOs that I am doing what the quilters said:

    Quote Originally Posted by Annaquilts View Post
    I am with bearisgray or I might just force myself to do some every day to just get it done and over with.
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    I never make myself finish a quilt I'm hating. I Typicaly put it away with the pattern or notes or even just a picture and go on to something else more often than not I have either gone back to finish the problem child, or I get inspired to take it a different direction. Either way it's a finished project that I am happy with.

    I am actully currently working on one of those problems I took it a differnt direction and I absolutly love it. There is still one child sitting in the corner it could possibly be there for a very long time it was not behaving well at all.
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  8. 05-05-2015, 03:50 PM #8
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    That is a really cute way of saying it about it being a problem child, I would like to go back and see if I can go about in a different direction that way I happy with it since it is going to a good cause.

    Quote Originally Posted by Billi View Post
    I never make myself finish a quilt I'm hating. I Typicaly put it away with the pattern or notes or even just a picture and go on to something else more often than not I have either gone back to finish the problem child, or I get inspired to take it a different direction. Either way it's a finished project that I am happy with.

    I am actully currently working on one of those problems I took it a differnt direction and I absolutly love it. There is still one child sitting in the corner it could possibly be there for a very long time it was not behaving well at all.
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  9. 05-05-2015, 03:17 AM #9
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    I do this too. Sometimes just getting it done is a challenge.
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    I am in a similar situation. My problem is I foolishly offered to make memory quilts for the wife and 2 sons of a dear friend of my DH and DS. Since that offer, I have been struggling with lower back problems on top of my usual neck and fibro issues. I have almost finished the first one, and have the other two cut out and ready to sew, but every step is a real struggle. I have 3 different quilts I want to make, pieced not t-shirt/sweatshirt like these memory quilts.
    I am tempted to start one of the pieced quilts to use as leaders and enders just so I have something exciting happening as I work on the others.
    With my luck, I'll end up with them all mixed together. LOL This board is so great for giving understanding and support!
    I will let you know if the leaders/enders idea works.
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