Please tell me it isn't just me!!!
11-21-2012, 08:55 AM
#71
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Location: Small town in Northeast Oregon close to Washington and Idaho
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I have quite a few quilts all cut out and then I go on to something else. I love cutting! I have a couple of quilts that I started sewing and didn't finish. Maybe 2. Now, talk about BOM! I have those that I did a couple of months and then put aside and add each new month to the pile. That's my problem. I have a friend here on the board and we are doing a couple of the same BOMs and she's all caught up to block 11 and I'm on block 2. I need to get a move on!! They are applique and I love applique, so I should just spend a week and get caught up. A week or two, maybe.
11-21-2012, 09:01 AM
#72
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Location: AZ and CT
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I have 2 sewing rooms - 1 in CT and 1 in AZ. I do the quilting in CT. So - I piece to my heart's content in AZ, and then take the tops to CT to quilt on my fancy Creative Sensation. That doesn't mean I finish all of them in CT - because I love to piece more than I like to quilt. I managed to finish several in CT this year, but I still have 5 finished tops to quilt, 1 set of blocks to sew together, all in CT. I am working on a Karen Stone NY Beauty in AZ since 2005, but I may never finish it! I keep finding something else to piece.
11-21-2012, 09:53 AM
#74
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Location: Saratoga, Arkansas
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I have the opposite issue. I can't bring myself to start another before the one I am working on is done. I know this comes from my upbringing. When I would even start to think about making anything new... my Mom would ask "did you finish the one you are working on?"... We had a very strict rule no new fabric could be cut till the the current project was done. There was another rule.. fabric had to be .50 cents a yard or less. Patterns had to have at least 3 different items( skirt , pants, and something else).. and those had to be under. 50 cents.
So even though I have tried to start a project without completing one... it just creates stress.. this overwhelming feeling that what I am doing is wrong. Funny how we can get conditoned and it stays with us for a lifetime.
So even though I have tried to start a project without completing one... it just creates stress.. this overwhelming feeling that what I am doing is wrong. Funny how we can get conditoned and it stays with us for a lifetime.
11-21-2012, 01:35 PM
#76
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Location: Jozefow, Poland
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I also have several going on at once. It provides variety.
if I only had one, I think I'd quit sewing because the minute I got bored with it, wanted a bit of variety, it would begin to be a chore. By having several going on at once, you can pick and choose. If choices are painful for someone, this is not the way to be, however.
I can understand those who only do one at a time, but I can't think like that very well.
I suppose everyone who can only do one at at time also finds it impossible to do long term projects like "block a month" and/or "the little houses" project, right?
if I only had one, I think I'd quit sewing because the minute I got bored with it, wanted a bit of variety, it would begin to be a chore. By having several going on at once, you can pick and choose. If choices are painful for someone, this is not the way to be, however.
I can understand those who only do one at a time, but I can't think like that very well.
I suppose everyone who can only do one at at time also finds it impossible to do long term projects like "block a month" and/or "the little houses" project, right?
11-21-2012, 03:41 PM
#77
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Location: Independence, MO
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DeMaris, you are not alone. At last count I think I have 18 quilts in variouis stages of completion and 2 quilted table runners to be finished, plus one wall hanging that needs binding. I think I must have QADD (quilter's attention deficit disorder). lol I get tired of working on one quilt and move on to another. Hopefully I will be able to finish some of the UFOs this winter when it is too cold and snowy to get out.
11-21-2012, 04:17 PM
#79
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Tooele, Utah
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I think varity is the spice of quilting......why only have one!! Sometimes I feel like piecing, sometimes I feel like applique, sometimes I just want to sit in front of the tv and do hand quilting. I love having many projects to choose from. Hugs, Gail
11-21-2012, 04:24 PM
#80
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Location: Canadian in Minnesota
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I get all enthused about a new pattern but usually get bored once I have the top sewn. Right now I have a large paper-pieced top for which I can't decide on the borders, so I had planned to start a modern quilt in grey and coral, but while going through my stash to find the right graphic fabrics I got sidetracked by some florals and now have an x's and o's top sewn, but now can't decide on the third border so I may start that grey one next.
There are so many quilts I want to make and they all fight for attention in my busy brain.
There are so many quilts I want to make and they all fight for attention in my busy brain.
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