every once in a while we start a project that just doesn't seem to flow for us...no real reason, not our (thing) or just doesn't come together...happens to everyone at one time or another. sometimes if we put them in a box and come across it months (or years) later and take it out it suddenly comes together...quick and sweet...other times, we take it out...stare at it for a few days/weeks and still...it just isn't going to move for us...when this happens it's time to pass it on to someone who loves it/wants to put it together, cant understand what the hold up is...i have had all of the above situations...and in fact i have one right now...that is about 5 years old, the blocks are together...borders/sashing is in pieces, i love the fabrics, even love the blocks...i try again everytime i come across the box again to start putting it together. i don't know why it wont come together for me...i would love to have it finished.
anyway,
i have had 2 that sat around in various stages for way too long...occassion came and went, something else was made...i didn't really like them in the first place...i took the blocks for one and gave them to a little quilting group at a senior center. they were very happy to receive them and actually made a really nice quilt out of them,
another one in pieces i packaged up...in a ziplock with a picture of what it was supposed to look like and sold it at a yard sale for $10...and the lady who bought it came back a couple months later and had me quilt it for her...i figured the cost no longer was an issue at that point, what difference does it make if you give it away, or leave it in a box for ever for someone to throw away when you are gone?