I have a big problem with UFOs... since I started quilting again in late September here's what's been working for me. I had 94 UFOs as of 10/1. I picked a group of them to work on until the end of the year and have finished 16. I have picked another group to work on for Q1 of 2013. I ignore the rest! Too many is overwhelming... one at a time is not my style. I like to have 5-6 projects going at once as I get easily bored/distracted. I keep track of my progress on my blog and keep busy posting to the UFO Challenge folder
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When I finish 5 UFOs I treat myself to a new quilt book, fabric, new ruler, etc. When I finish 10 UFOs I get to start a new project. This might sound pretty drastic but it is VERY motivating for me. I figure a focused year or so of undoing what took me 10 years to create is a good trade-off.
I have finished every new project I've started this fall (no new UFOs for this girl!). Really what I'm doing is teaching myself how to finish things! I was very intimidated by sandwiching, quilting and binding and I'm not anymore. I'm looking forward to learning to FMQ in 2013 and my goal is to average a UFO finish each week.