I will usually finish a top before it gets set aside for quilting. I have one big one, that maze quilt which has been sitting for about 5 years, a scrappy 9 patch that I will finish as soon as I have a home for it - and that's about it. I do have a box full of flying geese that has been set aside until I feel like figuring out what I want to do with them. I am now in research mode trying to decide what I want to start next.
That maze quilt is all done in warm neutrals - beautiful, but just not "me" so it will sit until I have a reason to finish it - might make a nice auction quilt.