Maybe this just should be titled "UFOs"
I used to be really really good about starting and finishing each project before moving on to the next. Sadly, that ended years ago... I mostly work with scrap quilts and it can mean quite a bit of time between getting the idea and getting enough fabrics to make it work. I do keep project boxes and I've found I have to write notes to myself so I know where I am in the process. So here's my list of what is in progress.
I have about 12 completed tops that need to be quilted down. No, I don't want to count them to know exactly!
A few years ago I realized all my own quilts were falling apart so I decided that I would make some for myself. The end goal is to have a different themed one for each month of the year. January is planned and the fabrics collected, will be sort of a sampler of 12 lone star blocks made with snowflake fabrics. February (Valentines) is completely done. March's top is pieced, a triple Irish Chain in black, green and white. April is pieced, very bright "Easter Baskets" pieced basket blocks with Easter egg fabric in the middle -- I'm having a hard time deciding how to quilt it. May is done, "Mayflower" out of different florals, the block is sort of like Winding Ways but without the curve and all the blocks have a white background. June is "travel", I'm still collecting postcard sized pieces which will be very simple Attic Window blocks and black sashing so it looks sort of like the old scrapbooks. July (red white and blue stars) is done, long story but I bought another set of fabric and may remake it. August is in progress, a farm/harvest theme. Very different than what I usually do, there will be a few paper pieced blocks and then pieces of crops and farm animals. I have the barn block done and the fabrics collected, not very good at the paper piecing and doing/redoing the others. September is my birthday month so my choice (didn't want to do back to school), a Houndstooth of assorted browns with a tan background. October was the first done, a Halloween Puss in the Corner with cats in costumes for the large center block. November is in progress, will be a Grandmother's Fan. A fussy cut turkey fabric in the "pie" section, the blades will be fall colors from olive to brick red with gold and mostly browns. I think I'm about done cutting but need to sit down and count what I have. December's top is pieced (an original ribbon block variation with solid green and red and a white with red cardinals and green holly leaves) but I decided not worthy and couch sized/not bed sized, so I have fabrics collected for a string variation.
Project box: Cross-stitched Squares. I found a set of 12 large (16") 1970s era squares at the Goodwill. They are finished but were the preprinted designs, unfortunately the fabric is cheap and flimsy and I am going to layer them and prequilt with maybe a piece of flannel a bit to stabilize. Pieced sashing is made. Should go fast once I stabilize the blocks.
Project box: Grandmother's Flower Garden all hand sewn I got at the goodwill for $6! Tiny little hexes (3/4" per side) but it's HUGE, almost king sized. I think the size just sort of ran away and got too big for the original maker to finish. It has some issues... block rows range from 9-11 units, will be taking off the 9 row (fortunately an outside edge) and a couple of the other blocks, it will still be a very large queen when I do that. Have a backing for it, and I think a quilting design. Will be quite the challenge for me to finish.
I just picked up a completed top from the thrift store for $2.99, will quilt it down and give to my friend's quilt guild children's corner. It's crib sized and about 45" wide so just too big for one width of fabric. Yesterday I pulled out 4 different possible backs, will take them to friend's small group on Tuesday and get feedback on which one to use. Will be fast and quick all over flower stipple to quilt down.
I'm about to go back into the sewing room. It is such a disaster area
I might find other projects I don't remember, but as I organize I will be putting together fabrics to make a retirement quilt for my friend the teacher that just retired. It will be simple, 10" squares with for each letter of the alphabet (A is for Apple, Z is for zebra, etc) the letter will be quilted into each block. I have a nice "kid" fabric and other pencil/crayon/alphabet fabrics for borders and such.
So what do you have going on??