Susie, hope that your mother’s rehab will go well. What a wonderful husband you have! Maybe kit up a little hand project—you can take it along for Dr and rehab appts. Most importantly, give yourself some some leeway for a while.
How do we end up with UFO’s? Hating one step in the process—layering—is a big one for me. So completed tops wait until I can make myself actually get them ready to quilt. Sometimes it can be lack of confidence, or choosing a project and discovering we lack the needed skills. It could just be that “seemed like a good idea at the time”. Or, as Oksewglad says, distraction by other pretty, shiny, patterns. In my case, this is: another Frank Lloyd Wright window? Another JN pattern? Another BH mystery? Let’s go!
There also can be projects that have some emotional “strings” attached. You started it for someone you loved but could not finish it in time. That’s my oldest UFO. But it is almost quilted, finally, and will be done this year.
And let’s not even talk about “I hate this quilt and never want to see it again”. It usually strike about 3/4 of the way through the piecing process.
Good news! The Christmas tree is done! At least for now. It gets lights next year. [ATTACH=CONFIG]607403[/ATTACH]