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Old 09-12-2019, 06:17 PM
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Jaiade
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I don't usually set this kind of goal. This is for pleasure; no pressure. That being said, on another thread a discussion was on keeping a record of quilts and I commented that since 2010 I've been keeping a spread sheet. When I first started the sheet I had to go back(wayyyyyy back) to get all tops, UFO's, WIP's and PIG's(not too many of those, just fabric in bags) to go on the list. The list was suppose to help you keep track of things.{yeah, right!} But it really did. It was also an eye opener as to just what I had, and what needed to be done to finish. I think I like making the tops more than quilting them. I say "I think" but I really don't feel that is true. But for some reason I have more tops than quilts. It could be that the LA is not in the same room that I piece in. I have so many, and the spread sheet showed them to me, that I said I would piece a top then quilt a top before I made another top. That didn't last long at all. But I have cut way back on tops just because I feel I should get more of them quilted before making others. One thing I've learned about myself since the spread sheet is I don't like UFO's or WIP's. When I start a top I don't start another until it is finished. And thanks in part to Juki, I can usually make a queen size top in about a week, no more than two and that's only working on it in the evening. I usually prepare the binding as soon as I finish the top. Now my goal is to make backings for all the tops. I have a few hanging with the tops now, but no where near all. A girl has to pet the machine some how and since I'm trying not to make any more tops......... And this will help my spread sheet numbers because backing is one of the check offs. So my goal for 2020 is to keep at what I've decided on for this year. (but there are so many patterns I still want to make[sigh]
What is a girl to do [sigh, again]
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