For me, selecting which fabrics will make the "cut" and putting on the binding. This gets me excited because I know it is almost finished.
But....there is one more thing. If I made it for someone else, I love the part where I put a photograph of his/her smiling face into my record. I realize this not actually quilting but it gives me a great deal of satisfaction to have visual memories of the person and how much they loved what I made.