IBQLTN

I always knew when to vacuum the sewing room ... it was when I found threads/scraps/etc on the landing of the stairs halfway between sewing room on 2nd floor and entrance foyer on 1st floor. As long as you couldn't see if from the front door ... it was fine by me!

Peg in FL

dljennings

i have one quilt from a shop hop last september on my design wall, and put the quilt from the october shop hop right over it... that one is just about done, so i can go back to looking at the first one...

i always have 5-6-7-8 working, and that doesn't count all the needlepoint & counted cross stitch i've got going...

my girls have already claimed some of the fabrics in my stash!

Missy B

I know myself pretty well so I only do what I feel that I can do well. I have no need for large quilts and I don't like to make them. So, I make small quilts, smaller than lap size generally. This lets me do what I love and I don't get bored with the fabric, the pattern or the process. I can generally quilt the small quilts on my conventional Bernina. I don't go nutz (usually) but with the small size quilts, I can spend extra time quilting in a special way & even embellishing it if I care to.

JuneBug Quilting

I don't think that's a bad habit at all. I love making tops, but I love finishing them even more. We all have our specialties. I learned how to machine quilt so I could finally see my tops finished. I don't have time to hand quilt my projects and get them into my loved ones' hands.

After I learned to machine quilt I started doing it for others. It brings them so much joy to see their projects finished that I started a business. I'd be more than happy to help if you decide that's the way you want to go.

JuneBug Quilting - 978-833-0312

elise

lucky lucky lucky me, I have a sister who has a longarm, she does alot of free quilting for her guild in arizona. If it wasn't for her, I would quilt quilting because of cost.For exchange for her quilting, I make her quilt tops.elise

costumegirl

That's great that you work together like that!! You are lucky!!!

Regas

I feel so much better. I have never suffered so much guilt as when I started quilting. I have 5 projects in various stages and I know before I finish them I will see something else I can't wait to start.[ I love all phases, just get bored with too much of the same thing.
I just finished a king size garden trellis because I was afraid my kids would find it "unfinished" in a box long after I am gone. LOL . Thanks, I am encouraged and glad I opened my mail this morning.

Gayle
quote=Dragonfly Nana]I used to think I HAD to finish one project before I could start another one - now I know better!
Like others I can get "tired" of the large ones by the time the top is done.
I hav found that if I mix some small projects in between the top making and the sandwiching/quilting of large projects I can enjoy all of the processes more.
Doll Quilt or Table Runner swaps are a great thing for the above.[/quote]

mimiknoxtaylor

I found one of these quilts this weekend at a garage sale. Someone had taken a finished top, slapped a blanket in between and used a sheet as backing not even removing the hems. Folded over the sheet to the front & used stitches about 3" long to secure. It must have been used outside. Anyway I bought it for $2 (that's right TWO). Soaked it in vinegar & water. Noticed the blanket in the sandwich had dark patches showing. Took the quilt apart and found a beautiful friendship quilt All hand stitched & signatures hand embroidered

Bev

And how funny it is that some of us buy those old quilt tops and go ahead with them at great speed, to sandwich, quilt and bind them while leaving our own UFOs unfinished. Are we crazy or what!!?? :lol:

Momsmurf

LOL! Not crazy....I think of it as I do food. What I cook doesn't taste 10% as good as if someone else cooks it!
Then to, maybe we're finishing the "unfinished" because we know how someone must have felt making them! Call it 'being the finishing angle'.