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06-10-2011, 07:52 AM
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I have a mental block! I have all sorts of fabric and all sorts of patterns and ideas, I just cant "pick" what to do!! How odd is that! I feel like I cant make something that I just bought fabric to do when I have older projects that I havent started yet but have the fabric for... so I end up doing nothing! (well, I have a handquilting WIP and a quilt top WIP, so I am doing something, but I just really want to get started on the next project).
So... my question is, how do you pick what to do next??
So... my question is, how do you pick what to do next??
06-10-2011, 07:59 AM
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honestly, If i don't already have something planned and ready to go. I close my eyes and feel around in my stash until I find the fabric that feels right. After I see it, it's just a matter of picking the coordinating pieces and what pattern fits.
06-10-2011, 08:23 AM
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"I will not have another unfinished project, I will not have another unfinished project, I will not have another unfinished project!"
That's my mantra for now....... I have a long list of things that need made, usually by a due date which helps, when I need to start something new I look at what's due next.
Cheryl
That's my mantra for now....... I have a long list of things that need made, usually by a due date which helps, when I need to start something new I look at what's due next.
Cheryl
06-10-2011, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by ctub0126
"I will not have another unfinished project, I will not have another unfinished project, I will not have another unfinished project!"
That's my mantra for now....... I have a long list of things that need made, usually by a due date which helps, when I need to start something new I look at what's due next.
Cheryl
That's my mantra for now....... I have a long list of things that need made, usually by a due date which helps, when I need to start something new I look at what's due next.
Cheryl
06-10-2011, 08:29 AM
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Maybe I wasn't clear, when I pick projects I want to do I give them a due date (usually 2 years if it's not going to be a gift). Then I work in order of due date.... think of it as a ranking system :). Of course right now i'm finishing projects I started before I got pregnant and got "forgotten." "I will not have another unfinished project!" :) good luck
06-10-2011, 08:38 AM
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I have sort of the same problem, but mine is that I have three that were intended for birthdays last year!
Two are even sandwiched and hand quilting started. The third just has the fabric selected and bagged so I don't use it for something else. And there is a fourth that I've gotten a few of the blocks done and can't seem to bring myself to go back and finish the rest.
Guess I will have to tell myself no new projects till at least some of these are done.
Two are even sandwiched and hand quilting started. The third just has the fabric selected and bagged so I don't use it for something else. And there is a fourth that I've gotten a few of the blocks done and can't seem to bring myself to go back and finish the rest.
Guess I will have to tell myself no new projects till at least some of these are done.
06-10-2011, 08:48 AM
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Sounds like you just need to take a break and do no quilting for at least a week. When you're hands are itching to get on the machine and start piecing, then you will be able to pick a project.
If that doesn't work, put the name of each project in a small bowl and pick one name out. That's the project to do. If you pick one out and say to yourself, "But I really wanted to do <name project>." Then make that you're second project.
Hope this helps.
If that doesn't work, put the name of each project in a small bowl and pick one name out. That's the project to do. If you pick one out and say to yourself, "But I really wanted to do <name project>." Then make that you're second project.
Hope this helps.
06-10-2011, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ctub0126
Maybe I wasn't clear, when I pick projects I want to do I give them a due date (usually 2 years if it's not going to be a gift). Then I work in order of due date.... think of it as a ranking system :). Of course right now i'm finishing projects I started before I got pregnant and got "forgotten." "I will not have another unfinished project!" :) good luck
06-10-2011, 08:55 AM
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Idea... Maybe I will put together all the projects I have material for, name them, put the names in the hat and give myself a schedule? And no new fabric till at least half are done!! Feeling good about that!
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