Help! Talk me out of starting something new! Please!
#21
So sorry I'm no help either! I have about 4or 5 that I am currently working on, always have been that way. I see a pretty block, and I just have to try one.
Just come on over to the dark side with the rest of us. It'll be alright Hee Hee.
Ninnie
Just come on over to the dark side with the rest of us. It'll be alright Hee Hee.
Ninnie
#23
I don't think I can count as high as the UFO's I have floating around here. I had to go to the LQS to get a fabric for a new project I will be starting tomorrow and I saw the most beautiful gold fabric I have ever seen. I litterally had to RUN out of the store so i would not be tempted.
#24
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Originally Posted by lyndawn
I'm not a good one to talk you out of starting a new project, but I might be able to help you finish the old ones. I find that I sometimes need a little pressure (from myself) to finish projects.
Sometimes it helps to tell someone else that you plan to finish this or that project by a certain time for a gift for someone. Then you feel obligated to get it done because someone is expecting to hear about the recipient receiving the gift. Really spurns me on to getting things done.
Lynette
Sometimes it helps to tell someone else that you plan to finish this or that project by a certain time for a gift for someone. Then you feel obligated to get it done because someone is expecting to hear about the recipient receiving the gift. Really spurns me on to getting things done.
Lynette
Just thought, I would give you the advantage of seeing both sides of a coin.
Telling is what I call, throwing your hat over the fence...now I have to go get it. It really works...sometimes. I am a conundrum. It may work for you! :D
#25
Yep I think your on the wrong board......:-)
I find my NEW project my incouragement to get the old done.....I'd do one or two and then a NEW project...
I would forget how the project went if I put it done.....that's my reason for finishing......:-)
Good luck in what ever you do and try to get some finished.....you'll feel so much better when you do!
I find my NEW project my incouragement to get the old done.....I'd do one or two and then a NEW project...
I would forget how the project went if I put it done.....that's my reason for finishing......:-)
Good luck in what ever you do and try to get some finished.....you'll feel so much better when you do!
#26
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Ummm, can't help you....I think that my projects need to "age" properly for them to finish up properly. Also...sometimes if I put them aside at different stages and think about them..I change my plan of action and the quilt comes out better......well...thats my story and I'm stickin' to it! :lol:
#27
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Originally Posted by CindyBee
Aren't we all so diverse! I fall into the camp of one project at a time. What's interesting is that when I was garment sewing a lot, I always had a bunch of UFO's. With quilting, I work well with deadlines, but feel equally serene just plugging away on a non-essential project.
One thing that I have found helpful is if I know I am going to have some chunk of time to sew (which is rare), then I commit to working about 15 minutes on a UFO, even it means that all I do is piece together one star or trace a handful of applique pieces.....before you know it, that little bit of time has finished a project!
#28
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Isn't it nice how we're all different :lol: I usually can't make myself start on a new project until I finish the one I'm doing - for example, I have to finish the black and white blocks for the exchange before I start anything else :!: :!: :!: Sometimes, this is VERY frustrating, because I get bogged down and can't see my way out of a problem on a quilt. Now THAT'S when I SHOULD start a new project :? and give myself a break. It could be just the thing to get the creative juices started subconsciously. Funny thing is, I do have some WIPs despite my obsessive need to FINISH :lol: :lol:
#30
Originally Posted by tlrnhi
Originally Posted by Tippy
No help here, after all "misery loves company"....come on in, sit down, take your shoes off...... :wink:
Oh sorry that's no help either!!!!
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