glenda5253

I think the answer to the problem is just this elusive. :?

wildyard

When a block is too small, you can just add a small border in a coordinating fabric to the outer edge and make it out to the right size. This is much easier than ripping out or starting over and it will look like part of the design.

QuiltswithConvicts

Since I did not make any promises to anyone or anything about not buying new fabric or anything else, I reward myself with Quilty $$$. DH & I go to Albuquerque several times a year & I have been "spending" my quilty $$$ up there. How much I give myself depends on how much I didn't want to finish something. The more I really didn't want - the more $$$. :wink: Nearly blew an entire lifetime's $$$ on the November trip. ALmost plunked down $$$ for a HandiQuilter Avante 18!!! Common sense got the better of me (darn it!) & I came away without it.

I am currently finishing up a wall hanging that I started several years ago - worth - um - $100-150. I also get to set the price. No penalty for not finishing on time as I also don't set deadlines. This one is going to be hanging in a Quilt Festival in June - so I have plenty of time to get 'er done. I must admit that this method IS getting things out of the closet and finished.

clhornak

I am the world's worst procrastinator. I now try to divide my day into sections. 1 hr./day for quilt board. 1 hr./day to sort mail and or pay bills. 2hrs to clean and cook. The rest of the day to play at whatever I want. I AM RETIRED!

Jingle

I don't turn on my computer until 4:30 or 5:30 PM. I am eager to finish a quilt so I can start another. Real easy for me.

Rettie V. Grama

DEADLINES! Gotta get it done, gotta get it done, gotta get it done. Whew, Just in time.

milleroch

You need to get a "game plan."
To begin with you need to know specifically what it is that is "distracting" you...those are the things that, at least behaviorally, you are placing as a priority in your time.
Decide which of those things SHOULD be a priority. It may be that some of those "distractors" are legitimate.
If you find that some are but some aren't, then take a good look at those that aren't "shoulds" and then list the non shoulds by importance to you.
Maybe some will be that you think you WANT everyday and then others that might just be not so regularly. Place your sewing on that list.
If it is an everyday thing, determine a time during the day that you will do that after the "shoulds."
Keep that list posted (your game plan) and try it. You may find that you want to change some of those items and you may also find that you may not really want to sew everyday.
After doing that, take another good suggestion on this board...set a small goal that you want to get accomplished on your sewing...but relax...if you are doing something else after all this you probaby really don't view the sewing as a priority.

Baloonatic

Just one word.....Dreyers Slow Churned Peanut Butter Ice Cream. To work off any calorie gain, I need to work harder. Good motivator!

Barbara Mahoney

I love the way you think!

Marvel

I don't have this problem. Mine is the opposite. All I want to do is piece quilts. I do admit to haveing a lot of UFOs so I have been taking them and gradually working them into finished project. I deliverd 4 quilts this past week. I guess the easiest way to over come is lock your door to the sewing room,un plug the phone and sew. Remember to fix something special you or the family love .This way you have a good reason to finish. My DH even cooks dinner if I am not seen around supper time. lol