i have 2 that need to be put together. need my hubby's help to get them sandwiched. good luck with yours. lorene :)

Hmmm, only one top came to mind immediately, then I remembered the one hanging on the wall in front of the closet door in my sewing room, then I remembered the wall hanging waiting to be sandwiched and quilted, and then of course there's the little wall hanging I'm making for fall... so I guess that makes 3 or 4.

I usually either send a top to a longarm quilter or tie it. I am currently finishing up my first attempt at machine quilting one myself. It's far from perfect. Gotta start somewhere I guess.

Well, I can say I have a few, hidden here and there. I am so happy to learn that I am not alone.

My daughter had a challenge at the MQX in KC year before last. They had to quilt a quilt from a pattern in the KC Star. She went to the cedar chest where her late MIL's unfinished tops are stored (her hubby is 65) and pulled out a quilt top made in the 1930's and she finished it for the show. She said there were quite a few pieced tops in that cedar chest that hadn't been quilted yet.

I would LOVE to find quilt tops from the 30's and 40's to quilt. I always look for quilt tops at our local antique mall but they are very few and far between. Actually, I did find one about a week ago but it was made completely from 60's and 70's polyester leisure suits. No thank you! lol

right now I am just working on one. But I have tons in my mind!

Yep, me too. Granted, the one I have is my first quilt (and I just got my backing/batting/basting spray today, so hopefully it will be done soon), but I didn't start this top until I'd finished my unfinished dining chair cushions and placemats I'd been working on. This is mostly because my workspace is my dining table...I have to finish one thing before moving on to the next to keep myself organized and still be able to sit my family down for a meal.

When I was shopping for my backing and spray, I was so so so tempted to buy a bunch of cute FQ bundles I saw...but I restrained myself because a) they weren't on sale and b) I already have another project in the planning stages (and the material for it). If they'd been on sale, I would have bought them without a second thought. lol

I am so glad to hear a lot of people have way more than me. I have six ready to quilt. I've been fretting over them all summer. I started one on my long arm and didn't realize the tension wasn't correct until I had about one third done. Arghhhh! So I am now picking all the stitching out. I need better lighting in my sewing room.

I put them on my bed. cut out the back first then lay the batting on top and cut with my electric scissors. Then I so something else to rest. Then I pin all. Then take it to my table and keep smoothing layers until they are smooth. I love the feel of my fabric as I smooth it out and think about how I will quilt it. Very insperational.
Then I an excited to quilt.

I hand quilted one top, and if I would have had to quilt them all like that I would have given up long ago. But I learned to machine quilt, starting with straight stitch in the ditch and progressing on to freemotion. Much better!!! Keep making tops and work on the hand quilting as you can; or machine quilt or send them out. Quilters like to do one part more than the other - that's why longarmers have such a good business!