How Many WIP's Do YOU Have? Be honest!
05-22-2008, 06:09 AM
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I have 4 tops waiting for borders, 2 waiting for backing/quilting and two tops in progress. I don't usually complete the whole quilt - I complete the top and then give that away or sell it on e-bay to cover costs of my materials. I'm not sure I can consider myself a true "quilter" since I rarely complete them. I spend my days conducting forensic interviews of sexually and physically abused kids which leaves me with a head filled with horrible images - so I come home and put pieces of quilts together as therapy. I tried other hobbies but none of them required the concentration cutting and sewing all those pieces together does - so, for awhile I can ignore the pictures in my head or at least until I try to sleep. My goal for 2008 is to learn some FM quilting so I've been practicing that........maybe I'll even complete a full quilt and move onto "quilter" status. :)
05-22-2008, 07:03 AM
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WIP - depends on how you define it. technically just two, i guess. one is the glass bottom boat attic windows that needs to be in the mail next week to my brother. hmmm . . .
the other is a BOM throw that is sandwiched and needs quilted (it will be my first 'do it yourself quilting' quilt for a friend in the nursing home (better get busy on that one, too!)
but if you count blocks-of-the-month, i have two of those going, but can't finish them until the end of the BOM year.
but if you count 'planned' projects, well . . . that number is off the map! lots of things hanging in the 'closet' that are waiting for me to start! 10 monthly minis, 2 sweatshirts, three wall hangings, one grandma quilt (full size), one flannel rag quilt, one poinsettia wall hanging, and a pair of pj's (not really quilting, but they need completed!)
why am i sitting here reading? i should be in my room quilting!
:P :P
the other is a BOM throw that is sandwiched and needs quilted (it will be my first 'do it yourself quilting' quilt for a friend in the nursing home (better get busy on that one, too!)
but if you count blocks-of-the-month, i have two of those going, but can't finish them until the end of the BOM year.
but if you count 'planned' projects, well . . . that number is off the map! lots of things hanging in the 'closet' that are waiting for me to start! 10 monthly minis, 2 sweatshirts, three wall hangings, one grandma quilt (full size), one flannel rag quilt, one poinsettia wall hanging, and a pair of pj's (not really quilting, but they need completed!)
why am i sitting here reading? i should be in my room quilting!
:P :P
05-22-2008, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by moonhoney2
I've only got one. My first. :lol:
I hope not to get where I have several in the works. With my scrapping, I am adamant about finishing a page before starting a new one. hopefully, I can do the same with this. *crosses fingers*
I just don't have the space to store too much stuff. My scrapbooking has taken up a huge chuck of my office. As it is, I'm struggling to find a small area to put a sewing table.
I hope not to get where I have several in the works. With my scrapping, I am adamant about finishing a page before starting a new one. hopefully, I can do the same with this. *crosses fingers*
I just don't have the space to store too much stuff. My scrapbooking has taken up a huge chuck of my office. As it is, I'm struggling to find a small area to put a sewing table.
05-22-2008, 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by dreamdanzzer
I have 4 tops waiting for borders, 2 waiting for backing/quilting and two tops in progress. I don't usually complete the whole quilt - I complete the top and then give that away or sell it on e-bay to cover costs of my materials. I'm not sure I can consider myself a true "quilter" since I rarely complete them. I spend my days conducting forensic interviews of sexually and physically abused kids which leaves me with a head filled with horrible images - so I come home and put pieces of quilts together as therapy. I tried other hobbies but none of them required the concentration cutting and sewing all those pieces together does - so, for awhile I can ignore the pictures in my head or at least until I try to sleep. My goal for 2008 is to learn some FM quilting so I've been practicing that........maybe I'll even complete a full quilt and move onto "quilter" status. :)
05-22-2008, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by imaquilter
yea, let's put it this way....I have 183 quilting projects....with fabric & pattern TOTAL (that does not include patterns that I have not bought fabric for). All of my WIP are included in that total.
So, I have enough projects to keep me busy well........the rest of my life and I am only 33.
I keep a running list of EVERYTHING I buy and will one day make and the stages they are in. I just looked and if you count the quilts to be "quilted", bindings to be put on and every project I ever started and put to the side.....I have........
64
That is disgusting! I try to keep track so I stay motivated but, sometimes it has the opposite effect and overwhelms me. I don't know where to begin and which of the 64 to start with. The one I like the most or the one that is the most completed or do I start the one that I just bought yesterday and really love right now? It's crazy!
I need help. :oops:
So, I have enough projects to keep me busy well........the rest of my life and I am only 33.
I keep a running list of EVERYTHING I buy and will one day make and the stages they are in. I just looked and if you count the quilts to be "quilted", bindings to be put on and every project I ever started and put to the side.....I have........
64
That is disgusting! I try to keep track so I stay motivated but, sometimes it has the opposite effect and overwhelms me. I don't know where to begin and which of the 64 to start with. The one I like the most or the one that is the most completed or do I start the one that I just bought yesterday and really love right now? It's crazy!
I need help. :oops:
05-22-2008, 08:19 AM
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Ruth...they can't be THAT bad...I've seen your work. If you just can't stand them, then donating them is a great way to get them out of your house and into the arms of someone who will love them. Thanks for sharing.
05-22-2008, 08:26 AM
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Oh! Crap, you just had to ask that question, didn't you, Imaquilter? :lol: I have about 40 BIG Dresden Plate blocks that I started when I was about 24 years old...(I'm 62 now!)I must have thought the bigger the better or maybe I was trying to make something to cover 2 king-sized beds.Problem is, when I was 24 I don't think there was such a thing as a KING-Sized bed! I didn't count that project but I do plan to finish it. Also have a Garden Gate pattern that I started 35 years ago, too. You have to understand...I made my first crazy block quilt when I was 12 then I tried every decade thereafter but the quilt bug didn't "take" until I was about 55 so there are some old WIPS hidden in suitcases and bedroom closets that I didn't count when I went through my tubs the other day. :oops:
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