15 waiting to be quilted...yikes!
 

Oh boy, i have a terrible habit. I finish the top, cut the backing and make the binding. Then it goes in a pile. I now have 15 quilts in the pile. I have vowed not to start anything new til these are done. Well, its been 10 days, i have 2 finished and this morning i HAD to cut pieces for a new project. Arghh, i have no willpower! Sadly, quilting is my least favorite part and i'm not very good at it. This is killing me! Someone out there, please tell me you have a similar problem!

Well I have an answer for that. When it is the middle of winter, you and sit by the fire, (or in front of the television) and stitch the days away. I just finished one, and actually wish I had something else ready to be quilted. :-)

I am there with you! I just can't seem to quilt when the weather is hot. It takes cooler temps to get me into quilting. Meanwhile the tops add up don't they?

Perhaps you can make friends with a longarmer who prefers quilting to making tops and will exchange her labor for some of your tops. Win-win.

I have a pile waiting to be quilted. This summer was far to hot so waiting or winter. I hope they will help me save on the heating. Bill while I quilt them.

I am not fond of quilting but I absolutely love piecing and the whole design process. We are not alone, otherwise there would be no need for LAQ's for hire !

Me too. I have so many tops waiting. One of the board members said she decided she wasn't a quilter, she is a piecer. Me too.

I would much rather piece tops than quilt them. My sister told me it doesn't matter if we never get them quilted!
At least we enjoyed doing the tops! I think she is right. Why stress about it.

I'm with the rest of you - I think we gravitate to what we are good at and find it difficult to do what we aren't accomplished at. I have 3 quilts pinned and ready to quilt - many other tops completed and stashed in different places. My goal is to start on those that are ready and start doing them - that is the only way I will learn how to quilt the way I would like. Just need to get started!!

I'm with you. I must have 10 or 12 quilt tops to be quilted. I'm trying not to start a new quilt until I get one or more quilted.

I don't have 15 but I probably have about 5 that have been waiting to be quilted for a few...years.

I have several waiting, too. I like to quilt them. I just like the piecing better.

Honestly-- I am too busy in the warmer months, getting garden ready and planted in spring, weeding, grand kids here to visit outdoor activities during the summer, canning, and putting away my garden, getting ready for snow in the fall. winter is about the only time I really have to sew a lot more than just a couple of hours here and there, and I am retired! LOL I don't know how you working people do it!

I hear you, Jo C. Got a pile like that myself. Unfortunately I also have a pile of projects in various other stages of the process. Tops that need backing cut to size, tops that need borders added, tops that need to be sewed together. You get the idea. The list goes on and on. Is this an epidemic? And do you suppose we caught this mysterious ailment due in part to exposure from this board?

phew, glad i'm not the only one. Maybe i'll start calling myself a piecer instead of a quilter!

That's exactly what I told DH a few days ago. LOL

BTW, I started yet another project last week, despite the fact that I'd promised myself no more new projects until I finish two whose due dates are past due.

I do not have 15. But I am trying to get my tops turned into actual finished projects. Want to try to get caught up before I start something new. Wish me luck.

I have a quilt top that has been in waiting...I have finally out together the backing but had no modivation to quilt it..I told myself I will not do another top until its done....so its either I get it done or I do not piece another top ; )

Oh good, glad to read this. I thought I was the only one who enjoyed the piecing but not the rest. Glad I am in good company. I gave up saying I would finish one before starting another. Not going to HAPPEN.

Hey! Jo C, you are way ahead of me........You at least have the backs and binding for yours! I just have a stack of tops and lots of small projects that lack binding. I agree with others that enjoy the designing and piecing most!

LOL that's why I finally broke down and hired a LAQ. However to do that I have to piece out of my stash so I have the $$$$ for her. I am 11 behind and just got the first 2 back ready for binding.

This will probably be my solution as well.

I had 11 tops waiting to be quilted in January when I bought my LA. As of a few weeks ago, they are all finished!I've also pieced and quilted several others in that time. I love piecing tops, but long arming hasn't come easily to me, so I procrastinate. Lately I've started to accept that I'll never have the talent that so many LA quilters on this board have, but that's okay. I don't quilt for a living, just for fun.

I just finished piecing a top today, and I'm putting together the backing now. My goal is to at least get the backing loaded on the machine before I start working on anything else.

Not me !!! I totally finish one quilt before I start another. I have space for finished quilts but, not for UFOs.

I love to piece the quilt tops but it takes me a long time to finish one as I don't really have a lot of time available to quilt without interuption. Once I see the beauty of the completed design ( the design, not my work .... LOL ) I lose interest in that quilt. I do take it to the longarm to be quilted soon after it's been completed but it's often several months before I do the binding and that usually happens when I want to give a quilt as a gift. Soooo Jo C, you are not alone.

It is good to see that I am not the only one that loves to piece but not crazy about the quilting. I would love to find someone who would take some of the tops for quilting the others. Maybe someday that person will come along and I can continue to piece and not feel guilty about starting another project.

So glad to read this post. I too like the piecing part but don't care for the quilting part. I think I'm going to check into having someone else quilt them. There are a couple of places I know of here in town that do that part. I still call myself a quilter. haha

Get a few friends and just Tye all the ones you have ahead of you . . . .then do them one at a time! A lesson learned and REMEMBERED! !

So refreshing to read about UFOs . . . I know that I'm never alone.
thank you . . One and All! Have a great day! !

After reading this thread I went down and counted my pile. I have nine waiting all ready with batting cut, binding ready and ready to quilt. I send my big or good stuff out, but quilt my own for the grands or donation quilts. Like many of you I don't enjoy the quilting process nearly as much as piecing. Then I have to take a few days, bite the bullet and get them done. I do enjoy sitting and sewing binding in the evening, so I buck myself up with that thought.

I am with you there~ My problem is: Unemployed and can't afford batting and backing right now, however, I have lots of fabric to fill my days! When the job comes and I can afford batting, I will get them done.

In Alabama, like Florida, when the humidity is 90 % or more its hard to quilt in the heat!! Looking forward to cooler weather!! Lol.

I've used old blankets before for batting!! Hard to and quilt but works for machine quilting!!

I love every step of quiltmaking and am so anal I have to finish each before starting another. Sometimes I think I need to lighten up a little LOL

I have a lot of UFO's. Some are ready to quilt, some need to be finished piecing. I have made a rule for myself this year. I have to finish 2 UFO's before I let myself start something new. I have done pretty well. To finish all 15 of your UFO's before you start anything new is too harsh on yourself. Try to finish a couple then something new. Good luck. My UFO pile is getting a lot smaller. :-)

I love the piecing and I don't mind the quilting - but I HATE sandwiching the quilt for some reason. If we hadn't moved 3 years ago I may have done more quilts as I have a friend who is willing to help me sandwich quilts. Guess we'll just have to set a day aside to get together to sandwich quilts. It's so much easier with someone else to help and the table space to spread the quilts out. Unfortunately, when we moved I had to give up my very large former dining room table which was a great size to sandwich quilts. Oh well.

Sounds like a good idea! I vote for this one.

By the time you finish quilting all of those, you will be a pro!

Add my name to the list LOL

As far as the backs, I have pieced the backs with the massive amount of fabric I have. That way when it is done, you have a reversible quilt.