Is it bad?
 

Is it bad that I am excited for the projects I get to start after the rush of Christmas!! I got a bunch of things and one big quilt for myself I am chomping at the bit to start. But am consumed with Christmas gifts! Anyone else got big quilting or project plans after the holiday rush!!??

Nope, not bad, always fun to be thinking about the next big project we are going to do. Something new is always more exciting than what we are doing now. :)

Is it bad that I "dream" in fabric? Planning out my projects helps me fall asleep. I guess my projects are boring :p!

No, looking forward to future projects is never bad!


Anita

No this is not bad at all!!!!

Now I have finally given up - having run out of time to do a lot of the cute little paper-pieced ideas (FOUR HOURS to sew 8 teeny little pieces together correctly and now I need another 30 teeny pieces to make one curse 3 1/2" square???) I was planning for the holidays...

I am so ready to look at something new and BIG and exciting for the new year. I bought a Baltimore Blocks book!!!

Sorry to the rels who won't be getting their little paper-pieced thingy's :) they will have to like that gift card instead LOL

Ditto! But hope I stop dreaming about paper piecing miniatures, which was more like a nightmare. I like to dream about fabric shopping!

I'm feeling the same way. I received some lovely new fabrics and quilt books . . . but dare not even think about using them, until I finish up my Christmas projects. :(

all done with Christmas gifts a few months ago. looking forward to that great 70% off sale to buy for next year and start on that. looking forward is what gets me thru finishing the quilt i'm working on now. almost done, on to something new.

Omg!!!! I do the same thing! Or think of quilting designs, and how to stitch them!!! Haha too funny, but I love how we all understand each other here!!

I hope it's not a bad thing, because it's exactly how I feel.

I really can't go to sleep, though, thinking about fabric and quilting projects. I have to get my mind off of it or I'd jump out of bed and into the studio, or off to the fabric store saying "Open! Open! Open!" [flashbacks of the Mervin's commercials]

I am actually done with my Christmas gift-making, so I need to get into the studio and get it organized so that I can get on with some UFOs and/or a new project (part of which just arrived by UPS)!

One of the very nicest things in life is having something to look forward to. Sounds like you have found the perfect way to while away the long winter. Enjoy!

It's not bad at all! OmGoodness, it just means you have a very healthy passion for your quilting. What could possibly be bad about that! You Go, Girl!

No, it's good! I'm working my fingers to the bone on my dgd quilt so it will be ready for Christmas. I am so ready for it to be finished. it turned into the quilt from heck; if something could go wrong, it did.

At this point, I'm relying on the fact that she will look at it through eyes blurred by love!

And, like you, I can't wait for it to be done so I can do something else!

Getting excited about the next project helps me get the current project finished. If my project drags out past 4 months they tend to turn into UFOs. Currently I only have 2 of those, I forced myself to finish the others this year.

Very good thing. I am thinking of the New Years Day mystery quilt. And then there is retreat in January. I am so ready for Christmas to come and gifts to go. Love the holiday but it is so much work. I don't know why I don't plan ahead and do Christmas gifts in January.

One more binding and I am done for Christmas. After Christmas I will be working on a Queen size quilt for my Granddaughter, and finishing up a few things for the Quilt show in July, and what ever else might come along!!

I have recently finished two small quilts, planning on fmq a double bed size quilt for my son for Christmas this weekend and then I will be mostly caught up with my projects. Really hoping that hubby takes my hints and I get fabric or gift certificates for Christmas so I can start something new!

I just sorted all my UFOs and future projects into labelled shoeboxes and I'm chomping at the bit to get going on them!

I am so looking forward to after the holidays. I just started quilting about 7 months ago. I retire in two weeks and will have plenty of time to do more quilting. My problem is that there are SO many things I want to try but don't know what to start first. :confused::)

I, too, am looking forward--one flannel quilt to finish tying and binding and a flannel nightgown for my granddaughter before Christmas--then I'm going to make myself a wagga!

I too look forward to the pieceful times that follow the holidays... and the anticipation of the projects to come... is like a child on Christmas eve.

I'm still finishing Christmas gifts. I have one more quilt to finish binding and I want to knit more scarves. Already. I am planning the quilts I'll make next year. I have the cloth and can't wait to get started. My goal is to make 2 quilts a month next year. I want to have my quilts that I am giving for Christmas 2014 finished early. I think planning for next year is exciting!

I will be glad when the wrapping, cookies, and cleaning and cooking are finished. I have all these on my calendar for next 10 days. The rest of this week I can continue on with a couple table runners to finish and some pot holders. Yes I will be glad to jump back into my studio and plan and look and read and decide what is next.

I just told my friend that I am looking forward to the holidays to be over so I can just quilt.

After Christmas I have a memory quilt to make for a friend who lost her daughter. Then 35 aprons to make for my DDIL for Teacher Appreciation day at school. There never seems to be enough time for everything but I love a challenge.

What is a wages? :)

Whats a wagga? Not bad! Normal for us!! Lol.

It's a woolen quilt/rug--historically Australian. Mine isn't going to be authentic, I'm afraid (for one, I'm not Australian; and two, I'm using wool blends, since that's what I have), but I love the concept (and the name :) ). They were made with everything from burlap to flour bags to tailor's samples, etc. Kind of like those my great-great grandmother would have made out of whatever she had.

After working on UFO's this year and organizing my fabric I too am looking forward to starting new projects. Unfortunately Ithe list gets longer with each new quilt magazine I get!!

I'm hoping for gift cards to LQSs to buy fabric to make some quilts I have marked in my quilting magazines. I also hope for some gift cards to online quilt shops. I have a few I really like, Fat Quarter Shop, M* Quilting Co.

No I actually feel that way about almost everything I start. I will start thinking, planning, and dreaming of the next project, anxious to get the current one done.

I'm just looking forward to being able to get back to my sewing room:). Had a bad shoulder (bursitis) for the last couple of months, so I wasn't even able to do any Christmas gifts for family.:(

I am not done with my Christmas gifts yet. 2 bindings to sew on quilts and just cut out a lap quilt for my MIL. I can't wait to get through the holidays and dig into some other projects!

A nephew asked me last week if I finish one project before I start another. He was surprised to learn that I usually have three of four projects going at a time and more on the back burner waiting. HA Obviously he doesn't understand quilters!

Oh Lynnie I am so jealous. Good for you to be so organized. :)

Have a church raffle quilt to get at and finish before March 1st. But have to finish 4 table toppers for my daughter and mittens for an elderly friend. My fingers are 'itching' to get at that quilt.

I haven't done much quilting for the past 5 years because I've had serious thyroid problems and have just not felt good. So now, after taking 3 different medications and going through two radioactive iodine ablation procedures, I am now doing hormone replacement therapy and can honestly say that I feel better than I have in years. So, yes, I am excited about getting back to quilting. I have done some crafty things, but I haven't felt like quilting. I have continued to build my stash, purchasing mainly pre-cuts and patterns and kits. I also ordered a new fusible BOM. But (and it's a big but) I do need to finish the 4 BOMs (1 pp, 2 fusible applique, 1 needle turn applique), two mystery quilts and one QOV that I have already started before I start anything new.

Oh yes,I am frazzled getting things done for Christmas together with cards,food and decorations and long for the quiet time after the festivities.Then comes the time to slow down and do 'me quilting'. Don't get me wrong I love all the preparations for Christmas but in spite of the fact that it comes at the same time each year it always seems to catch me on the hop!!-- surely there are others who feel the same ? Love Letty

Why would that be bad? Take time for yourself and enjoy.

It is not bad. It's good that you're still giddy like a child in a candy shop! Good for you!