you can't wait to get finsihed? A quilt that seems never ending, a problem quilt, a challenging quilt? A quilt that just keeps you in a frustration every time you touch it? Know what I am talking about? This could very well be that quilt! I am soooooo tired of looking at it and fighting with it that I am not sure I want to keep it. (it was suppose to be for us to keep for our spare bedroom) Grrrr! Yet it maybe beautiful in the end.

Thanks for listening :thumbup:

P.s. I have finished quilting it tonite and just got to do the binding yet. Hoping that may go smoothly.

I always like the end result better. Sometimes when I'm half done I wonder what I was thinking!

Congrats on not letting it become a UFO!!!

Been there. done that.

gee, never thought of that.

relax...don't TRY so hard...let it know who is boss by leaving aside for a day or two and sew up a tote bag instead...that will teach it to be a PITA...hehhe

Yes! You keep plugging away at it because you darn well won't let it defeat you. The harder you try to fix it, the worse it gets. You almost give up but you know it will sit on the U.F.O shelf just mocking you if you didn't get it done. Now all you need to do is find some lucky person (sucker) to gift it to so you never have to look at it again!

I always have 6 to 12 projects going...some hide as UFO since they have been a PITA or because I am re-thinking a color or pattern design....I move from one to another to get them completed..some have been in time-out for a yr or more but when I get them out they seem to have grown on me so they are exactly what I wanted, when I pull them back out...seems things have a way of working out when you think about them over time

Good job sticking to it and getting it done. I have made a couple quilts that were definitely not my favorites and was happy not just to complete them but to pass them on to the new owners. Once out of my house the stress was gone and I could enjoy a new project.

Yes. I was making a quilt for my nephew's baby boy to be. Anything and everything went wrong. But through blood, sweat and tears I was able to finish it. But I was so thankful when it was over.

feeling for you {hugs}. i'm working on one of those as well.

I've had several like this. I just work on something else for a day and then go back to it and it seems to go smoother.

Can't wait to see pics.

YES!YES!YES!
in fact my mother-in-law's quilt- oh my gosh--it was such a pain! by the time i finally finished it i was so dog-gone unhappy with it---and sick of looking at it---i really wanted to send it to a landfill!
almost didn't give it to her- only did because hubby insisted---
she loves the quilt- everytime anyone mentions it i want to yank it off her bed and throw it out!
i've never had a quilt give me such fits-
in my (probably a bit over critical) mind it is HORRIBLE! the components of the quilt are (ok) but putting it together didn't go so well --- in my mind i guess---lucky for me hubby's family are not 'crafty' people---and don't pay too close attention- i would want to crawl under a rock and never make another quilt if she decided to actually show it off to a quilter.......

When I get to that point, I walk away for a while. Not as frustrated/upset when I finally get back to it. The binding will wait for a day or two.

My recommendation - brownies with a hot fudge sundae followed by some chocolate as a chaser. :)

I made a quilt top I loved. I was trying to quilt it and I had so many problems with it I can't hardly stand to look at it. I still haven't put the binding on it and fix the back where the eagle nests made holes in the back. I haven't tried to quilt anything since. I will tho. I have several tops to quilt.

I guess the hot fudge sundae wouldn't hurt!!!

I must say I threw the quilt out once maybe twice. I threw the pattern away a long time ago. Somehow days later I would retrieve the quilt out of the trash and give it another go around. gee,I cut the binding last nite, getting close to done, done, done! I can't wait!
Amazing how some quilts just fight you all the way, and other times I walk thru the sewing room to get something, get involved in a project and walk out with a completed quilt. Now I like that kind.