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LianneK 09-22-2017 04:45 AM

This is a bit unusual for me, as I am working on some Christmas presents...usually I have 1 or 2 in various stages of completion, but at the moment I have no fewer than 6! Thankfully 2 are nearly done (just the binding and a label), and one is a block of the month for me...

Aurora 09-22-2017 04:47 AM

I have a challenge that has to be finished by end of year -- we were given a yard of fabric and must use all of it. I have opted to do several small projects and one larger one. I just finished a big project (a tote for my Viking 6430 so I can take it with me to classes and UFO). In October we have a lock-in. It starts at 3:00 p.m. Friday and ends at 7:00 a.m. Saturday (16 hours of uninterrupted sewing) except for potluck and door prize drawings. Have lots of cutting prep to accomplish in the next four weeks.

elly66 09-22-2017 04:51 AM

Well presently I'm piecing on four but I'm finding that it"s way too many.. I do like several at a time for the variety. Three of the four are baby quilts so hopefully I can complete them soon. As far as UFOs it's around ten.

Sewnoma 09-22-2017 05:07 AM

Let's put it this way - I have half of a cabinet devoted to UFO's!

Quilting is my hobby that I do for fun, so I don't stress too much about whether or not I'm finishing things or not. I do what I feel like doing, when I feel like doing it. It all gets done eventually. :)

mojo11 09-22-2017 06:30 AM

Too many. LOL

rvsfan 09-22-2017 06:40 AM

I have 9 wall hanging projects going right now, all on the front burner. I even took on 2 more and stuck them ahead of the 9, so it's really 11. All fabric is out in project stacks. My apartment looks like a fabric store. And I feel stressed.

EmiliasNana 09-22-2017 06:42 AM

I'm currently quilting a baby quilt that I made for a GS friend's first grandchild, due in October, so had to set the lap quilt top I was piecing for my DIL aside. Hope to finish those blocks next week and piece the top for that. I probably won't quilt it though until later as our daughter just announced she is pregnant with her first. Naturally I went right out and bought the fabric for that. I bought the pattern at least 7 years ago, before she even was seriously dating LOL. It was perfect for her. I even have left over Minkie from the backing on the previous baby quilt, to make a small tag blanket (18" square) for travel. This is the story of my life, and I suspect a lot of yours: you have good intentions and then something pops up to interrupt your plans. My brain always works faster than my quilting, so I am never lacking for projects. I don't even want to count the UFOs and PIGS that are set aside for that someday when I have nothing else to work on.

meyert 09-22-2017 06:53 AM

Oh my!! I have 2 baby quilts on my couch now basted and ready to quilt. I have one quilts for kids halfway done, I have a jacobs ladder top half pieced and I have started cutting another baby quilt. When I get tired of one I just move to the other ha ha ha

Anniedeb 09-22-2017 07:23 AM


Originally Posted by lots2do (Post 7910788)
I have some BSOs: Barely Started Objects, mostly from classes. I also have some PPs:Problem Projects that I haven't found the solutions for yet. Then there are a few FPs:Forgotten Projects that are languishing somewhere or other. Now ask me how many projects are started only in my head!

This sums me up perfectly!! Especially all the projects in my head that I have started sorting fabric for!!

shasta5718 09-22-2017 10:15 AM

I have 6 in progress now, one ready to quilt and 4 tops done and 1 more to put together. They are all for Christmas.

crafty pat 09-22-2017 10:55 AM

I have two going now. A Christmas gift for DD and a baby quilt for my first great grand baby a girl.

nativetexan 09-22-2017 11:24 AM

i have two needing quilting right now. can't seem to get going. then many more projects after that. and Christmas is coming!!

minibarn 09-22-2017 01:33 PM

I have several UFO's also. Part of my problem is getting on the internet and seeing so many cute free patterns and deciding I need to make them even though I have plenty waiting. And then there are the swaps I like to join but shouldn't. And, other types of hand work, like hexies or embroidery or tatting, that I work on in the evening. Wish I were more disciplined and completed one before going on to the next, perhaps that will be my New Years resolution.

peaceandjoy 09-22-2017 01:37 PM

When you say "going," what do you mean? Actively being worked on, even if it's only a bit here and there? Or would you consider my projects that are fermenting/aging/in time out as "going"? ;)

mtkoldra 09-22-2017 03:12 PM

I am with you, several projects going on at the same time, not to mention the 5 quilts that need to be quilted!

tscweaves 09-22-2017 03:28 PM

My weaving habits have followed me into the quilting world. Right now I have a bargello that is all basted, just waiting to be quilted, bound, and hanging pockets made for it. I am also doing sew-alongs here, the new monthly Quilting Bee and the 17th mystery train. I don't consider the last two UFO'S, they are WIP - works in progress.

It is the same in my weaving loft, all of the looms are currently occupied with WIP's, it is the same way with the sewing piles, 2 bags started there, and both pieces of braiding equipment has projects.

I like a lot of variety and I really enjoy bopping from project to project and quilting has just joined my personal round-robin that goes on in my house. I just recently told someone that I no longer live in a house, I live in a fiber studio:D

kristakz 09-22-2017 07:13 PM

Without considering UFOs (quilts that have stagnated in some stage for more than 6 months), I have:
- 150 Canadian Women - 78 of 150 blocks made
- 2 mystery quilts (PEI Modern Guild mystery, times 2)

I just finished my most recent project, and that's actually a low "in progress" count for me. Waiting for the rest of my guilds to decide what their annual project is. I'll generally join most/all of those once they get started. Plus Bonnie Hunter is coming soon, so that'll be another mystery on the books.
The UFO count was over 30 last time I checked (mostly waiting to be quilted).

cathyvv 09-22-2017 08:35 PM

Too many to count, unfortunately. So much fabric, so little time.

sewbizgirl 09-22-2017 09:08 PM

Eight, at the moment... :shock:

Texas_Sue 09-23-2017 03:16 AM

I wouldn't know where to start counting. Especially since I am involved in Blocks of the Week and Blocks of the Month and different classes I've taken over the years. No --- I can't even hazard a guess as to how many I have going right now!

carolynjo 09-23-2017 06:08 AM

I have seven in varying stages of completion. I need to finish a baby quilt for my first great grand--ready to quilt, but sickness has prevented me from quilting. Hope to begin this week.

Karo 09-23-2017 11:00 AM

I have a lot of hand made tops (flimsy) that need to be quilted. I really don't like to hand quilt and can't afford the $200.00 or more per top for a long arm quilter. I will begin to learn to quilt with my machine next week; hopefully I can learn quickly, I love doing the tops...get so excited when I start a new one.

Roxanne 09-23-2017 12:28 PM


Originally Posted by KenmoreGal2 (Post 7910567)
I have heard the stories on here about UFOs. Since I just started quilting 4 years ago, I decided to try and avoid that. I finish each project before I start the next one except in very rare situations.

I have no UFOs. I finished a quilt last night, I've begun cutting a table runner today.


I envy your discipline. I just picked up my sewing after a two year hiatus with every intention of finishing 5 partially finished quilts. I've completed two, finished one top and darn if I didn't start another using scraps! I'll never finish this way. Oh., and did I tell you I've also ordered a pattern for that lovely labryinth quilt currently being shown here on the board. I

Jeanette Frantz 09-24-2017 03:43 AM

Right now, I have at least four quilts, king size plus~ Three of the four will be machine qui;ted, and one will be hand-quilted. I must get them done before Christmas -- that's the deadline I've set for myself. These are special quilts, and I really want them finished so I can gift them before Christmas.


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