How many for you?
 

I'm just wondering how many quilts some of us have going at one time? I have one on the frame, a new one cut out and partially sewn, one that may be a UFO, plus four applique blocks from a Kim Diehls book and more fabric and patterns lined up. None of these are for anyone in particular, just something I want to make. I'm almost sure that I'm not the only one that does this...hopefully. How many do you have going at a time?

Oh no, do I have to think about this? heehee :)
I just finished one top, but have several others in various stages. I'm also working on a hexie at night while I watch TV or the ballgame
That doesn't even count all the UFO's from several years ago!!!

But I'm never bored, that's for sure!

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 currently have 2 lap size for me that needs FMQ, 2 NICU for Quilts for Kids that need FMQ, 3 child size quilt tops that need to be sandwiched & quilted for QFK. Also, I'm doing a Mystery table runner, in progress; a mystery modern quilt (lap size) in progress and about 4 UFO that need finishing. :D Always something to sew!!

Oh, do I have to count-? ;) I have 3 projects near my machine, several ready to be quilted on the long arm, and ufo's lurking too!

As a rough guess, about 20+. I have about 4 around the machine waiting for inspiration. Two to be cut out. An applique near my bed that I am working on at night. Just an average quilter. lol

Two just back from the long arm quilter, need binding (I hate had sewing, so it might be awhile on these) 4 tops finished, backs either ready or almost, then off to the quilter, 8 in a container that will go with me to retreat next weekend. I sew pretty fast, so will probably make a good dent in that box. Also a Christmas quilt made by a first time quilter than needs to be "repaired" so it will lay flat and some of the seams need to be released and resewn. No telling how many UFO's.

it would be too depressing to count all that need finishing. but it'snot unusual to actually be working on two at once

I have two that are in the "front" so to speak, that I am working on interchangeably. One is Bonnie Hunter's MQ from last year and one is a scrappy Irish chain. The next one in line is my Fall quilt, which I just bought some Fall fabric for the sashing (the blocks are all made, from a Fall block swap here on the QB.) So those three are my projects I want to finish this year.

I also want to make Bonnie Hunter's MQ that she will be starting up again in November... that will be another that will probably turn something into a UFO for a while!

I also have two basted UFOs, one is all the way from 2012! (My bad!) That is my oldest UFO. Well, unless I count the half quilted quilt my sister gave up on and passed onto me-- she stopped working on it in something like 2010.

These are all that I'm owning up to for the time being:D. If I was brave enough, I might count how many UFOs in total. I admire those of you that religiously finish one quilt before starting the next!

Right now I have 2 baby quilts ready to be sandwiched and quilted, a Christmas lap quilt I am doing big stitch on and 2 sets of 4 placemats for DIL and GD. Plus many mug rugs, microwave bowl holders and pot holders in the works. I never have to feel the, "what am I going to do today" feeling. Always something to pick up.

Mmmm, lets see...I just finished a disappearing nine-patch yesterday, and am enjoying seeing it hang on the stair railing today. I have a Grandmother's Fan waiting to be assembled. I have a bordered stars with a piano border sandwiched and waiting for quilting. I have a Bargello waiting (a long time) to be sandwiched, and a scrappy four-patch waiting to be enlarged (maybe) and sandwiched.
There are other various projects that I just didn't finish, for one reason or another. We won't talk about them.

I'm with Kenmoregal...I don't like having UFO's hanging over my head. My husband has finally started wearing off on me! I usually start and finish one at a time, but right now (due to some deadlines, etc) I have one I am hand quilting, 1 baby quilt top ready to be quilted, and 1 I am pulling fabric for. (November birthday gift, got to get moving!) I have 1 true UFO, a fusion quilt (fabric squares crocheted together) that I just ain't liking, so it is on the back burner until I get motivated to finish it. I do have some orphan blocks that will go into something else when I have the need for them. Unfinished things tend to cause me some stress until they are done, so I've learned to just finish them before moving on.

I like to not count quilt tops waiting to be quilted, I've got about 25 of them at last count.

I typically only work on one top at a time, and get it to "ready to quilt" stage before starting another. But then I have 3-4 really long term projects (near UFO's) that I pull out when I'm done with one top and not quite sure what I want to start for the next one. They are ones that are very time consuming, and after several days I'm ready to move on.

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!

I only work on piecing one quilt at a time, however I do have a few that are waiting their turn on my longarm, I’m trying to figure out what my excuse for not getting them on there is......but I do vow to have them all done by years end!

5 tops unquilted 1 top in piecing stage, 1 tuffet in piecing stage 1 quilted top unbound. 2 bags cut unpieced , this is only what I can remember lol

I have had as many as six when they are medium to large. The little wall hangings that I'm doing right now, I just counted today. There are eleven.

Oh, I so envy those of you who do not have a pile of UFO's!!!! My last count was around 70 (from memory, because I couldn't put my hands on them if my life depended on it). I don't think I've ever wondered what I would work on next! LOL!

Linda in Missouri

I'm currently working on three tops, all patchwork.
I'm currently making bed toppers rather than bed quilts.
We have two little doxies that sleep with us and I decided toppers would be much more attractive than an old sheet, and with topper I can also enjoy seeing the top and bottom of whichever quilt I have on the bed.

Win win :)

I have a Christmas tree skirt and 3 tops to be quilted, piecing a Cancer t-shirt lap robe, and my daughters friend wants a 'Weighted Blanket' for her daughter. Normally I work on one at a time before starting a new project.
Mike

Yes - exactly Faintly Artistic! That's how I am too. I like to cross things off my mental "to do" list and I hate having tasks hanging over my head. It makes me very nervous.

I've finished my table runner, now I'll move on to something else.

Wow, I wish I had that mindset. I NEVER have one thing finished before I move on. Maybe that's a new goal for me for next year!
The only catch for me is that I sometimes get bored in the middle of a project so I like having more than one going at a time. But I have way more than one! :D

I used to finish one project at a time. Then my mental list started to grow and I'd start just cutting.. then just piecing... then oh well. I have several tops to quilt (about 15), I'm quilting one now on embroidery machine and always working on a scrappy quilt

I'm piecing one and the fabric for the next one just came in yesterday. :-) I just go from one project to another. I used to work on several at a time, but it upset my DH, so I went down to just one (most of the time) & now he even tells me about sales & buys me fabric & notions! It's really worked out for me! ;-)

I have 5 Christmas stockings and 3 Thanksgiving table toppers started -- I found a couple of UFOs that I packed before my move 3 years ago, but lost them again as I was "organizing things". Will have to go on a treasure hunt once I get the new projects done. :)

"Working on" is a phrase I'd use verrrry loosely to describe the effort I'm putting forth on quilts. Motivation kind of plummeted 3 months ago when my mom died.

But...let's see 1. Houses quilt. 2. Log cabin 3. Monkey 4. Jigsaw puzzle 5. Birdies 6. Basketweave 7. Paisley baby

So 7.

I'm actively working on pillowcases.

I just finished up 8 for donation. I made all the tops. Sandwiched all of them, then quilted all of them. Basted around the edges, sewed binding onto the back. Yesterday I machine sewed all bindings onto the front.

Normally I totally finish one quilt before starting another. These were kid sized and all scrappies. I don't have room for UFOs.

Do you mean actual quilts, or are you including quilted projects such as bags/totes, table runners etc. 10-15?

I have a baby quilt ready to be quilted, a double bed size ready to be quilted, a throw size cut and and started piecing the squares, 64 have done 5. And then I have a quilt as you go sampler quilt which needs sewing together, 24 blocks and I've done around 4. I've struggled a bit with motivation this year but I am determined to end the year with everything done and only WIP's left.

I just finished two baby quilts and now starting a new one (Mommy & Me) for my expecting DDIL. I have a finished top on my design wall that needs sandwiching and I have a Gypsy wife that is in the last stages but I haven't been able to sew all summer but I hope to get it finished by Thanksgiving.

Off the top of my head, I have 2 quilts that I'm currently piecing. One is involved, and requires concentration, the other is very simple strip piecing that I can do while socializing at sew group.
4 tops finished, and waiting for me to piece backings. They are are large throw sized.
2 much larger quilt tops finished, ... 1 twin and one queen, that I need to decide if they need borders, or if they fit the intended bed.
1 tree skirt about half finished quilting, I quit when I realized I wanted to learn some ruler work, and now need to work up the courage to give it a go.
2 long term EPP quilts... both rather large, using 1.5" diamonds. They are about 3/4 pieced. I'm not worried about them, but should finish one so I can have the templates back to work on the other.

In addition, I have one throw quilt cut and 'kitted' in a gallon zipper bag in my sewing case. It's ready to go when I go to my next sewing day... if I ever run out of other projects!
I guess I'd better order another roll of batting!

Oh, I quit counting. Just keep making the tops and storing them away for "rainy day" projects:)

I am one of those that finishes one quilt before I start another; although, I have been working on some green embroidery work for a couple of years. I work on those blocks while I watch TV in the evenings. Am trying to come up with projects to "use up what I have on hand" as we will be moving into a townhome next March and I want to downsize some. It's interesting to read what others are working on.

I sat down this summer and finished every one of my UFO's. They were a constant nagging every time I walked into my sewing room. I currently have only one project going and really hope to keep it that way.

Too many...lol I have one that I am hand quilting, two that are waiting for the binding, one vintage quilt top that I am trying to save and one that I am doing needle turn appliqué. I also have the fabric washed and ready to cut for another one. Quilting is just like a "to be read" reading list...never ending!

Some of this is a matter of semantics, but I only consider myself to be working on one quilt at any given time. I'll push it aside to work on other (quicker) sewing projects, but not another quilt. If I started multiple quilts, I would have too much trouble keeping track of all the pieces and where I was in each one, and none of them would get done!

Congratulations!

I'm just going to reply that I love- absolutely love having several projects going at one time. I also have crochet, knitting and jewelry making projects in various stages too. I am very blessed that I accomplish quite a bit.

I will usually finish a top before it gets set aside for quilting. I have one big one, that maze quilt which has been sitting for about 5 years, a scrappy 9 patch that I will finish as soon as I have a home for it - and that's about it. I do have a box full of flying geese that has been set aside until I feel like figuring out what I want to do with them. I am now in research mode trying to decide what I want to start next.
That maze quilt is all done in warm neutrals - beautiful, but just not "me" so it will sit until I have a reason to finish it - might make a nice auction quilt.