OOPS! Guess I said "too" much!
I'll work on the brevity part!! :)

QuiltE welcome hope to see you post alot more. What a great idea quilting store had, a great way to bring the quilting community together and finish UFO's.

I am in the same group as so many of you, love to design and piece even like to bind but don't like the quilting. I have started quilting the top to the batting and then just tie the back to the front. Still testing but at least I have some hope of finishing.

I, too, have 25+ quilt tops started and now finished. I cannot resist a quilt class offering and starting a block I have not sewed before.

Well, I try and have one ready for the sewing machine and always one in the frame. So, if I just want to relax, I can
work on the quilting, or if I really want to sew, I work on that.
Just need to have the projects ready to pick up and go.

Thanks EmmaS :)
It's been fun and productive.
And I'm sure the store has boosted their sales, as we always need extras to finish each project!!!


:-P

My quilts are doll size or just smaller quilts, so the quilting isn't so time consuming. And I LOVE the way they look after quilting and laundering them again - that sweet old used puffy look pleases me, and I don't really "see" the finished quilt til that's done. That's the best part to me!

I only have one UFO ready to quilt, but have another one that is close--so my solution? Since I don't have the money to buy a long arm (and with 2 small boys, don't have the time to get to the machine very often!) I rent time on my LQS long arm. It's very reasonable--3 hrs for $35. I only use it when I need it and don't have an expensive machine gathering dust when not needed.
Check with your LQS or some local longarmers--they may be willing to train you on their machine and let you rent it.
Rose Hall

I always finish them (Long armer does it!), then I bind during basketball season (my husband coaches!) Then..............I sit and wait! They age, they season and eventually-they are needed! Someone is ill, a baby is born, a wedding or just a surprise! All will eventually end up 'free to good home!' It is a hoot to drop one in the mail to someone when you know it will be a huge surprise!!! I have some that haven't had their 'calling' yet-7 or so years into it? Like my niece said..........Aunt Nadine must have quilts around like I have candles to send to my friends! (she got one when had an unexpected illness/surgery)! Also, when I get all my xmas letters-I make a list from them of all the quilts I will need that year! Get on them right away...just wrapping up this years....3 babies, 2 weddings, 2 high school graduations!

I have only three UfOs. The reason is I don't like to do the top. I like to hand do the quilting and do not like to put the top together. That is why my stash growth. The 2 ufo I bought and was given one already cut. But, I still don't seem to get them going because I like only to sit and hand sew. I can always use a push in a the other direction. :lol: :cry:

My sister makes potholders and always has some in her purse. If someone does something that she thinks is especially nice, she gifts them with a couple. No one has ever refused one.