Originally Posted by QuiltingTurtle

I guess it depends on what is making you set them aside. Or are they difficult patterns? Are do you get sick of it, in the middle of the project? Or something else?

That first link, likes it would be a very simple quilt to make. If the ones you are doing are too hard.

If it is because you lose interest. Maybe you can do smaller projects.

I would love to see pics of what you have done so far.

Originally Posted by sewnsewer2

Since you are relatively new to quilting, I would go with the 1st one.

Half square triangles and on point can be tricky.

Originally Posted by QuiltingTurtle

I guess it depends on what is making you set them aside. Or are they difficult patterns? Are do you get sick of it, in the middle of the project? Or something else?

That first link, likes it would be a very simple quilt to make. If the ones you are doing are too hard.

If it is because you lose interest. Maybe you can do smaller projects.

I would love to see pics of what you have done so far.

Originally Posted by JUNEC

I started sewing when I was about 12. I have made suits in Home Ec class (quite a few yrs ago - many many yrs), I went to college, got married, except for repairs have not sewn until about 1 yr ago when I took up quilting.

I have made 5 quilts -quilted w/SID - 2 from the same pattern I learned in the quilting class at Joann Fabric- have 3 UFO's and in the process of making the Red Herring quilt - PP - which could become my 4th UFO.

I love looking through quilting patterns on line, love reading quilting books, have a stash of fabric that could make probably 50 quilts (or more).

So my question is In order not to keep adding to my UFO stash, what type of quilt pattern should I be using to make my quilts.... is this pattern to difficult

http://www.eeschenck.com/i/0/pattern...Medallions.pdf

or would this one be better

http://www.eeschenck.com/i/0/pattern...ater_Quilt.pdf

or

http://www.eeschenck.com/i/qc_both/p..._Studio_02.pdf

or

http://www.eeschenck.com/i/qc_both/p...Sixteen_18.pdf - strip and fussy cut

OR
http://www.eeschenck.com/i/qc_both/p...Sixteen_20.pdf - PP

http://www.eeschenck.com/i/qc_both/p...Sixteen_21.pdf

Or can you suggest any other pattern that would be good to use - and help my self confidence

Originally Posted by MadQuilter

Why are you planning to make a UFO? I end up with UFOs but never plan them AND eventually mine do become quilts.

Which one of those patterns do you like best? Which one do you have fabrics for (or fabrics in mind)?

Instead of planning a UFO, why not plan a gift for [fill in name and occasion] and follow through?

Originally Posted by King's Daughter

I agree that the first one looks like the easiest, and it is really pretty. And thanks for the links, I've added most of these to my "some day" list! Disappearing Nine Patch is good, very easy, and fun to do. Another easy one is Wickedly Easy and Wicked Easy, they're both easy and pretty.

Here are links to both of them:

http://www.byannie.com/images/wicked...s_patterns.pdf

http://www.byannie.com/images/wicked...s_patterns.pdf

Originally Posted by MNQuilter

Do you know, the quilt I am most enjoying working on is a sampler. I used the BOM on here and did the Pioneer blocks. I'm finding that I'm not getting as frustrated or bored, for a couple of reasons. Reason 1: I'm only making one of each block! I don't need to stress about if they are all identical, are seams going to match, ect. Reason 2: I get to pick out blocks that I like, not that are too hard for me. Reason 3: Any blocks go on a sampler! You can pick a theme, like star blocks, PP, animals, and go with it or you can mix it up! As long as you have some tie in together (colors, ect), it should work! You can find a ton of blocks on quilters cache and they are organized by size (I like 12in, get more quilt with less blocks!) and rated by how easy or hard they are to make. Good luck and don't give up!

Originally Posted by sewnsewer2

Since you are relatively new to quilting, I would go with the 1st one.

Half square triangles and on point can be tricky.

Originally Posted by JUNEC

Thank you for those 2 beautiful patterns - They are both awesome