This was me just one year ago. Then I went on a State wide Shop Hop in the Spring and bought way too much and couldn't wait to start on everything I bought. This year I have UFO's...sigh.

I'm in for the UFO challenge for 2012. I'll make my list and come back to this thread to post all of it. I've realized that I get more done if I work on one thing at a time instead of multiple things. I think having so much to do just plain overwhelms me and I spend most of my time fretting over what to work on next or what to finish next. I guess I'll just finish them in the order I started them in. It might take me a the whole next year to get them all done. I must add here though that I will be starting one new quilt this year because I've already obligated myself to the Quilts for Quilters Swap. I do at least follow through on projects that have a deadline. Better start digging!

I occasionally go through an orgy of completing things and finish as many as 2 or 3 in a week (not just quilting projects, but mostly quilting.) It always feels so good, but the most amazing thing is how little work is required to complete some of them. Always makes me wonder why I put them aside in the first place.

I joined a 2011 UFO challenge elsewhere, because I hadn't discovered this forum a year ago. I didn't do that well - I think I've finished 4, but have doen some work on some of the others. However, I've also started 2 new projects...! But I think that means I'm just about winning. So yes, I'm up for 2012 and continuing to make some progress. I find that sometimes a project comes to a halt because I need fabric or thread - I don't like to buy everything before I start, as I often rethink or make decisions about quilting as I go along, and my budget isn't big enough to be buying stuff I don't use. So I often have to wait until I can get to a shop or show, and then will work on something else. And I like a bit of variety, rather than just focusing on one project. So I think UFOs will always be a part of my quilting life -I just need to have fewer than I have at the moment (about 15, I think, in various stages, from not started to just needing the binding sewn down).

Polly, I was just looking through the topics tonight and found this.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/quiltin...a-t171904.html

ok..so you finished 16 UFO'S and you need another year to finish MORE of them...hehehehe
glad I am in good company..I have about 38 I want/need to finish...NOW, I just heard some of you gasp, and nearly faint...BUT, you must understand for years I taught. That meant blocks, tops, etc had to be in various stages of completion to be shown/understood by students...Now that I no longer teach those classes, I just need to complete the projects and move on!

There is one. I signed up for it. Don't recall the link right now. But, its listed under the Challenge Section here on the board.

I think I need to be part of this! I have several UFO's just begging to be finished! It's a shame really! I get these "bright ideas".... start them & stuff them away! LOL

Although, the one I'm working on this week will be done in record time! I MUST get it finished for Christmas (of this year!! lol).... I just started cutting/sewing on Saturday! Maybe this will be a good boost for me!

So fellow Quilters....... Here's to completing all (or most!) of our UFO's in 2012!!

OK, maybe I am not so much of a weirdo then - I have a stash! I can't imagine not having lots of fabric. I'm a relatively new quilter so I have no guilt whatsoever regarding building up inventory. I'm building a sewing room in my basement (http://www.quiltingboard.com/mission...s-t170083.html) so I need to aquire stuff to put in it...At least, that's what I keep telling myself. Someone posted a qusetion on here last night about muslin, with a link to Quilt Fabric Closeouts, so of course I had to place a large order since I followed the link. :-)

Congratulations - if you have a pill/drink/whatever please send.
I had 37+ at last count and only seem to add to it.

I'm in! I finished my UFOs for 2011 but somehow have accumulated another pile of them! :)