Oh my goodness - just about the time I THINK "OK, I can get these finished by.......", I see another beauty (usually on this msg. board) :-o & just HAVE to add it to my 'to-do' list.

I figure the only thing that will EVER get me caught up is when they wrap me in that last quilt & I go to the 'quilting class in heaven'!!

Have a blessed day

I'm not caught up, but I am enjoying the journey!!

I thought getting caught up was having three things going at once and getting one finished. There is always the next project in our minds/

Nope, no hope. But if you ever do get caught up, would you let all of us know how you did it?????

Hey why would you want to catch up, life is always living and catching up...enjoy it to the fullest.

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: TOO TRUE

I don't have a quilting machine but I do have 9 projects waiting to be made or completed and 3 waiting to be layered and quilted! I try not to stress too much! :D

I used to think that 'd love to be able to finish one project at a time, but not now. Either something that NEEDS to be done comes up or I see a project that I just HAVE to do. I used to let it bother me, but now I look at it a bit differently. I've decided that it's really a blessing to have things at different stages of completion because I always have something to work on, based on how much time I can commit, or what I want to do.

For example, if I feel like quilting, there is always a project or two (ok, really 10 or more) that needs quilting. I get to choose which project to quilt and can get to it right away because I try to have the backing and batting prepared and with the quilt. Also, it's very rarely that when I finish quilting a project that the binding doesn't immediately follow. I get so excited when the quilting is done and I really do like to bind.

Sometimes I just really need to work with bright colors and not Civil War reproductions or others because those fabrics make me smile. If that's how I feel, I go a tub with those type of projects and woo-hoo, I'm good and life is good!

There are other times that I'm really busy and life gets in the way of quilting, there's always a project that allows me to sew for just a few minutes at a time and give me a quick "fix."

Maybe it's just making excuses, but this works for me.

There's an old saying that when you die there will still be things to do in your inbasket.

Thanks for all your posts. Nice to know I'm not the only one with lots of projects going at the same time.