ManiacQuilter2

This is EXACTLY what I do when the UFOs start stacking up. The other suggestion is to give them up to a local group that makes quilts for charity.

zennia

I am so glad to hear I am not the only one like this. The breaks come on as soon as it is time to sandwich and finish. Right now I have one laying over the back of a chair and one on a table waiting for me. Several more on the shelf. I love the piecing and making the rows then stop. I look at it this way. Some day someone will have a head start with all my tops ready to finish.
I have heard that there are places that auction off quilt tops. Maybe that is a option for us.

Jan in VA

Sometimes, even though your quilt isn't finished, you are finished with your quilt.
Even great artists and composers left work unfinished and no one denies *their* genius.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Jan in VA

Anoka Quilter

Do you have a local QS in your area that offers open sews? The local shop in my area has open sews 3 days a week, which I can never go to because I am working, but then they do the 2nd Saturday and the 3rd Friday of each month from 4-Midnight. This is my UFO time, unless I am working on a quilt that is for someone else. I do work for others as a side business. So far I have completed two UFO quilts that way and am working on my 3rd one right now.

tessagin

I don't make quilts just to make quilts. It has to be for a special occasion. Well the time has come. My DS b-day is in March and so is his oldest, 4 days apart. Also at nineteen she has decided to take up sewing. Today I sent a few things I had promised a couple weeks ago. That was the motivation I needed. I started cutting the pieces needed for his quilt (Duck Dynasty fabric) Hunter's star. Put that one aside and will cut DGD tomorrow. Have another DGD b-day first of April. That one will be smaller but will cut on Saturday. I put the due dates which I marked 4 day ahead of b-days. I have some gift boxes (shirt size) to put the blocks in. Pizza shop wants $5.00 a box!!! We order from them often and tip well. Will work on the blocks maybe Sunday. One box at a time. I have an appt. book scheduling time to spend on each quilt. And when each needs to be completed. Only way I can do it.

jcrow

That's so funny because yesterday I found 40 blocks completely finished, sitting in a drawer. The pattern isn't there, nor any extra fabric, but I had sewn two together, so apparently there is no sashing for me, I don't think, unless it's between the rows. I'm going to spend tomorrow looking to see if I can find anymore of that fabric because I'm sure it's suppose to have a border or two. That's the problem with not following through. When you find it, all the fabric and pattern might have disappeared.

michelleoc

The UFO challenge here on the Boards has helped me tremendously!

RavenLunaStitch

Same story here. I love the piecing. Wrestling with all those layers on my DSM is *not* relaxing! But ... since I started basting my quilt sandwiches with Elmer's glue, I have found that I'm more inclined to just suck it up and get the quilting part DONE & over with. My FMQ skills are really really crappy, so I stick to lines, usually diagonal.

I don't mind the binding part either, but I have to give all credit for the quilting part to Elmer. If he didn't make it easier & faster I probably wouldn't finish any quilts at all. Ever.

zozee

I say be very honest with yourself. Ask these questions of the real you:

1. Even with good suggestions on here as to HOW to finish, them, do I want to badly enough to buckle down?
2. Does finishing a quilt give me enough satisfaction to motivate me?
3. Does it really matter if the joy is in doing only tops ? Some people like to cook but not bake. Same principle
4. Am I more likely to finish quilt if I'm giving it away?

Like you, I love to start new projects and try new blocks but haven't finished a big one . Being okay with my personality and my skill level, but also wanting to finish to bless someone, I have decided to make lots of doll quilts for my favorite charity. Small, manageable quilts that I can practice new skills on and determine how much I really like or don' t like making certain block=w/o commiting to a huge quilt. Works for me

coopah

My excuse for not finishing projects (of any kind) is undiagnosed ADD (attention deficit disorder). My 86 year old mother calls it, "lazy." LOL