I can't stop!
05-28-2016, 07:24 AM
#12
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Washington
Posts: 855
Seriously. I thought the other day that I really should finish the unfinished objects. Then I said, gee, life is short. Why would I spend it doing something that stalled out because I didn't like it, or whatever.
Do what's fun. Don't worry about the UFO's. Dig into that fabric. Remember, someday, somebody's going to have to figure out what to do with it. Let it be you ;-).
This is your HOBBY. Don't make it a chore.
Do what's fun. Don't worry about the UFO's. Dig into that fabric. Remember, someday, somebody's going to have to figure out what to do with it. Let it be you ;-).
This is your HOBBY. Don't make it a chore.
05-28-2016, 10:21 AM
#13
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Southern United States
Posts: 481
I find myself going to the strings and scraps (my grandmother called it piddling!) when something is either bothering me or I have something on my mind. Once I work through whatever it is I go back to what I was working on. I don't see it has a problem, just a detour.
05-28-2016, 05:34 PM
#14
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: N. California
Posts: 323
Sinceresissy, You are doing what I 'began' with when I started quilting. But, now I'm more like quiltsRfun -- at least as to inventory of fabrics. I am good at completing quilts but I have enough 'plans' for the next dozen or more. Disciplining myself is near impossible when I walk into a quilt shop. The challenge is refusing to go into a shop in the first place. Pretty difficult when I belong to a BOM group that is hosted by the best fabric shop around. Like kids in a toy store.....
And, I like to encourage new quilters to find 'just what they need' to have successful quilts completed. I'll drive there and help them and then help myself even when I 'had' no intention of buying.
I think it's time to go on a real fabric fast.
And, I like to encourage new quilters to find 'just what they need' to have successful quilts completed. I'll drive there and help them and then help myself even when I 'had' no intention of buying.
I think it's time to go on a real fabric fast.
05-28-2016, 06:20 PM
#16
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Corpus Christi, Tx.
Posts: 16,105
Do like Bonnie hunter says, if you don't like the fabric cut it up into smaller pieces.
I try not to buy ahead nor do I cut ahead. An idea pops in my brain or I see something I want to make I try to control myself in buying material until I am half way through the project I am working on. I bought a lot of green material a couple of years ago with an idea in mind for a quilt and I have lost interest. I have all this green fabric and it looks ugly to me now. I am using it up gradually but I hope I have learned my lesson of buying too far in advance. I will sometimes cut my scraps into 2-1/2" squares but mostly I just wait until I am ready to start thinking about the next quilt.
05-29-2016, 02:30 AM
#17
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Posts: 2,616
It is physically difficult for me to quilt anything larger than a baby quilt and with my disability, I enjoy more of the process of designing and making the top. Pass your scraps on to others who might enjoy using your scraps! Quilting is a hobby, not a chore. We should have fun and enjoy the quilting process!
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