UFO's Finishing - or not?
#1
UFO's Finishing - or not?
I've been working really hard on finishing UFO's for a couple of years. They got WAY out of hand. I love seeing a project bin empty.
Last edited by tuckyquilter; 12-30-2022 at 05:16 PM.
#2
Not, But, I really want 2023 to be my year to finish a lot. The list is very daunting. But, I did a huge purge in my sewing room this year. I only kept the ones I really wanted to finish. I applaud that you stayed the course to finish up your UFO's! That's amazing. I want to be able to start new projects with a clear conscience.
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2022
Location: Northeast
Posts: 682
I may be a strange one, but I've never had any UFO's. When I start a quilt, I work on it until it is completed, whether it takes a month or so, or a year if it is more complex. I've always been that way. I have a lot of projects lined up to make, having the fabric and all, and a lot of ideas floating around in my head, but none of them have actually been started. One project at a time from start to finish.
Sometimes I make a double project (two quilts exactly the same with different fabric because they were requested) at the same time, but that is rare, matter of fact I've only done this twice. A double project I just finished and one I just started. But, as before, they get finished before I start a new project. And when I do the double project, I work on the 2 quilts simultaneously, doing each step with each quilt before moving onto the next step.
I really enjoy the feeling I get seeing a quilt project complete, of putting in that last stitch and just holding the finished quilt in my hands. Having a, I did this, I made this, feeling. I find that it's relaxing and enjoyable.
It would bug the heck out of me if I had a lot of (UFO's) unfinished projects just gathering dust in a box or cupboard. I like to enjoy the complete process each time I make a quilt. It would feel like I had a bunch of old projects laying around that I got tired of and feel like I'd have to force myself to do them or get rid of them and wonder why I made them to begin with, if I wasn't going to finish them from start to finish, when I started them.
I guess it is to each our own in how we like to quilt. Nothing wrong with any way we do it, as long as we are doing it the way we like.
Sometimes I make a double project (two quilts exactly the same with different fabric because they were requested) at the same time, but that is rare, matter of fact I've only done this twice. A double project I just finished and one I just started. But, as before, they get finished before I start a new project. And when I do the double project, I work on the 2 quilts simultaneously, doing each step with each quilt before moving onto the next step.
I really enjoy the feeling I get seeing a quilt project complete, of putting in that last stitch and just holding the finished quilt in my hands. Having a, I did this, I made this, feeling. I find that it's relaxing and enjoyable.
It would bug the heck out of me if I had a lot of (UFO's) unfinished projects just gathering dust in a box or cupboard. I like to enjoy the complete process each time I make a quilt. It would feel like I had a bunch of old projects laying around that I got tired of and feel like I'd have to force myself to do them or get rid of them and wonder why I made them to begin with, if I wasn't going to finish them from start to finish, when I started them.
I guess it is to each our own in how we like to quilt. Nothing wrong with any way we do it, as long as we are doing it the way we like.
Last edited by quiltsfor; 12-30-2022 at 05:59 PM.
#5
Those without UFO's fit into the Wonder Woman category. I have gone from more than 20 a couple years ago to only 9 hanging in my closet. Covid was a wonderful time for me to get them done and out the door! Planning on finishing one a month so next year this time I can declare freedom from UFO's for at least one day in my quilting life. Tee-Hee-Hee!
#6
I, too, am in the "finish what I'm working on" club. I do have several projects waiting in the wings. I don't usually follow a pattern, but rather make up my own. If I don't complete the quilt, I'll forget what I was thinking!
#9
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 41,472
I have only had one top I donated to the thrift store rather then finishing. I do however have several tops that need to be quilted and a wall hanging in a time out as I think about what I want to do next. Everything has been put aside as I think a scrap quilt top needs to be done to help use up my hamper of scraps.
#10
that is what i loved about being in Swaps all the time. I had to finish! no procrastinating! Now, if it is for me it can wait. and boy does it? yep, UFO's galore. I'm trying to catch up now. Still have some quilt tops to quilt!!