UFO Challenge of the Month 2010
03-04-2010, 07:19 AM
#482
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Louisiana / Alabama
Posts: 342
Sooo this may show my new-ness to the quilting world, but how do you acquire so many UFOs or WIPs? When I decide to make a quilt, I list it in Phases.
Phase I - design
Phase II - purchasing or choosing (from my stash) fabric
*Phase III - cutting out the pieces
*Phase IV - assembling the top
Phase V - preparing for quilting
Phase VI - QUILTING!
*Phase III & IV can interchange
Getting to Phase II is easy but once I have begun to cut out pieces, my OCD tends to set in and I can't really start another until I finish that one. At most I can only handle two projects at once. Maybe as I quilt more, this will change :-)
Phase I - design
Phase II - purchasing or choosing (from my stash) fabric
*Phase III - cutting out the pieces
*Phase IV - assembling the top
Phase V - preparing for quilting
Phase VI - QUILTING!
*Phase III & IV can interchange
Getting to Phase II is easy but once I have begun to cut out pieces, my OCD tends to set in and I can't really start another until I finish that one. At most I can only handle two projects at once. Maybe as I quilt more, this will change :-)
03-04-2010, 09:29 AM
#483
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Mount Dora Florida
Posts: 1,235
Originally Posted by geckogirl
Sooo this may show my new-ness to the quilting world, but how do you acquire so many UFOs or WIPs? When I decide to make a quilt, I list it in Phases.
Phase I - design
Phase II - purchasing or choosing (from my stash) fabric
*Phase III - cutting out the pieces
*Phase IV - assembling the top
Phase V - preparing for quilting
Phase VI - QUILTING!
*Phase III & IV can interchange
Getting to Phase II is easy but once I have begun to cut out pieces, my OCD tends to set in and I can't really start another until I finish that one. At most I can only handle two projects at once. Maybe as I quilt more, this will change :-)
Phase I - design
Phase II - purchasing or choosing (from my stash) fabric
*Phase III - cutting out the pieces
*Phase IV - assembling the top
Phase V - preparing for quilting
Phase VI - QUILTING!
*Phase III & IV can interchange
Getting to Phase II is easy but once I have begun to cut out pieces, my OCD tends to set in and I can't really start another until I finish that one. At most I can only handle two projects at once. Maybe as I quilt more, this will change :-)
03-04-2010, 09:38 AM
#484
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Bloomington, Indiana
Posts: 324
Some quilts you dont have the luxary to work on until they are done, like for instance right now I am working on 3 block of the month quilts so I have to have some stuff to do in between those times.
03-04-2010, 09:45 AM
#485
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Louisiana / Alabama
Posts: 342
Originally Posted by Beachbound
I'm the same way, once I start a quilt I can't stop until it's done. I've been known to put in many 8 hour days until my fingers are sore & bleeding but I can't stop. I usually pick out the fabric first & then the design tho.
03-04-2010, 06:08 PM
#489
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 5,142
I agree. I'm in three BOM's and one stash buster group but I have to have things to do in between. Also, we keep the upstairs thermostat set on 50 degrees in the winter so I can't use my quilting machine. Spring and Fall are when I get to quilt. I can build up a lot of Ladies in Waiting in the mean time.
03-05-2010, 11:55 AM
#490
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Mount Dora Florida
Posts: 1,235
Originally Posted by kkbrand
Some quilts you dont have the luxary to work on until they are done, like for instance right now I am working on 3 block of the month quilts so I have to have some stuff to do in between those times.
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