Monday, November 14, 2011

WHO CARES...!!!...??? 

I DON'T...!!!!  It hit me the other day and I literally stopped in my tracks and actually said out loud "WHO CARES"????  Who cares how many Q.U.I.P.'s I have???  In laymen's terms that is Quilts In Progress!! 

I just couldn't stop beating myself up every time I wanted to start or try out a new pattern I would come across.  I continually scolded myself and pledged NOT start anything else UNTIL I finished EVERY project that was piling up!!  NO NO NO I would tell myself. 

Most of my Q.U.I.P.'s don't need a whole lot to be finished.  Some I get bogged down on finding or having the right borders or backing fabric.  Some just need to be "sandwiched".  I have 2 right now that are sandwiched, basted and just need to be quilted.  I am "hand quilting" on one right now that will be slow going.  One quilt I am thinking about sending out to be quilted, but the "jury" is still out on that one, after all, I REALLY REALLY would like to do them all myself.  BUT, as the Q.U.I.P.'s pile grows I may be forced to let someone else quilt some of them.....wah wah wah!!! 

I've decided not to fret on it anymore!!  I WILL eventually get them all done!! 

The WINNER of my little guessing game in my previous post about HOW MANY of these Q.U.I.P's I have IS......JANET O......the VERY FIRST commenter!!!!  My mouth dropped open to the floor when the very first commenter guessed the exact amount I have which if 22!!!!  Ok.....there, I said it....22!  Interestingly, it really didn't hurt that bad to say it out loud.  After all, some of you who guessed fessed up to how many you have and several of you have W-A-Y more than me!!  LOLOL

Way to go Janet, we'll get together on your mailing address so I can mail you YOUR PRIZE for being such a good guesser.  WAY TO GO JANET fromRogue Quilter Blog. 

28 comments:

I'm with you - I have many quilts/part quilts and nearly quilts 'resting' at the moment and I'm OK with that!!  It's the process I enjoy and while a few end products would be nice, I'm not fretting either! 

You are RIGHT, of course!  I've been doing the same thing, feeling guilty about getting excited whenever I try yet another new thing when there are so many unfinished things around.  I'm not as brave as you are - I haven't actually counted mine - but I'll try to take a page from your book and just enjoy the making and learning! 

I sure don't care how many unfinished I have.  I will always be starting a new one.  I just counted, I have 53 in various stages of needing borders, top done, sandwiched, and even partially quilted.  I like to finish my own too and that's why I'll never catch up. 

I have a bunch more unfinished projects than you do (maybe 2x or 3x--I'd be afraid to count!)  A friend of mine told me not to think of them as unfinished.  Instead, think of some of them as lessons or experiments.  Some you likely won't finish because you've learned what you needed to learn, or tried a new technique or new color combination, and it doesn't need to go further--you've learned the lesson.  You're taking that lesson and applying it to new ones when you start more.  Hope that helpsyou--it did me! :) 

WooHoo!  I can't believe I won.  The number 22 really is lucky!!  I'll send you my address. I kind of like having quilts at various stages and of various types of work.  That way I can do whatever I am in the mood to do.  I also look at a friend who has a whole bunch of tops her mother never finished and I think I wouldn't mind being in her shoes.  Both of my daughters know how to quilt--I'm just preparing a stitching legacy for them! : ) 

I completely agree.  You know, I just wanna be happy.  If I'm happy starting then I'll start and if I'm happy finishing then fine.  But mostly I don't finish a lot and I don't care at all.  It's all about the joy.  We go with our hearts, eh? 

I didn't even wait to hand stitch the binding on my newest quilt, I had to sleep under it right away.  Now it's off my bed again so I can actually finish it.  And then I started another project on Sunday....I'm going to make BH's mystery quilt from 2009, Carolina Christmas.  So much for No New Projects! 

Only 22?  You must still be warming up.  I have no guilt regarding my number of QUIPs.  I have some finished quilts too.  It is liberating not to worry about them too much.  As my friend says "something to leave the kids"! 

Having just moved bins of UFO's, you are singing to the choir!  Not wanting to move them again has been a big motivator in getting a few finished.  But, that hasn't stopped me from starting a few new projects.  Quilting is meant to be FUN! 

I have lots of UFOs too, but to me there's so much satisfaction from finishing something that I don't normally like to leave things sit anymore.  So I guess maybe mine aren't UFOs so much but WISP (works in slow progress)!  LOL Just remember to enjoy whatever you're working on.  That's the whole point, right?  :0)

OK- I'm with you!  Who cares.  I have a lot of unfinished quilts, too.  BUT... a large percentage do eventually get finished, so I try not to be too hard on myself about it.  And, like you, I so wish I could hand quilt them all.  I love to hand quilt, but that's just not practical when I start so many projects.  So I pick and choose. 

The fun is in creating, so create whatever you are feeling at the time!  :o) I'm glad to read that others have 20 and more, b/c I've been beating myself up for having about 8.  I need to stop that.  Thanks for the encouragement!  :o)

If there is joy in the process, we keep the joy going.  I do like the new steps in a different project.  Also, by having a quilt or fifty started, when a special day comes along that needs a gift, it isn't so hard to complete one.  Really, I don't want to count, like you said, does it really matter?:-}pokey

ABSOLUTELY!  Who cares, indeed!  I have AT LEAST that many!  The rest of my life has to be so responsible, so sometimes rebellion makes me act very irrationally in the quilt cave.  It's OK!!  It's the one place I can do whatever the ---- I want to!! 

A creative brain cannot be restrained--especially when fabric is involved!  That's my story and I'm sticking to it :) The QUIPs are in all stages and that's how things move along in my quilting room too, so I think you're doing just fine! 

I wasn't going to comment until I had counted my QUIPS.  You threw out such a big net, including tops that need quilting or even just binding. Well, I never have gotten around to counting...I started another project instead. 

I love your post and the last time I counted I had around 20-25 projects too.  Sometimes I feel really guilty about it, but then when a new pattern comes along that I love I start another one.  LOL We'll finish all in good timing right? 

It is your hobbie. I have several quilting,knitting,cross stitch projects on the go at once.  They are my hobbies, they keep me sane.  Every now and then I have a finishingoff session.  You have to do what works for you.x

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