Pat Sloan 12 UFO Busting Tips - true confessions

Start at the Beginning..

True Confessions... I counted MY UFO projects... CLICK HERE FOR TIP #1 directions

Basted/quilting
1.A Secret Garden

Tops
1.Over the Moon
2.Let's be Scrap Happy
3.Aurifil 2012 quilt
4.Bunny Hill
5.Seaside Applique Quilt
6.EYFV quilt blocks in a top - blue/yellow
7.5 o'clock somewhere
8.flower blocks
9.Frogs in the pond
10.Pimitive Blackbird design  4 block – mustard color
11.BOM with Jackie K.
12.jelly roll race in my EYFV
13.Patriotic baskets
14.Big Hexagons – navy
15.batik signature Quilt
16.Lavender Vintage blocks
17.Charm square small quilt – use as a backing
18.Stocking Quilt
19. Jelly roll race in Blue fabrics

Tops at Cindy's
1.Lucy's Crab shack fabric,
2. Mom's quilt...pink and yellow
3.A whacky log cabin with made fabric inner borders and a black border with BIG leaves
4.Baskets with stripe handles
5.pink and lime green quilt with border fabric with big pink flowers - SL block swap
6.quilt with words in 30's fabrics.

In Progress - Samplers
1.EYFV 2013 Aurifil Blocks – my fabrics plus white or my tonal
EYFV quilt blocks from Quilt Gallery red/white
EYFV quilt blocks from Quilt Gallery green/orange
2.Farmer Mistress
Add Sugar Blocks – same as Farmer Mistress block fabrics
3.Grey Antique dresden plates
COMBINE grey and yellow craftsy blocks – plus some.. put the pieced blocks around the center
4.Dear Jane + Alphabet
5.wool round robin
6.Halloween crooked cabins – studio
7.crop circles
8.Reproduction blocks on BLACK from simple stitches  hand appliqué
9.red/white baskets 
10.OP quilt – needs flowers 
11.Na-Na's Peppermints
12.rabbit round robin
13.easter blocks
14.Lifesaver Dresdens
15.Stripe and dot table runner
16.Cross stitch

This seems to be 42 lovely project that have been started.

I know a few of you (yes you Sharon) are calling me a light weight..

I'll take it.. as 2 yrs ago there were more!

Let me show you what this sorting can do for you.

Group A - Almost done - now list them in order of importance

here is mine(If I can do it YOU can do it!)

1. A Secret Garden
2. Seaside Applique Quilt
3. Over the Moon
4. Let's be Scrap Happy
5. Aurifil 2012 quilt
6. Bunny Hill
7. jelly roll race in my EYFV
8. BOM with Jackie K.
9. Patriotic baskets
10. Pimitive Blackbird desi
11. EYFV quilt blocks in a top - blue/yellow
12. 5 o'clock somewhere
13. stocking Quilt
14. jelly roll race in Blue fabric
15. at longarmers - Lucy's Crab shack fabric
16. at longarmers -Mom's quilt...pink and yellow
17. at longarmers -whacky log cabin with made fabric inner borders and a black border with BIG leaves
18. at longarmers -Baskets with stripe handles
19. at longarmers -pink and lime green quilt with border fabric with big pink flowers - SL block swap
20. at longarmers -quilt with words in 30's fabrics.

 Group B – Almost done but ...

From your list above I bet there are some you REALLY don't want to finish. And you don't see giving them to someone, or even doing them 'yourself' for charity. The BIG Point here is.... you do NOT NEED to finish everything you started.

If you no longer love it...give it away, sell it, but do not keep it

I'm walking the walk and talking the talk.. I think this group is going to go

1. flower blocks
2. Frogs in the pond
3. large  4 block – mustard color
4. batik signature Quilt
5. Lavender Vintage blocks
6. Charm square small quilt – use as a backing

 Group C – Patially done AND I LOVE the project and WANT to finish it

The photo above is of my tops. I have gone through them MANY times and right now I THINK I want them all. But the longer I do not quilt them... the more chance I'll have out grown them.

Now list your Partially done.. And put them in order of importance

here is mine(If I can do it YOU can do it!)

In Progress - Samplers
1.EYFV 2013 Aurifil Blocks – my fabrics plus white or my tonal
EYFV quilt blocks from Quilt Gallery red/white
EYFV quilt blocks from Quilt Gallery green/orange
2.Farmer Mistress
Add Sugar Blocks – same as Farmer Mistress block fabrics
3.Grey Antique dresden plates
COMBINE grey and yellow craftsy blocks – plus some.. put the pieced blocks around the center
4.Dear Jane + Alphabet
5.wool round robin
6.Halloween crooked cabins – studio
7.crop circles
8.Reproduction blocks on BLACK from simple stitches  hand appliqué
9.red/white baskets 
10.OP quilt – needs flowers 
11.Na-Na's Peppermints
12.rabbit round robin
13.easter blocks
14.Lifesaver Dresdens
15.Stripe and dot table runner
16.Cross stitch

Group D – Partially done but....

From your list above take out the projects that you really have outgrown, that you never liked that much, that are giving you Guilt.

I am working on what to move here... hey.. I'm human!

Group E – Barely started

And the last group for you to sort is this one, the ones you have BARELY started. I have those too... they are way down on my list (but I'll share in future posts!)

Now Take a GOOD... HARD... RUTHLESS look at your list

and be sure what you leave in the LOVE piles are projects you want to continue

Need support?

Join me HERE at the Quilt Forum where we can all hold hands

Shead tears for old projects

And give support for getting rid of DEAD WEIGHT

Post photos to share at our flickr group

Chat on Facebook.

I'm here for you!

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Can you do it? I KNOW you can because I have!

What did you learn so far this month, tell me in the comments!

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