Start at the Beginning..
You need to Know what you have.
If you have NOT done this lately, then do it today .... I hear you making excuses.. but really if you put it off you never make ANY progress. And I know you WANT to make progress... so
TODAY...
COUNT your Projects in Progress... you know ... the UFOs!
Yes I am serious, very serious.
You need to haul out ALL the projects that have been started.
Just the STARTED ones.
And we are going to sort them.
Sort them into these groups
- Group A - Almost done – not much left to finish it AND I LOVE the project and WANT to finish it
- Group B – Almost done but .....This
is the group that you have lost interest in and really don't feel like
working on it any more.. GIVE THEM AWAY.. yep.. you'll feel MUCH better
- Group C – Patially done AND I LOVE the project and WANT to finish it
- Group D – Partially done but....Do you REALLY want to finish them? I think we often have more in these piles than we think we do
- Group E – Barely started – do you want to keep or not?
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I'm not only going to give you 12 tips to tackle your UFOS
One per month, with bonus encouragement during the month.
I'm going to LIVE these tips with you.
Let me show you what this sorting can do for you.
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These are some of my quilts that are in various stages of the quilting process.
I have One just needs binding!
Group A - Almost done - now list them..
And put them in order of importance
Group B – Almost done but ...
From your list above I bet there are some you REALLY don't want to finish. I always have quilts that I'm no longer in love with and don't want to spend my time on them.
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
Group C –
Partially done AND I LOVE the project and WANT to finish it
The photo above are some of my tops. I have gone through them MANY times, added to them since this photos.. and started more (yes MOER!)
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. That happens doesn't it?
Now list your Partially done.. I'm just listing my tops today
And put them in order of importance
I'm working on my list to share later this month
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. GUILT is our enemy!
At this point I'm usually totally SHOCKED I have so many tops in progress and so many tops unquilted.. I know I still have one that is VERY VERY VERY old... like 15 yrs and I STILL love it.. BUT... really ... seriously.. I need to quilt it and enjoy it!
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!). Here are some questions to figure out status of this group
- What is in this group anyway?
- Are they NEWLY barely started?
- OLD Barely started?
- You must have done SOMETHING to put it in this pile.
- COLLECTIONS of fabric and pattern do not count (YIPPEE!)
- Take a GOOD... HARD... RUTHLESS look at thsi group and be sure what you leave in this pile are projects you REALLY want to continue
NOW WHAT?
Between today and the beginning of Feb get everything sorted
Be RUTHLESS... need support?
Join me HERE at my Quilt Group 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
I'm here for you!
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Can you do it? I KNOW you can because I have!
Tell me what your Oldest UFO project is .... I want to know!
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11 More Tips will be coming.. ONE PER MONTH.
But if you can't wait.. you can CLICK HERE to read the original posts. That link takes you to my first post from the last time I did this UFO busting thing here at my blog.
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