Wednesday, April 20, 2011

What puts the "U" in my "UFO"???

Jill asked recently what causes my projects to stay unfinished.

For me I think it is a combination of factors...

1.  Cutting/piecing/bordering - these are all things I can easily do in short spurts in the late hours (9-11) when I usually do most of my quilting.  This way I am not taking away from family time.

2.  Cutting/piecing/bordering also don't take too much energy (see reference to late hours above).

3.  Sandwiching can normally NOT be done in my house -unless it is a small quilt.  There is just not enough available open floor space.  I pin baste my quilts, and have had great success borrowing Shellie's living room floor - but I don't have the stamina to pin up more than one in an evening, so they are a bit backed up.

4.  Wrestling the weight of a quilt on the table without a drop in or an extension - especially late at night - often needs more energy than I have at the time.

5.  Quilting a large quilt during the daytime/weekends takes away from family time, so I tend not to do it unless I am really up against a deadline.

So that's about the extent of it.   I am working on point #4 - and Shellie helps with point #3 - so hopefully we will soon have fewer U's and more F's. (yeah, right!)

5 comments:

Kate said...

Do you think you'd be more happy with quilting if you didn't have to do it at night?

Deb A said...

Check out the Sharon Shamber (sp?) website. She showed us how to roll the quilt top on a regular board, and do the same with the backing. Then just roll out the part you want to pin on a table. Much quicker and can be done in a smaller space. Doesn't kill the back and comes out better than doing it on the floor. I think she has a video clip explaining it.
Good Luck.

Darling Jill Quilts said...

For not wanting to take away from family time and only sewing at night, you get a ton done!!! It helps though that the Munchkin gets involved. :)

Great post!!

Shellie said...

LOL.... glad I can help.

Julianne said...

now that everyone is grown up I still work on projects during the evening so don't think it has much to do with kids. Although I love a cold rainier afternoon sew in too