I've had UFO's on the brain lately. It started when I reorganized the sewing area. Then I had to decide what to take to work on for the West Yellowstone UFQ weekend. There are a lot more than I thought I had. I found the angel and star blocks that my girls made in early grade school. I sewed them together this weekend with the long lost items.
I also realized that my projects fall into 4 categories: UFO (Unfinished Objects), WIP (Work in Progress), Archive (things I'll never finish but will keep for historical value) and a category I'll call NEP (Next Evil Plan).
I have a pile of UFO's I plan to get finished by Christmas so I can get a move on with other projects. The good news is that when I pulled all of them out recently, I liked them again. I think they became UFOs because I started disliking them. The Ojibwe beadwork inspired quilt was annoying me because of the repeated elements. I've done more annoying repetitions lately, so it looks reasonable now. A round robin project was abandoned as it didn't seem to go together well. I've done more free-form / abstract quilts now and think it looks great. My new trick is going to be finishing the old UFO's without having my WIP become my new UFOs.
3 comments:
Sounds like a good plan, hope that you are able to stick to it. I think that all real creative quilters have the same problem, I know I do.
I love the category NEP- Next Evil Plan! That doesn't really help with the finishing! I seem to suffer from those plans as well!
Sweet angels.
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