Day 15 – Choosing Which UFOs to Work on
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I was at my local quilt group this afternoon and telling them about my UFOs….. They were very impressed! Then of course they asked me how I was planning on finishing them.. Was I going to start with the ones that were nearly finished so that I could get the list down quickly? Or was I going to tackle it by type, like flimsies? Or was I going to pick one and finish it, and pick another and finish that…
Well, I can tell you right away that I don’t pick one and work on it until it is done and then pick another one… I am just not that type of person. I mean, if I was, I wouldn’t have UFOs to start with, right?!
I prefer to work on more than one at a time. This way I don’t bored. Like the ones I mentioned in Day 11 – Early Show and Tell, I like to choose a variety, and then work on them a bit at a time. This may seem like a strange way to tackle them, but it seems to work best for me.
Choosing which UFO to work on can be as simple as picking one that has a time frame in which it needs to be done, e.g. a birthday quilt or gift for someone. (It was probably for that person’s birthday last year, but oh well…!) It could also be one that you really love and want to get done first.
Over the next few days I will share the two main ways I use to choose which UFOs to work on. They seem to work best at keeping me focused and on track, and helping me to actually get them done.
How do you choose which UFOs to work on first?
I am like you in the fact that I like a variety to work on, too– I like to have a hand quilted project going, an applique project, an embroidery project, a counted cross stitch project–ect ( and I always have a knitting project going) then depending on the mood and time I just pick up one and work away!!
though right now–the projects are all applique as I am working on some Christmas stuff–but week ends is my cross stitch time, especially while watching racing– and I am behind on those (monthly ones–still on Sept!!)
and I did get some knitting done today–I knit down on the dock watching the waves, and birds and squirrels!!
love and laughter, di
hey your 1/2 way almost…………keep on going I work on to many things at once also……….mind you if we started and finished a project then started and finished a project we would not be in the mess we are in………BUT hey…………i’m all for a million projects on the go at once………do what the mood dictates…….
I am so far behind!!! Right now I think guilt is what makes me choose. Need to keep working on the donation quilt for the Humane Society and the Secret Santa present for work and see what else I can I have time for. Of course you know I will not finish either one of them before I start fiddling with something else or start something new.
Yes, I like to do a few things at once. I did actually work on a UFO this wee thanks to your nudging… now it is put away for when I feel like doing the next step! I also like to pick out one that doesn’t need much to it and have a quick finish – I dont think I have any of those now!
Hugz
If I have time constraints, I work on that project first. Then if there are any small ones that I’m constantly moving from one spot to another, I tackle them next. After that, it’s a matter of deciding if I need a piecing project, a quilting one, or applique, etc. I like to have several going at one time, in different stages. I take simple piecing to one friend’s house, handwork to one sewing group, etc.