Day 29 – Staying Sane while finishing UFOs
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Have you been reading through this series and wondering how I can not be overwhelmed and insane with having so many UFOs? Well, truth be told, I am not overwhelmed, but as for sanity… well, that is a different matter!
As I have been sorting through my UFOs I have enjoyed seeing all my projects again, and I look forward to finishing them. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have days when I fear for my sanity! Alice and I have regular messenger sessions encouraging each other to stay sane and breathe 🙂
I think friends are a great help in staying sane while finishing all our UFOs. It can be overwhelming, and constant encouragement is necessary. Thankfully the quilting community, online and otherwise, is AWESOME! There is so much support out there. We all love to encourage each other because we are in the same boat. And more than that, we don’t JUDGE each other, which can happen from people who just can’t understand how we got ourselves into such a situation – I mean over 180 UFOs??? How is that even possible?! There must be something very wrong with me!!
Something that helps my sanity is meeting a fellow quilter for the first time and chatting with them… not long into the conversation things like this come up:
“My stash”- yes, my stash is overflowing into the dining room and bedroom too….!
“The latest quiltalong” – oh yes, I NEED to join that, it looks awesome..!
“Ufos” – um… yeah… I have a few… actually I have a lot… actually I have over a 100….!
Instantly we are friends for life! No longer do we doubt our sanity! No longer do we think, I can’t ever catch up on these UFOs because this lovely new friend has WAY MORE than I do!!! (Well, in my case I haven’t found anyone with more yet.. but oh well…)
These are the kinds of things that keep me sane while completing my UFOs – knowing that I am not alone and that with the support of my quilting community I can do it…. And tomorrow I will share the #1 reason I can stay sane while completing UFOs…
I love the quilting community, whether it be here in my town or online. I’ve made so many friends, and they do help me stay on track. Oh, and they steer me to all the new stuff which leads to more UFO’s eventually. Living the good life! So glad i met you online.
In creating my ‘ufo’s’ down through the years, it has given my many new friends–like Sunny (who I have met now 3-4 times in person) and you and Alice and Lola–and soooo many more–so maybe –we shouldn’t feel bad about so many ufo’s–but instead think of all the fun and happy times we have had in making that ufo and the friendships we have developed along the way–and talking about quilts–one of my very favorites is the one we all did with starting with the centerpiece-basket of flowers and then some of you took turns creating the next round of patterns to go around it–do you remember which one I am telling you about–it not I will take a photo of it and send it to you–it hangs in my foyer here!!!
love and laughter, di
Me again–on the topic of ‘sanity’ it is all of you that have truly kept me sane in my whole world not just quilting–thanks-
love and laughter, di
quilting friends.. both in person and online have helped complete UFO’s and also make new ones!! I think without friends and sewing my sanity would not be salvagable at all….. it’s cheaper than therapy…
Hugz