UFO's in Quilting and any Crafting


What are UFO's?   Every quilter has them.  If you are a quilter that doesn't have at least one UFO, then you have OCD!!!

UFO:  UnFinished Object (projects).  It really should be UFP, UnFinished Projects, but you get the picture, UnFinished.  I think my Tia Cata is the exception to the rule, she probably doesn't have too many UFO's, but most quilters have many.  I have many.  I have about 6 or 7 projects in different stages of completion, and about 10 more that I have fabric set aside to start in the future.

It's a sickness, for sure.  Why do we have UFO's?  Sometimes I get bored with a project.  Sometimes I get stuck, then frustrated.  So instead of throwing the whole thing away in a fit of rage, I put it away for a future time.  Sometimes it's a class I started, but never completed.  The picture below is exactly that.  I started the class, attended about 7 sessions, then got busy and didn't attend the last two classes.  But I did think ahead enough to buy the last two kits for the last two squares.  And I kept it very organized in a notebook WITH the templates that I used for these squares. If any of you know me well, I'm usually NOT organized!!   And I remember why I stopped this project.  The first two are the most common reasons why quilters have UFO's.

1. It was hard and I was frustrated with it.
2. I started working and was too busy.
3. We moved to Livermore and it was hard to motivate myself to start sewing again.
4. I became depressed (for a couple different reasons), but I started to come out of my dark hole and quilting got me motivated to find fulfillment by completing projects.

Attached is the 9 squares for this project.  There are still several other appliquéd squares that go with this quilt, so it is by no means close to being finished.  But all the pieced squares are finished. I'll post pictures of this quilt as I get closer to competing it.