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    #16
    I have 3 project linus quilts waiting to be machine quilted.
    I have the TQS 2008 BOM waiting for hand quilting (not even basted yet)
    I have 2 hand quilting projects going, both good sized quilts.
    I have a king-sized neutrals that needs a few more blocks pieced and then the rows will be sewn together, borders put on, etc.
    I have a Rhapsody on the design wall that I'm slowly designing the appliques for, cutting them out and fusing them on.
    I have a guild BOM, which is more of a "round not block" since it started with a center block.
    I have to make a small patriotic wall hanging for April guild mtg to be donated to an older veteran in a nursing home.
    I have 2 paper-pieced birds that I intend on making into placemats or a table runner for my DH's birthday which is in 2 weeks - EEK! (we are bird watchers)

    At least 5 other projects are just in the thought and planning steps or are ufos that were started previously and put down.

    So, whatever I'm in the mood for, I can pick up a project to work on!

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      #17
      I also like to have things at various stages, so that I have choices. Current available choices include:

      1. Quilt for newest grandson - top pieced; need to piece back, and go from there.
      2. Guild exchange blocks from a few months ago - top pieced so far.
      3. Wall hanging made from Japanese silk tie scraps - pieced.
      4. "Pain in the Knee" quilt to commemorate knee surgery - pieced and decoratively embroidered during the fall.
      5. Table runner and placemats - pieced.
      6. Quilt for nephew's HS graduation this spring - just started piecing.

      I have actually finished several projects lately, too!

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        #18
        7. a lap top needing to be sandwiched for my sister-in-law
        Can't resist.... maybe you could give this 'as is'-- many folks would like a new 'lap top' :wink: although I'm sure yours is prettier than anything that could be found in the computer department!
        Florence

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          #19
          :lol: :lol: :lol: That was good, Florence!

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            #20
            Hi, I too used to be linear, but last year started another quilt when one was still awaiting the quilting for the borders, now, that one is still waiting, another where all the blocks done and some joined but awaiting the borders, strips ready for a strip quilt, and placemats being planned!
            Lynn in UK

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              #21
              Upstairs in my sewing room is fairly good as I really only have an Alex Neutral under way.

              Upstairs in my head however... you don't want to go there!

              I did do all my major sewing when my kids were little, probably why both son and daughter can sew quite well, and it was interesting times but this mum always had something for the school fetes to donate.

              Now? Semi retired and starting again but seem to have less time!! Why is that? :roll: I really must get started on somethings! Maybe that new machine that's coming soon.......


              Amo
              UK

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                #22
                I do not think you want to know my list of quilt projects being worked on. I do not think I can come up with a good list either. I know I generally work on more then one project at the time.

                Right now I am working on TQS 2009 BOM, my Dear Jane quilt, a two fabric applique wall hanging, and working on getting a new one starting, I have the pattern, but want to see how many more blocks I would have to make to make it King size instead of queen size, while waiting for the fabric for the borders for it. I also have a red work "12 Days of Christmas" that I have some more hand quilting to do. and so on and so on. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

                Margarita in Auburn, CA

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                  #23
                  I like to work on a project from start to finish but sometimes I get ideas while I'm in the middle of something and I find myself checking my stash for fabric or going to the store if I don't have what I need and my current project gets put on hold. I've been wanting to make a new to do list for awhile and this post encouraged me to do so. I found 20 mostly small projects that are close to completion, just needing borders, binding, or quilting. Then I found another 12 in various stages of completion. I don't dare make a list of the quilts I want to make some day until I get some of these others behind me.
                  1 - Bonus Quilt from Flying Geese Blocks
                  2 - 2009 TQS BOM King size
                  3 - 2009 TQS BOM Lap size
                  4 - 2008 TQS BOM
                  5 - Scrappy Pineapple, partially pieced
                  6 - Star Quilt, sample block made and strips cut
                  7 - Donation Quilt, blocks pieced
                  8 - Judy Niemeyer Indian Summer, blocks pieced
                  9 - Americana Sampler, block units pieced
                  10 - Paper Pieced Log Cabin, sample blocks made
                  11 - State Birds & Flowers, blocks pieced, needs birds appliqued
                  on alternate blocks
                  12 - Grandmother's Flower Garden, my oldest quilt with pieces cut using a paper template that I recently unsewed and plan to recut with a hexagon ruler. They may become the back side of a reversible quilt if I use the technique as originally planned.

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                    #24
                    I have found keeping a to do list on my white board is keeping me focused on getting projects done. The problem is going to shows and getting inspired to new things, when you still have things to do!
                    Maggie in E. Central Illinois

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                      #25
                      Okay, I'm going to attempt this as much as I can remember.
                      1. Beth Ferrier 2009 BOM-first 2 months done; have to do 28 roses. I'm doing it completely out of my stash!
                      2. art quilt-I've lost some enthusiasm but it'll come back
                      3. lap quilt for DD's friend who's graduating from college-have to quilt and bind by 5/30!
                      4. Scrap quilt that grabbed me in AP&Q called Pick and Choose.
                      5. Mini applique UFO that has become a WIP.
                      6. Shoebox swap-one more month to do then we put them together.
                      7. DIL's great-grandmother's top to be quilted for her.
                      8. Quilted Diamonds-ongoing hand piecing
                      9. Piece O'Cake wall quilt-finish last block, quilt and bind.

                      I have to stop. I'm making myself crazy :shock:

                      from the beautiful Hudson Valley of NY
                      Gammill Classic Plus w/IQ

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                        #26
                        Eileen, I've been drawn to the "Pick and Choose" pattern, too!!! Haven't started it yet and wondering how to get all those fat quarters and fabrics, plus cutting all those scraps. I am buried this year with projects in progress, so this will probably one of my 2010 projects. Considering how I can arrange for a Cut-and-Swap with friends to expand my "stash" selection for this one. Would you be interested in doing that? Email me from my profile if you might. We can work out the details.

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                          #27
                          Before joining a quilt guild and TQS, I was the type to start a project and complete a project, one at a time. Now, I have so much inspiration and so many ideas of things that I want to try. I erroneously thought that I'd have lots of free time in retirement. It really concerns me that I might not get everything, that I've started, completed. I do not have any family members that would know what to do with all of my quilting stuff.

                          God blessed me with lots of nieces, who I've tried to get interested in sewing and quilting, but no luck so far.

                          I like to rescue beautiful antique and vintage quilt tops that I suppose came from someone much like me. Unfortunately, I haven't quilted any of them yet because I've been too busy quilting my own quilts. I've got at least ten completed quilt tops that need quilting and about ten sets of Baker's Dozen blocks that need to be assembled into a quilt. Lots of orphan quilt blocks--some vintage. I won't talk about my unfinished crochet and clothing projects, because it's too painful to think about them.

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                            #28
                            I'm tired. I quilted until midnight tonight. At least in part because of this thread... I like to have multiple projects at multiple stages so I can do whatever I want whenever I want. Plan or cut or piece or applique or set blocks or quilt or bind... However, while reading about everyone's projects, and thinking about mine, I realized I seem to have a backlog of unquilted or partially quilted tops.

                            I have partially quilted: an applique quilt I'm calling Apostrophe Pops, a 16 patch made from most Rowan fabrics, a monkey wrench, a holiday Irish chain, and a miniature compass wall hanging.

                            I have finished tops: my Christmas Crossing, a scrap card trick, another holiday Irish chain, a lone star variation, a pineapple, and an African star thing.

                            I need to spend some time quilting!!! Maybe I'll go quilt for another hour before I go to bed. :roll: Doubt it.

                            My only projects that aren't finished tops now are my 2009 BOM, a black and white Dresden plate, and a Kumiko Sudo Magnolia.

                            I guess I have lots of learning projects that aren't real projects, just learned-from UFOs. They might make it into something or, Like Nancy, someone someday who has more days on this planet than I do will get to try to figure them out... And probably wonder what in the world was I thinking...
                            keithdommer.com

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                              #29
                              Keith, you sound very busy. I'm curious...do you do your own quilting and if so on what machine? Or do you hand quilt? I have tops piling up and it gets just too expensive to have someone else do it.
                              Marsha
                              keithdommer.com

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                                #30
                                Hi Marsha! I do all my own quilting - except when my little sister quilts something for me and I quilt something for her. I learned to quilt on a short arm domestic Singer 20 years ago. 19 years ago I got a Bernina 900, then a 1000, and now I quilt on a 440.

                                I drive longarm machines every chance I get, and, for me, it just doesn't feel right... Maybe I haven't tried enough to get used to it. But I quilt partly because I like to touch the fabric.

                                My machine is recessed into a table, I use two other tables, and I "puddle". I guess I kind of look like you quilting...

                                I thought recently about sending some of my tops out, but I just couldn't do it. Partly because of the cost, partly because I can be a control freak, and partly because my quilts are my own personal little world.

                                Still, there are so many great professional quilters out there and they do great work...
                                keithdommer.com

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