My UFO Projects Trunk Show! Deciding which quilts to finish!

This is a run through of my current unfinished quilt projects or UFOs. Not to be confused with WIPs = works in progress; or the new category I made up in this video NSAs = Not Started Objects.
In this video I chat about quilt projects that had a good start but never made it to the finish line, how I am putting them into categories to decide which ones to spend time on and generally chatting about all things UFO.
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[@ScrapFabricLove]

So how many UFOs do you have??

[@lynnmcentire4014]

@@ScrapFabricLove I have 12 but I am actively working on 4 of those so maybe they are WIPs instead 😊

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Yes those ones definitely WIPs! So only 8 for you! Less than me anyways 😂

[@maureenreed7670]

I think I would be more embarrassed to say.. most of the time I am working on at least 8 at a time, in various stages, however I have plenty that I now call "marinating" until I'm ready to take the next creative move, or finish.. I can honestly say you don't have many 😊

[@PiNkSpRinkLe1]

When you fail to finish, there is a reason. Move on. Package up what you have, with original instructions, and donate. Others may be thrilled to pick up where you left off. You would not believe the great projects I have picked up at my local thrift store.

[@pst47wings]

I probably should go check 😂 I have been busy with baby quilts as gifts (6!) and now am ready to move onto something else. I am a part of 2 groups that make donation quilts and sometimes my projects get pushed back so that I can finish a donation project. I need to find a balance! I love your acronym NSO 😊. I have at least 6 of those and that's just those that come to mind!!! I have the fabric and pattern sitting waiting for me to start And then of course there are those on my wish to make list... 😂😂😂

[@joyful7320]

Consider the strategy used by "The Quilted Forest" "project of the month". It is a fun motivator 😊

[@MarianneSmith62]

You said.." my brain says"... i loved that. Every one of your reasons and explanations made so much sense to me. Watching this made me feel more normal, lol. Thanks!!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Glad my reasoning made sense…one never knows 😂

[@beckypetersen2680]

No, No - that BLUE one? boys/teens would Love it. Don't make "your taste" be the deciding factor if you donate. Remember - there are all kinds of people out there. We have a charity here in Poland and I let people come in and choose their own quilt once a year (from about 120). The only requirement I have for tops is that they are well made - and taste or colors has nothing to do with it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder That blue one is nice!

[@elaineforan4751]

I agree. I love the blue also.

[@Wtfjexxican]

I came here to say similar! That blue one is lovely and I think someone would really love it. It’ll be an easy finish, just get it over with and out of your space.

[@lesa6399]

I also love the blue one!!!

[@sableeldon5242]

Agree - finish the blue one. I think charity - someone would love it.

[@debbiewood7718]

That was my thought for that one too.

[@CJLamont]

Hi, I use the quilt blocks/quilt tops that I don't like for the backs of other quilts.

[@creatingmemories6092]

I love the blue stripe one. Put it up for sale.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks!

[@anniekennerly5208]

Love the farmers blocks. Beautiful!!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks!

[@Stoffmonster467]

Just add plain or big printed squares - and finish it

[@beckypetersen2680]

Please remember that "ugly" is in the eye of the beholder. Someone would LOVE it. If you do charity quilts, a finished "blah to you" quilt woudl be loved by someone!

[@cathybourassa9661]

Love the first. I agree with you give up the second , I’d take it back to fabric

[@amandamorrisey271]

I understand about things being not your style. But to me the blue one is fantastic.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks

[@michellenisun6308]

For me, Some projects are just a creative exercise that never need to be completed. They are for the joy of the experience. A means to express yourself that do not need to become anything.

[@patstrawhouse4005]

Hey, Kristen! The Farmer blocks are fabulous! I like the on-point layout shown with a narrow sashing in your top left layout. I think that this would make a beautiful runner or table topper. Alternatively, you could use the same layout for pillows. Love the rainbow HST layout. For the quilted UFO blocks…odd number, so perhaps put them on point-hexi in the middle, flanked by the 2 Dresdens, then 2 darker quilts on top bottom? But, if you don’t love them, give away! Definitely quilt the other UFO top made by another. Thanks, and stay well! Muskoka ON 🇨🇦

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks for the suggestions! A few of them have found new homes already! 😂

[@debbieekes5718]

35 years of quilting here with WAY too many UFOs. I laughed with your explanations and get it. Every single one. It was so helpful to hear your process. I need to get mine sorted as well.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Glad you can relate!

[@carolbell8825]

Watching this while quilting a quilt sandwich that sat on the wardrobe for over 2 years. I think that the most important thing that drives us to finish projects is the love/enthusiasm for it. When it’s no longer there, I tend to put the project aside but the good news is that sometimes it comes back and we get to finish them

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Well done on finishing your quilt!

[@sandypattison8486]

3rd remove the black and make the rest a baby quilt.

[@patstrawhouse4005]

That was my first thought as well!

[@elaineforan4751]

The black feels quite heavy and more teenage. I think it needs white or light contrast for infants.

[@susanrascone2098]

I agree

[@kathytowe2803]

Oh Boy! My projects alternate between UFOs and NSAs. Years ago I stopped quilting and gave away most of it. During the pandemic I started again and do have more fabric again than I shall ever get to!I tend to be a fabric collector more than anything! A fabric hoarder LOL! You are so creative and ever evolving in your projects .I appreciate you sharing the highs and lows of the process.Ten UFOs are not a lot so do not feel guilty .Thanks for being so candid.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks so much 💕

[@karendade9845]

Thanks Kristen, I feel heaps better now! I am a very slow quilter, sloth-like almost, with occasional bursts of single minded activity when I make mistakes, only discovered when it's time to join the blocks. And I love fabric. Some things become shopping bags😊

[@stitchann]

The blue stripey quilt could be bound for a baby quilt and called finished. You don't need to make it bigger. It is beautiful.

[@susansantos4568]

The quilt top that you don’t love the colors, sew it back together and use it as a backing. That’s what I would do with it!

[@janicec1196]

No judgement here! You are in good company. I have about a dozen quilt tops alone that need to be quilted. That doesn't include all the piles of blocks and other projects I have started over the years. To finish these UFOs is my New Years resolution every year. I call my NSOs kits. I have lots of those too!

[@jmur8784]

Great projects, Kristen and 10 UFOs is nothing!!! I have at least 3 times that many. I run a UFO Club on Ravelry and work through a list of them each quarter. Full disclosure - as long as I finish ONE from the list, I'm happy!

[@lauralovestoquilt]

Very fun to watch you go through projects. All of them looked good to me. I make a lot of quilts and I think I have a lot of planned projects that I don't start--sometimes they go back in my stash. You are so right--time is precious. Work on what excites you with no apologies. It seems there is always someone else willing to take up old projects. It's a good plan to give someone else the chance to finish those that don't excite you anymore.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks! And yes some of these are finding new homes after that video.

[@jodybartilson7980]

The one with the blue strips I think would be great boy quilt. I would have some borders to it and make it a boy's quilt. Add the borders and put a binding on it and you'd be done.

[@rimmon24]

those big blocks at the end...make into decorative pillows easy peasy

[@maryh4554]

The paper pieced project is so pretty. I like the blue quilt and I think someone will enjoy the donation. I would cut up the one with all the black. I enjoyed seeing all the projects, even though they are not finished. I think UFOs just go with being a quilter. 😊🧡💛

[@nancyshaner8548]

I like the blue strips quilt. It would be a good quilt for a boy.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

My boys don’t like blue unfortunately- one loves pink and the other loves red…😂

[@jannmier3487]

You are not bad, I love to make tops but do not like to finish them…….i probably have 25 or 26. Eek!!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks for making me feel better 💕. I think you have lots of company - so many quilters are in the same boat!

[@jenmckitrick]

I have about 60 UFO's, mostly flimsies (quilt tops). I like piecing, but I don't enjoy the actual quilting. I have come to terms with this state of affairs for the following reason. Flimsies take less room to store, and when I want to give a quilt to someone, I can choose one from my large selection of tops. Sometime I even show the tops to the recipient so they can choose. I don't want to tell you how to feel, but I wouldn't feel bad about 10 UFO's. The farmer's wife quilt is going to be stunning. Maybe it will have quilt show potential? I like the NSO concept. I have a few of those too!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

That is good logic. I like the idea of letting someone actually choose from all the options you have. 💕

[@JoAnnVargas-RayJVRay]

I agree with the overthinking comment. The one with dark blue strips is nice, I’m a blue fan so so maybe I’m biased. I think it is pretty and someone would appreciate. Maybe a lap quilt if you don’t want to make it bigger. It would Be beautiful bigger. The on-point bright one is really nice, take off the black and finish it with more bright colors, yellows, oranges…for a baby quilt. It’s really nice. That big light blue with the buttons and domestic stitches is very pretty and retro looking. You should finish it! The contemporary art quilt is unique and will look very cool! Your stuff is very unique and beautiful all in there own way Kristen, try to get “un-stuck” and finish them!! 💗

[@ScrapFabricLove]

I do overthink but also I don’t want to spend time on things that don’t excite me. The pile of one I wasn’t enthusiastic about are finding new home with subscribers who do want to finish them thankfully.

[@janislong279]

For the quilt that you are thinking about sending to a dog shelter - cut it into dog bed pieces and serge the edges - no binding. For the improv one that you call ugly - use it as a quilt backing for a charity quilt. It would be acceptable for that. For the bright coloured one with black at the top, cut off the black parts and make it a baby quilt. Great video.😊

[@sharondauz880]

Oh, counting the number of UFO’s that I have would be overwhelming. I always have a number of projects going on, and I do finish a lot of things, but I find myself inspired by new ideas that I need to start right away. Many project boxes in my room have NSO’s that hopefully will be started someday. I love the center diamond UFO that you showed. That will be a beautiful quilt. Enjoy your UFO journey.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks! And of course not everyone wants to count these things! I was just in a bit of a clear out mood!

[@ShadowMoonFarms]

I have several project boxes with purchased fabrics pulled together for a quilt. (To be honest, several is not exactrly truthful. It is more like 50) So I have lots of NSO's that I might never start. When I make a quilt with no end use in mind, I get to the finished quilt top and then don't finish the quilt. Currently 9 of those UFO's waiting their turn. Thanks for sharing

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks for watching?

[@PJ-Razzy]

Proud to say... 1 UFO, 3 WIP and countless projects yet to start. BUT I fall "out of love" with every project at some point. I continue to complete as even though not my favourite... I usually end up liking if not loving it again. I give all away! Someone will love it. My best advice is to do what is best for you. Those projects that take away your joy will give someone else joy...

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Very true!

[@lindachase2667]

I like the one with the blue strips, I think it would be loved by the younger crowd. I did use the Quilted Forest idea, I think had 12 projects and did one a month, I too feel the stress of UFO's. Please keep us up to date with your progress,

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Someone is going to take the stripey one from me and finish it! Yeah!

[@sueshortall1617]

Thanks Kristen

[@ScrapFabricLove]

I sent you an email from the company- did they help? Email me if not!

[@bbymks5]

Farmers Wife - finish, auction it and donate the funds to one of your favorite charities? Black with meh colors - cut up and turn into kennel quilts. Blue one - would make a great picnic or fort quilt! The finished blocks would make cute market totes!

[@fransak2723]

You could gift the farmers wife blocks to me! I’d really appreciate all the work you put into it.😂

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks but I will definitely get to that one…eventually

[@lindamccarthy6931]

I'm in Northern Ireland and am a very new quilter. I would love to work on one of your UFO's. BTW you are very informative, and I so enjoy watching and learning from you. 🙃🧡💚💜

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks so much! Send me an email with the one you are interested in. A couple are already spoken for but happy to send you one if it’s still available- wouldn’t be too expensive to send to Northern Ireland.

[@judithfrench2665]

Turn those last blocks into pillow covers and donate to a senior center to put on their beds.

[@roseswalls3468]

So, I have finished watching...I had been going to ask to see your UFO list. I really like the one you have started with the Pfaff/hand quilt look...actually like them all except the blocks you bought and will give away. And I don't dislike them...they just don't interest me very much. The one you did quilt as you go...someone would love that for a kid. Put a border around the rest if you want and finish it. You could even applique something on it...whatever you like. Flowers, or a kite or two...a duck. I can't think what else. I have no idea how many unfinished projects I have...you would not believe the quilt top or two I put in a bag for a charity...one of them had a lot of work. I did it when we moved in with our daughter. Just trying to get rid of things.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks! Yes that blue qayg one has been popular in the comments and I think someone is going to take it off me. Go figure- I really don’t like it, maybe my taste level is off! 😂

[@virginiagrenier8572]

I'm envious!!! You only have 10 UFOs but then I've been quilting a bit longer than you have (since 1987) AND I adopt other people's orphaned projects.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

😂 we all have different definitions of too many! I’m sure I’ll have more in time!

[@virginiagrenier8572]

@@ScrapFabricLove True - it's inevitable.

[@DeborahGrissom-p8z]

The UFO that you cut in half, has the black portion with the improv side-- I would make a large pieced child friendly animal or some fun motif and overlay applique it to the improv side with a shadow of black behind it and then quilt the dickens out of it. Love your channel.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks!

[@virginiagrenier8572]

Quilt tops I don't love have been, on occasion, used as backings.

[@darynmiller4522]

Perhaps you could use the second UFO (the one with the colors you don't like) as a backing for another quilt. I think that that would be easier than trying to take it apart, and it won't matter too much if you don't like it/think it's ugly because it will be on the back of the quilt.

[@katehenry2718]

Do the fun part. For me that's the top. If the rest doesn't get done in my lifetime, the kids and grands might use them as is or actually finish them themselves. No problem.

[@sewnancie]

I would be dancing in the street if I only had 10 UFOs! The 2nd quilt you showed, an improv one-- cut it down to kid sizes and quilt with swirls or circles. It's amazing how quilting changes the look! OTOH, getting over the i-don't-like-it hump is really hard. My advice is to donate those tops and concentrate on the ones you love. P.S. I really enjoy your videos. 😍

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks! And you are right. I am giving away the pile of ones I don’t have enthusiasm for to folk who actually want to finish them.

[@user-no5cd1ow9u]

You could always auction them off. Someone might be really happy get them and finish them

[@RobertKBauer]

I love it!

[@kimjohnson5742]

Make it into a floor quilt or lawn quilt. Even if you don't care for the colors. It would be useful. No worries about being on the floor or outside on the lawn.

[@Stoffmonster467]

Or charity - a person who needs a warm bed doesn't care about design

[@cathybourassa9661]

Blue one donate, I like the colors

[@SuseMck994]

I am a rarity in the quilting world in that i have zero UFOs. I don't let myself start a new quilt until the current one is done. Sometimes that means I don't sew for a week or more because i really don't want to work on my project, but it gets done eventually because I'm super keen to do the next one. I have about 6 or more NSOs - these are my incentive to get stuff finished!! If it doesn't bring you joy, it will for someone else. Just gotta find the right person.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

I was like that when I started but it didn’t last!

[@SuseMck994]

@ScrapFabricLove I hope I'm stubborn enough to make it last 🤣🤣

[@jamesmason7647]

2 years ago we had a challenge in one of my quilt guilds to list and finish our UFO’S and there were prizes for who ever finished the most. We had to bring in and show what we were going to do. Then the other guild that I belonged to did the same thing during the following year. It sure did help me a lot. I only have approx 3 now.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

That’s a fab idea!

[@stephaniesinden145]

I think they are all worth finishing in their current size. Just quilt them up as is. Keep it simple! That blue QAYG example just needs binding. It will be small but perfect for a baby. With your big QAYG blocks you bought, sew them together as if they are regular blocks with 1/4 or 3/8” seams, to make a top, and then throw them on your long arm with another backing. Who says there can’t be 4 layers in a quilt sandwich. A simple serpentine stitch on the final blocks will anchor the backing and compress this seams.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Someone has taken those blocks off my hands after that video so they are off to a new home and someone who is excited to finish them!

[@Sewwithdebee]

Lovely quilts don’t overthink them finish and make someone happy, the charity list in your area would love your quilts for 2: make into smaller wheel chair sizes and donate 36x36 Hint I hang UFO on hangers keeps them wrinkle free I am trying to finish with timelines❤

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Great idea with the hangers. Not sure where I would hang them though 😂

[@rimmon24]

4 yr quilter here also, i am finishing ufos...as quickly as i can...the 2nd one, just cut it in 6-8 big squares, sash it...put border around it if u choose, or you can use it as a back...someone will find it beautiful

[@kamillaralov6772]

Just my thought too

[@debbiewood2675]

The white one i would just sandwich and bind same with the few that are already pieced and finished.

[@geminigem599]

the first few q/tops were cute, but I would cut the black out, n add more light pastels, n they will look great. The last several were beautiful n should definitely be finished. The one with thin grayish lines, would be great for a teenage boy… U win, u have more ufo’s than me. Haha😅

[@ScrapFabricLove]

😂 a few are going to new homes as some folk are keen on the ones I’m not - so hopefully I won’t be a winner for long!

[@geminigem599]

@@ScrapFabricLove yay 😀

[@kamillaralov6772]

If you feel they are too big, maybe cut them into baby blankets or table toppers, make a small or round appliqué and then put a binding in a fun color. It's inspiring to watch the beauties and I have learnt a lot about color and make the best of all colors. It's fun to realize how your own taste change.

[@angelamarynicz7865]

Funnily enough the blue quilt as you go one that is so close to finished which you didn't like is the only one I did like. Finish it and I am sure you'll find someone to gift it to who will love it too. Leah Louise quilting in the States is collecting quilts for Hurricane Helene victims and has an addtess on her youtube channel to send them to. It will be expensive sending a quilt to the US. I know I've sent a couple to family out there but knowing you're helping people who have lost everything would beworth it.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

It just shows how different folks taste is doesn’t it? 😂. Someone else has offered to take it off me as well!

[@JoAnnVargas-RayJVRay]

I agree with the overthinking comment. The one with dark blue strips is nice, I’m a blue fan so so maybe I’m biased. I think it is pretty and someone would appreciate. Maybe a lap quilt if you done want to make it bigger.

[@delwyngraham4033]

You could the second one as a backing maybe.

[@lilys4960]

For the ones that that you don't like and are just a quilt top use as backs.

[@pamelaarbour3368]

I feel your pain. I am a finisher and I have at least 30 UFOs. I have listed them and numbered them and work toward finishing them

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Good luck with yours!

[@ChooseForToday]

Glad we are your therapy, and you are ours! LOL

[@susanrascone2098]

The first ones that you don’t like the colours, cut apart or donate them to charity shops. I have done that.

[@themirrorimagestitcher]

I think doing exactly what you’ve done with UFO’s is the first step. Spread them out in front of you, discuss each project. I think it will lead you in a natural path towards a solution. If it doesn’t, then I offer you this. In my own experience I have had projects in which I could not envision its future. At the start of my quilting journey I was keen & excited to try everything. Over time, I honed in on my quilting voice & the creation of these UFO’s became less. After 4 years I would say you are in a natural stage of your quilting journey. I have a specific tote where I can put them away “on sabbatical” & get them off my mental list. Growth, knowledge, inspiration help me make good choices as I review them once a year. If I’m unsure, I just put them back, close the lid & say see you next year. But I have had instances where I’ve quietly waited for the perfect idea, that project percolated on the back burner & all of a sudden it’s like I know exactly what to do with it. And that might be to finish it, use it to complete another project or I know exactly to how to get rid of it. Sometimes you can’t rush a project, it needs to mature. Now with the Farmer’s Wife quilt, may I suggest approaching it as a legacy piece. I have been wanting to do the Dear Jane quilt. It’s taken me a few years to gather the tools, print off the free FPP blocks, pick fabrics. I’ve got a nice box to store it in & my only goal is to make one block at a time. Never look past just that one block. Let it grow organically. I’m 55 & hope I have many years ahead of me, but right now I’m just going to enjoy one block at a time. I hope this wordy answer has given you permission to sometimes tuck away & forget about for a while, over time you will do less & less of that. When the right path for a project reveals itself, you’ll know it. Best of luck as you move forward in your quilting life.

[@jilbertb]

I have a Dear Jane too. I printed out every page and have a project box. About once a month, I do a row and put it away. I made the blocks 6" finished w/EQ8 and eliminated all the applique blocks by using alternate blocks or redesigning the blocks (ugh) in EQ8. And yeah, I'm definitely keeping it for myself or if my son gets married and his wife actually wants it.

[@themirrorimagestitcher]

@ adding in your own designed blocks is so special, quilting in a piece of yourself🥰

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks so much. Great thoughts. And yes I don’t want to rush the farmers wife quilt until I feel more inspired by it. No rush. I will get to it one day.

[@Stoffmonster467]

The triangle quilt is beautiful

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks!

[@lauriepayseur5897]

That darker blues one right after the black and rainbow colors, that you don’t like and have no goals for… I can send you my address & shipping costs, I love it!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Awesome! Send me an email!

[@jonathanboegl7852]

Kristen, you are so, so relatable! I currently have 5 UFOs. I typically stop working on a project when I've made a small/large mistake, or, when the pattern/colors don't work. A year ago, I told myself I couldn't start a new project until I completed 1 UFO first. That strategy decreased my number of UFOs from 10 to 5, and it felt great to get them done. Dog beds/blankets, picnic blankets, pillows/pillow cases, and giving them away are options. You are delightful!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Good work reducing your UFOs!! And thanks for your lovely words! 💕

[@jonathanboegl7852]

​@@ScrapFabricLove Haha! Forgot I was using my husband's account. I am Kathy. I thought the Farmer's Wife, black/rainbow color, blue jelly roll type quilt, and rainbow 1/2 square triangles were exquisite!

[@creatingmemories6092]

I'd take the black and mauve one apart and use the fabrics for something else. I like the square one.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks for the suggestions!

[@JeanMcDoniel]

I also love your QAYG method....I plan to make several of them!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Good luck with it!

[@Art930]

I get all excited by a particular block or quilt on Pinterest and leap right in. Once I have the top finished I lose interest. Probably have about 15 of those. Then I have a bunch of Teddy Bear blocks and Easter Bunny blocks that were intended as baby quilts. Those babies are now in school, so its too late to do anything with them. I can definitely relate, Kristen!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

I think a lot of us are in the same boat!

[@lynnmcentire4014]

After reading the comments, I realized that flimsies are UFOs as well. That probably doubles mine. I also have several NSOs 😂😂😂

[@ScrapFabricLove]

We can all make our own definitions! If you want to leave your quilt tops out of your definition no one will stop you!

[@judywymore8867]

I won't even count my UFO's. It's too depressing. I also have some NSOs and a category of purchased fabric I love, for which I don't even have a plan as yet. Your videos are inspiring, and I love that you aren't reading from a script. Thank you.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks for watching! And no pressure to count your UFOs!

[@JeanMcDoniel]

I love the black top with rainbow colors at the bottom ❤

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks!

[@valeriecampey4495]

The blue strip quilt, cut it up for a bag. You may love it then.

[@jilbertb]

I am making a Dear Jane 😂 I work on a row every month or so and put it away. 225 blocks, like your Farmers Wife, but worse. But as a rule, I start and finish one quilt at a time. It's very freeing for the brain. And my fabric storage area! If I do have something I don't want to finish, I give it to the "church ladies" right away, so it's outta here, out of my brain and no guilt.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

That’s a good policy! Good for you!

[@arvettadelashmit9337]

While listening to a good book, movie, or storyteller, take the seams out of the offending quilt top. Then cut your own (Layer Cake) 10 inch squares, (Charms) 5 inch squares, (Jewels) 2 1/2 inch squares, and (Jelly Roll) 2 1/2 strips, etc., to be used in other projects. Don't forget to save your crumbs. Ugly fabric isn't ugly after you cut it up and sew it into patchwork. I've done this many times and felt great when it was finished.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Good advice!

[@marciahowe9555]

OMG, 10 is a small amount! I have seen other quilters on KZbin with 80+! You have so far to go!! But you are frugal, so 10 seems like a lot to you. You now have a plan for 3 (for sure) and a few more (probable) so you are on your way. The last quilt blocks you showed are beautiful and I probably would have bought them also. I would love to have them but the cost of shipping is probably prohibitive and hopefully someone near you will speak up. As someone else commented here, just because you think it is ugly doesn't mean that it is. I would think a charity would be happy to take any of the quilts you no longer love.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thankfully some subscribers on this side of the pond are taking the pile of ones I was uninspired by off my hands! I do probably have a lower threshold for UFOs than some folk! 😂

[@eleanoralba5792]

I have a design book overflowing with ideas, colours and costings but as my health issues slow me down I have one EPP hexagon quilt waiting for the right colour outer border and binding and one whole cloth quilt about to start. WIPS are more common for me in crochet as I can pause a project more easily knowing I can simply unravel it if it is not what I wanted. I have no doubt I would join you all in quilt WIPS given the chance. I love the QAYG blue WIP and almost all he others. And I wholeheartedly agree about not just giving away the ugly items. One thought though for Q4CL can some of the less appealing quilts make hot water bottle covers? Given the size they may look more appealing.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Interesting- I hadn’t thought of smaller items. I think I might have takers for some of these but I’ll see what’s leftover and maybe offer them up on the Facebook group. I don’t see myself taking the time to make lots of small things to be honest but more than happy to give it away for someone else to do that! All the best with your EPP!

[@charlotteamodeo3031]

I have one that I havn't finished that I screwed up . I just havn't got back to it for a couple of years. Just got discouraged with it because of the mistakes. I like that blue/white mixed strip one.

[@beckypetersen2680]

I think you are overthinking a lot of these. That cream one with the random placed pieces is ready to be finished. It's cool. Just finish quilting it and bind it and put it on your wall.

[@BeckyMortonWeeks]

Use the big one that’s blah as a backing.

[@916dam]

Just because you don’t end up liking a project doesn’t mean someone out there in the community won’t like it!! Finish & donate. You don’t have to love it.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

I’ve actually found some subscribers who wanted to take some of them off my hands to finish them - happy days!

[@maryclementdouglass6357]

deconstruct the blocks and use in other projects.

[@lauriknox2486]

Ugh, 10 UFOs seems like a lot to me. But I usually finish what I start (even if I stop midway and convert it to a dog bed or other charitable item). I totally understand the various resistances to finishing a quilt. But for me it is harder to set it aside and then restart later, than it is to just push through and finish it. I recently finished my only UFO! It had been sitting in a box for about 5 yrs! After not looking at it for so long, I instantly realized why I had set it aside. I redesigned the layout and pesto it was a breeze to finish. Most everyone in my quilt club has UFOs, some have just a couple of them and some have way more than you do. Consider it a win if you can at least finish 1 or 2 of those UFOs within the next year, especially if you don't add any more UFOs to the stack. None of your UFOs are ugly. They may not be to your tastes, but somebody is going to love them. I promise it will feel so much better to finish them and give them away than to have UFOs hanging around sucking up your precious energy and taking up space in your quilting room.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Totally get this. And that was absolutely how I felt when I started but now I feel like I spend so much time just trying to finish things I’m not getting as much enjoyment out of it. I’d rather spend my energy on projects I love. Thankfully I have a few emails already and I am going to be able to pass some of these on! Hurrah!

[@lauriknox2486]

@@ScrapFabricLove I understand that. I have to weigh how much time/energy it would take to finish it vs how much time/energy does it rob from me laying around. I have a VERY small quilting/craft space (~10ftx10ft) so I might have more motivation than most people not have have things like UFOs laying around. Congrats on finding other people who are interested in taking on some of your UFOs!!!!

[@elizabethcallihan9971]

Do the one on the wall!!! It looks like fun!

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks!

[@janicelam4125]

The blue quilt as you go could be a male wheelchair quilt

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Interesting!

[@35803]

I love the blue one and it would be a great wheelchair quilt for a guy! ❤

[@ScrapFabricLove]

@35803 thanks

[@eleanoralba5792]

As a wheelchair user I never use a wheelchair blanket etc. if it is cold enough to cover my legs then I need something that actually wraps around my legs up to the waist. Not sure who is asking for these but it should come from the wheelchair/buggy users. I am designing a waxed cotton long wrap skit with fleece lining and a matching hooded cape large enough to cover to my thighs.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

@eleanoralba5792 very good point! I do hope the charities that ask for these are asking the end users. I would have thought something like the foot sacks that toddlers use in buggies might be useful but never seen anyone with anything like it.

[@geminigem599]

a laundry basket overflowing/ufo’s 😮😮😮😮😮

[@marinaabad4995]

What you call NSA, I call quilt kits. I design a project, get pattern/sketch it, the fabrics, thread all kitted together in a container/project bag. I have no UFO's as I finish projects I start. I'm usually doing 2 projects at once and kitting up more as I get ideas. So, I have at least 30 (?) kits to start. I make them up faster than I do projects.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Can’t call mine kits as I haven’t cut anything- just piles of fabric 😂

[@robertaa.8600]

We can all relate to UFOs 😊

[@donalmashoust354]

Finish the blue one.

[@sueduquemin7119]

Kristen I would buy them from you

[@sandypattison8486]

Take the 2nd back to fabric.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thanks!

[@coreygilles847]

An yes...I too have many NSO's...as well as many ufo's (I definitely have 12 ufo's, 6 wips, and at least 20 nso's) most of my ufo's are stalled at the binding stage. I usually have to work up the motivation to bind because I don't enjoy doing it

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Yes the boring bets are tough to get on with! I know the feeling!

[@rimmon24]

blue one, nicu quilt...

[@916dam]

Make a numbered list of the ones you do want to finish & try to complete/work on one per month. Draw a number each month & work on that project.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Great advice

[@hettiebotha8901]

Thank you. I have moved 3 years ago. Most of my things are still in storage, that includes half knitted and half crochetted things...also needle work. Was busy with quilting also. It's not easy for me, but what can i do? Must wait untill things changes! Blessings from South Africa Africa🤗🤗🌺💐🙏🙏🙏🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@ScrapFabricLove]

That’s tough if your things are all stored. Good luck with them all!

[@deborahstreeter21]

I wonder if you could make some simple gift bags for Xmas or birthdays with the improv quilt pieces. Or grocery bags. Useful but not precious. Make a few then the rest goes in the scrap pile.

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Good idea!

[@magdavanzyl6141]

Just remember what is ugly to you., is to the taste of somebody else.❤❤