Dwain the tub, I'm dwowning!

(If you don't know that knock knock joke, you'll have no idea what I'm referencing with my title. *hee*)

Anyway, I'm "dwowning" alright - I'm drowning in WIPS!!!  So, you know how I said I wanted to finish my WIPs and start the year fresh? 

Does it STILL count if most of your WIPs look this:





(Please note, that since I don't use patterns, I design the whole thing in my head and then cut my fabric, and so, of course, I now have no idea what it is I was supposed to do with all those neatly cut pieces.)

How 'bout this:




Multi-coloured but complementary shades of blue, beige and black African waxed cottons cut in a handful of squares and a LOT of triangles.  *scratches head*  Worse yet - THESE were cut nearly two years ago - so I haven't got the foggiest idea what they were supposed to look like, and given my history, they were probaby cut incorrectly in the first place, and were definitely cut before I knew how important accurate cutting was. *ahem*




These, at least, I know what was going on with.  As I gathered fun scraps, I cut them into 4 by 1.5 inch lengths and made them into mini blocks. This is an onging project and the blocks and strips will be used in many different ways as time passes.  However, there is a particular project I started in mind with.

But what about THESE?



I opened that up, and thought "what the heck?"

But it resolved itself into this:





And that doesn't look so bad, right? Right. Except.  Except (!) there are enough of those stars to make FOUR queen sized quilts, and not enough purple background fabric to make ONE. (Again, another "let's wing this puppy" project.  Works fine with my developing style - not so much with quilts based on BLOCKS.)

But wait, there's MORE!




And still more.  *sigh*  And those are in addition to my already pieced tops!

So, I've decided to give myself a break.  I mean, I REALLY want to get started on some new ideas I have! To that end, I'm going to finish the tops I have until I run out of batting (*heh*); and then I 'm going to start on new projects - finishing one WIP per month thereafter.

And THAT means that I could start producing new stuff as soon as the end of February!  *does a happy dance*

Which means, I should have all of my (current) WIPS finished by the end of 2010.  But it's best not to think that way.  Right? 

Right.

See you Friday!  :)

Anonymous

5 comments:

  1. Hey Kit, I'm giggling cause you don't have enough purple. Maybe you nned to go shopping! No seriously, how important is it really to finish a WIP when you can't remember what you were going to do in the first place. Something will come along and all the sudden a light bulb will go off (over your head) and you'll think "Oh, I've got the perfect purple diamonds for this!" Unless, of course, you need to go buy some more purple fabric and finish those stars today. Happy quilting and good luck with your finishes in 2010!

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  2. Hi Kit, I tried this month just to be faithful to the old WIP's before starting anything new but all its done is made me very frustrated creatively:-(

    I think you should definitely allow yourself some slack! What about one new, one WIP as a rota? That way you can keep yourself creatively charged as well as lightening the 'older ideas' load. Or, if you can't remember what an old project was for and have no interest in remembering, recycle back into the scrap pile?

    Oh, and no, I haven't heard that joke yet.....:-)

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  3. Good luck! I don't think I'm ever going to finish all of mine. If you do, that will give me some encouragement. So I'm pulling for you!

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  4. I know how you feel about finishing WIPs! I can't wait to start some new quilts too. Meanwhile I'll enjoy seeing what you're going to do with those mystery pieces....

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  5. Hi, I've been reading your blog for a while and I love the work that you do! I can totally relate to your problem with your WIPs! I don't use patterns either, and after being utterly dumbfounded when I came back to several old WIPs I decided to make a sketch of what I see it as in my head, or some written description and stick that in the bin (or bag) with the pieces. I am no sketch artist but that has saved me numerous times!

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