tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412097977899482006.post7793869434609898031..comments2024-03-27T15:18:13.244-07:00Comments on From the Magpie's Nest: A Word About UFO'sMagpie Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930036522719103192noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412097977899482006.post-48540442717692188272010-11-11T08:36:45.323-08:002010-11-11T08:36:45.323-08:00You hit home with a lot of your comments and new u...You hit home with a lot of your comments and new understandings. Oh, the things we learn! <br /><br />I have been working on a quilt started maybe 4 years ago. I ruined it, took it apart and am reusing the pieces and made something new. Waste not, want not and giterdone!Michele Bilyeuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15979296861999606692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412097977899482006.post-58766367659716238172010-11-10T09:54:01.300-08:002010-11-10T09:54:01.300-08:00What a good point you made--It's how I sometim...What a good point you made--It's how I sometimes end up with a few orphan blocks myself. Eventually, I use them elsewhwere.Rosalyn Manessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07732466850346976888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412097977899482006.post-36350210518797327362010-11-09T22:33:50.186-08:002010-11-09T22:33:50.186-08:00Great post, Sue. I think anyone that's been q...Great post, Sue. I think anyone that's been quilting a while has run into the same situation - bored or discouraged with a project. I know I have! And it's good to know/realize that it's OK to move on to another plan. I agree, change is hard. But coming up with a direction that excites you is the only way to get that UFO done. I may have to do something like this with some of my old UFOs too! <br /><br />I think your plan is very exciting, and it's been fun to watch you work on this. Keep going! Don't lose your momentum, if possible. I hope you can get both projects done at the same time.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498453213057487052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412097977899482006.post-57600059455598311652010-11-09T11:14:49.640-08:002010-11-09T11:14:49.640-08:00Your post is so timely for me! I've committed ...Your post is so timely for me! I've committed to a UFO challenge beginning in January and I've had serious doubts about some of my "put away" quilts. Do I want to finish them? Would I be better off donating them to organizations here is Oregon to be finished or made into something new? Would I be able to put these on my Challenge List and when that month came be able to, fairly, mark them off as done if I decided to just give it away, unfinished? Your post has made me decide that I should at least give any one of them a chance at a new life. Maybe not as I originally planned but creatively as something totally different. Thank you for this perspective! ToniQuilty Consciencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427576384333038266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412097977899482006.post-90527171523939813952010-11-09T08:51:52.085-08:002010-11-09T08:51:52.085-08:00Excellent post Sue!!! I'm soooo glad you menti...Excellent post Sue!!! I'm soooo glad you mentioned doing it, and then did it! I'm going to mention it in my post today, I think it would do many of UFO pledge quilters a lot of good to read it.<br />What happened to you is almost exactly what happened to me back in Sept/Oct. when I combine those Y2K siggy blocks with Jacks over Six. It's such a liberating feeling. To see the old "plan" die, and a new more exciting one take its place. To rise from the ashes and become a whole new thing!<br />I hope if you must do that quilting to space it with working on this project that stirs your creative fire right now. Hugs, FinnFinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17677133672404343036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412097977899482006.post-57608665160884635422010-11-08T21:37:48.277-08:002010-11-08T21:37:48.277-08:00Great to hear how this process evolved. I agree, ...Great to hear how this process evolved. I agree, I stop working on a quilt when I'm disappointed or bored with it. Putting it away, and waiting for my own growth, maybe is the best thing.Nifty Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249020129403851346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412097977899482006.post-85924800737433467492010-11-08T16:39:12.341-08:002010-11-08T16:39:12.341-08:00Good luck finishing it up. I know how you feel and...Good luck finishing it up. I know how you feel and it must just be a quilter's block we have. (No pun intended.) I have been to so many estate auctions and have seen and sometimes bought lots of vintage quilt blocks. I can't help but wonder what the original maker had in mind for them.....Ashlawnfarms Rag Quilt Creationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897788049445923768noreply@blogger.com