Day 4 – Do I need to keep all of my UFOs?
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As I was sorting through my UFOs, lots of thoughts went through my head. I had moments of pleasure at seeing a long forgotten project. Others were rather a puzzle to me and made me think that I might be getting Alzheimers because for the life of me I couldn’t remember what they were and what I was supposed to be making! As I realized just how many UFOs I actually have, I thought – do I really need or want to get all these done?
All of my UFOs were started with much enthusiasm. Obviously, as time progressed, I lost some of that enthusiasm and didn’t finish them! Some UFOs I found were ones I started after I finished my first ever quilt. Once I had the taste of quilting, I wanted more! Lots more! So I started various other simple quilts. One of them was the Purple Gardening Quilt that was a UFO for a long time until I finished it nearly 3 years ago and it became a flimsy waiting to be quilted.
As I look at some of these early projects I do wonder whether I should finish them or give them to the opshop or (shock horror) toss them! I am not someone who gets rid of things lightly and after thinking about it I am going to try to finish all of my UFOs for the following reasons:
1. I did like them once…
…. and really I do like most of them now.
2. I can donate them to charity or give them as gifts if I don’t want to keep them for myself…
… and I have set aside some already to be given away once they are finished.
3. I don’t like getting rid of fabric!
…. I really don’t like to get rid of fabric… especially if I already started to use it for something!
What about you? Do you think we should finish ALL of our ufos?
Great question! I only have a couple of UFO’s that I have totally fallen out of love with. But I decided to finish them and donate them to someone who might still love them. I’m on a very tight budget, and I can still enjoy the process since I’ve already paid for them, but I don’t have to keep them. Our guild donates to a couple of very good causes, so someone in town will be the recipient! Have fun with yours!
I agree with Sunny…to an extent. If working on it really doesn’t bring me joy anymore, I’d rather donate the unfinished project to someone who could enjoy finishing it, like maybe to someone at the quilt guild.
In general I say yes we should… because I really don’t like waste either. Saying that I have tossed the occasional one, which were probably bad ideas to start with if the just can’t be salvaged into something useful…. but only small things and NEVER usable fabric!! haha
Hugz