Day 5 – What if I Really Don’t Like Some of my UFOs?
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When you are sorting through your UFOs, what happens when even after all the reasons I mentioned yesterday you really, really don’t like some of them anymore.
You know how your tastes change over the years. When I started quilting, I loved country style fabric and quilts. I still do, but I also learned that I love working with bright colors. Although I don’t have really bright quilts in my home, I do enjoy making them.
If you really don’t like the project anymore, and can’t bring yourself to finish it to give away, there are a few things you can do:
1. Give it away unfinished
Someone in your quilt group may love the quilt you don’t like anymore, and be happy to finish it. Ask your friends and see if you get any takers!
2. Sell it at a garage sale!
You’re never going to recoup the cost of the fabric that went into the project, but you know someone else will love it and finish it for you! My mum once bought a quilt at a garage sale (it was finished already, but it is the same principle) and she has hung it on a wall in every house she has lived in since.
3. Donate it to an Op Shop (Thrift Store)
This is another way to donate to charity, by just putting the whole project in a bag, instructions and all, and I am SURE a quilter out there will pick it up, finish it, and be sooo excited with their new treasure! I know that I have picked up some UFOs from Op Shops and either finished them or passed them on to others that I know would appreciate finishing them.
There is another fun idea which I will devote a whole post to later in the month, but that’s it for today folks! I’ve been driving in and out of town the past few days because my dad is in hospital and I need an early night!
Have I motivated more of you to go COUNT your UFOs??? Please tell me some of you have more than me….!!!
LOL! Nobody has more UFO’s than you!!! But I agree, if there are some that you have totally lost interest in, rehome them. Someone, somewhere, will love them. Don’t let them weigh you down. I had started a small sampler quilt and even put it on my UFO challenge list for this year. Pulled it out, and just had NO interest in it. But I didn’t want to pay a ‘fine’ for not finishing, so I pulled out some different fabric, and from there it was a breeze to finish. I’m probably still going to donate it, but at least it’s off the list.
I had to go through and sort all my quilts and ufo’s before I moved down here a year ago–so I know how hard the decisions can be–I donated alot to a local library ( actually I donated some to them about every year for last 8 years or so–but they got alot more then) and I did sell some to friends (really cheap) and gave some away–but I sitll have a ufo pile of tops–ufo’s blocks–so I need to go through them again as all the ones that I had hand basted for hand quilting–I have finished–so need to get some more ready–but first I have to go on a road trip with DD away from the east coast here, where we are expecting Hurricane Matthew to hit us–hard–I only live about 2 miles from the beach as the crow flys–and this will be the strongest storm that has ever hit our coast–sooooo—am taking alot of hand stitching with me–
love and laughter, di
over the next few days I will see if I can find my list and update and do a count……….
So what are you going to do with that beautiful new sewing space…………is it yours and being rented out or gone forever now???
I really haven’t excelled at this like you have!!!! I had 37 at the beginning of the year and I have completed 5 of them… however I think I may have started some more… but those don’t count since I am working on them???????
Hugz