Day 19 – Scatter Your UFOs!
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If we only worked on our UFOs in our sewing rooms, we wouldn’t get much done! I have found that one of the best ways to work on multiple UFOs at a time is to scatter them around. There is nothing worse than sitting down somewhere with time to spare and not having something to work on. I like to keep my hands busy. Here are some of the places you can scatter your UFOs around:
1. Next to Your Favorite Chair
Is there a favorite spot in the house where you sit regularly? I like to have some handwork next to my comfy chair in the lounge room so that when I sit down for a rest, I can pick it up and do a bit while I watch a movie, listen to a podcast, or just have a cuppa. It may be the binding of a quilt, or some embroidery, but it lives next to my chair until it is done. Sometimes I have two or three next to my chair, that way I can do a bit of hand binding, then some embroidery or hexies.
2. Next to Your Bed
Ok, so sleep experts would probably disagree with this one, but having some handwork to wind down before bed is a good thing in my opinion! Sit it in a basket next to your bed or on your bedside table, and just relax with some comfy pillows… often doing some hand stitching gives you that relaxed feeling, and helps calm your thoughts before you go to sleep. Just don’t fall asleep while stitching and lose the needle in your bed somewhere! Disclaimer: I will not be held responsible if you do this 🙂
3. In the Kitchen
Do you have a kitchen table where you sit and have a cuppa every now and then? Have a little basket there with a small project, or a bigger basket on the floor with a bigger project, so that it is nice and handy for you to work on a little at a time. If friends come over for a cuppa, you can sit there and sip tea while working on a UFO.
So those are a few ways to scatter your UFOs and get them done in the spare moments of your life. Do you have places where you scatter and finish your UFOs other than in your sewing room?
Hear I thought you ment to scatter the ufo’s around so you had to hunt to find them–like a couple in each closet–then one can play hide and seek–though I am always doing the seeking–as I am not sure where I hide them!!! Ok enough of trying to be funny–I really only have one place that keep my projects that I am working on and that is in a basket by my rocking chair–the only thing I do in bed is sleep!! and I have to use the kitchen/dinning room table right now as my ‘sewing, cutting and ironing’ area–do miss the set up I had in NY–will try to do something different in Jan about a sewing table–but right now all moneys goes on Christmas gifts and shipping costs–maybe I will put the table on my list for the kids!!??
love and laughter, di
I can always hunt to find my UFOs. They are scattered here and there throughout my whole house 🙂
OK, I thought that I was going to be a pro on this one because I went the same direction as Di.
They are definitely scattered but not where they should be. I can work on this one!! I will work on this one!!!!! :}
Hi Joy i have mu UFO’s scattered in the loungeroom and sewing room.
I just had a big cleanout of my sewing room only to find more UFO’s,lol .
Good idea, but then I think I’m already onto the beside my lounge chair bit anyway. Usually have about the same as you, though crochet & knitting pop in too. Take care.
I’m usually curled up under a quilt in my bed with a lumbar pillow working on quilts. However, my son and I decided to splurge this year and we are waiting for 2 recliners to show up. His for TV watching and mine for quilting. I love how you have the quilt resting on your table and on your chair. so lovely.