When do you start? - Page 2

squiggles60 · 08-05-2009, 05:55 PM

ut oh its August time to raid rustys scrap box and get busy making more chirstmas crafts where did the time go?

Mrs J · 08-13-2009, 06:13 PM

I Usually start in July...Craft shows Start in October in my neck of the woods!

Angela · 08-13-2009, 06:47 PM

Hmmm... I started somethng about a year ago and never finished it. Does that count?

When I plan to make a gift I start whenever I am thinking about it whether it is January or November.

Maybe I'll go dig those out soon and finish them.......

squiggles60 · 08-13-2009, 10:56 PM

hey i'm not the only one to have unfinished projects ... whew

Mrs J · 08-14-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by squiggles60

hey i'm not the only one to have unfinished projects ... whew

There is not a crafter worth their salt, that doesn't have unfinished projects.
I just found an afaghan, half finished, that I statred 25 years ago!

Angela · 08-14-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrs J

There is not a crafter worth their salt, that doesn't have unfinished projects.
I just found an afaghan, half finished, that I statred 25 years ago!

Haha! I have a cross stitch of an eagle that I started for my husband when we were dating ( so, about 19 years ago! ) and another cross stitch quilt that I started when I was pregnant with my now 15-year old! I keep saying that one day I'll finish them, that I'll work on the eagle while he is at work and give it to him for his birthday or something, but it hasn't happened yet! Maybe a grandkid will receive an unfinished quilt.....

squiggles60 · 08-15-2009, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by Mrs J

There is not a crafter worth their salt, that doesn't have unfinished projects.
I just found an afaghan, half finished, that I statred 25 years ago!

omg rusty dear see that... that means i am sane.. sane

i tell ya it is ok to keep unfinished craft projects for years and years till that one day when we look back and ask hmmm why didn't i finish that one?

DangerMouse · 08-15-2009, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by squiggles60

that means i am sane.. sane

yup, you can always regain your sanity, it's not like virginity.
but of course, if you want to LOSE your sanity again, you can always sign up here:
http://www.craftforum.com/f15/cherrywood-castle-success-48-post391/#post391

lol

DM

rusty baker · 08-15-2009, 10:47 PM

When you have a few hundred unfinished projects, it can get old.

**gma2rjc** · 08-16-2009, 03:32 AM

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omg rusty dear see that... that means i am sane.. sane

i tell ya it is ok to keep unfinished craft projects for years and years till that one day when we look back and ask hmmm why didn't i finish that one?

...............

That's funny!

Last November, when my self-inflicted project of the week (which took me more than 2 months) was to seal my attic before insulating it, I was walking through the house and suddenly felt almost overwhelmed (has anyone ever felt 'underwhelmed'?).

Everywhere I looked in EVERY room I could see projects that needed to be finished or started. Some of them small, but still in need of being taken care of.

I started a list on the back of a long envelope in very small print. One side of the envelope is full and there are a few things on the other side.

About 1/3 of the items have now been crossed off.

Barb