I need a kick in the backside

Here's what I do when I have this "backup" i fold them all and put them away and take one out at a time. It doesn't overwhelm me to look at one and the work of sandwiching (which I do not like either). I think I don't like it because of the room to do it. I'm 71 getting up and down off the floor and my knees can't take much .I don't usually mind, baby quilts or table tops or runners, it's the larger quilts that are the problem. You'll get there and have a great sense of satisfaction and no one will have to kick you!

Wow, that was the gentlest butt-kicking I ever got. lol I think I need to get me one of those signs as a visual reminder that "Finished is better than perfect!" I say it all the time - maybe I don't really believe it.

I did clean up the loft yesterday (after a stern husband said: WOMAN - get up there and clean your quilting spaces! He is so cute.) AND I pulled one of the sandwiched tops down and started the quilting. My plan was to quilt it in black but when I got to the quilting in a lighter part I realized that I had grabbed the navy thread. grrrrr. Am I taking it out? Nope - I shall continue as is. My quilting isn't stellar but it is acceptable.

Making a mistake is a worry in the back of my mind and I KNOW that it is silly to think that way. I JUST STARTED FMQ so why would I expect to be great at it. It will take a lot of practice to get there. I'm just happy that I made it past the "I suck" stage. lol

Looks like there is hope for me after all. And it is comforting that I am not alone in this attitude.

Jean the machine: I agree with you tops are fun, and i like the binding.
But seriously, it is kinda hard to get started when it is hot and humid.
Just take it one step at a time and good luck

I have been struggling all afternoon to put a quilt together.
I tried again to do the quilt as you go method which I like to do but when its time to sew them together that is when I struggle, the front panel will match up but I wouldn't win any prizes for the way the back looks.!!
Practice makes perfect so they say.
I will have to make another one then LOL
If any one has any advice on how you put front and back together after quilt as you go I would love to know about them - thanks in advance.
It's made my day to know I'm not the only one who just wants to piece and create!

I thought I already gave you a kick several months ago - you mean that one didn't last? Sending another:
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Don't we all need one now and then? Think they should make these like 'wooden nickels' and 'round tuits'.

Oh, and stop in and have a cuppa with me.

Oh don't feel bad, I am so far from being at my sewing machine that I can't even hear it calling me anymore. Trying to get the house cleaned out and ready for the new furniture the DH will be bringing home WHEN ever he can get back home. I have so much around here to do without him here to help. So don't feel bad....you will get back there.

I made a promise to myself that if I spent the money to have a nice sewing machine and bought a table and of course lots and lots and ......of fabrics for my stash, that every quilt I piece I have to finish before I start a new one. I want to start a new before I even start. So I am a newbie at this - not sure how long my promise will last. Just finished a quilt each for my mom and dad for the 60th wedding anniversary - stars with pics in them. Love this new thing to do now that the kids are grown.

As one who has six quilt tops ready to be sandwiched and quilted, I'm in line with you for a good kick. My only excuse is that I use my dining room table and that is the catch all just inside the door. I am so tired of having to clean up everyone else's mess before I can do anything. Once I get it cleared off, I'm either out of time or out of energy to go any farther. Or both. I have about half an hour now, but it would take me most of that to put everyone else's stuff away. So, here I sit. Some day I will have my own room. I just keep repeating that to myself.

I get stuck when I have them sandwiched, I will let them stack up and then all of a sudden I have three or four or more quilts needing quilting and I hit the pedal to the medal and get them done......so far I have one on the quilt frame (hand quilting with perle cotton) another one I am sewing the binding down to the back and another one on the design wall waiting to finish sewing the body together so I can start on the borders and I have two more to make (all of these are designated for someone) and then maybe I can get to the pattern I purchased the other day...plus I am in the mystery quilt here as well.....don't have too much going on ....do I?

I think FEAR is the real culprit. We expect perfection from ourselves, we may not be sure if the design we chose will look 'right, we don't have the right colour of thread, the sun is not perfectly aligned with anything.......last one is my personal favorite. At the end of the day, if we don't quilt it....it's not a quilt. (Quoted from my oldest daughter)

For newbies like me, I highly recommend checking out Leah Day as she has some lovely "Beginner" level quilting designs that can help get over that initial fear of what to do and messing it up.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.....the first one being a boot in the butt to get me moving.