December 26, 2009

Wild Tote Bag

My boss loves to travel all over the world to shoot fabulous photos. Her latest adventure was to Africa. One of her Christmas presents to me was a book entitled An African Moment. It is filled with HER photos of gorgeous landscapes and every wild animal you can think of. I thought she would enjoy having a tote bag that reflected the African animal theme and made her this Wild tote bag.
I thought she would like it but wasn't fully convinced because it is just a little bold, but she loved it! She is completely in awe of anyone that can sew, so it's pretty easy to impress her. LOL

Here's the pitiful progress made on the chenille piece. You can see some of the layers of color peeking out through the cuts. I have to say that it takes forever to cut through these random channels of quilting. I'm still not convince that it's worth it, but will continue on as my patience allows it. It looks like I'm almost finished, but this photo only shows around 20% of the piece. It's definitely a labor of love and I hope it doesn't end up in a pile of UFO's like the ones below.Am I the only person that has a lot of UFO's (UnFinished Objects)? I doubt it. I know some people finish each project before they start another. Not me, I generally have 2-3 going at the same time. This photo is of perfectly acceptable quilts in various stages of development. Top left is a quilt top made of 1" squares, top right is a wonky 9 patch that is layered and pinned, bottom left is chenille that would make a great pillow, bottom right is quilted, maybe another pillow or a bag.

What makes me stop working on a project when it's so close to completion? I don't have a good answer. Some people say that once we've learned the lesson needed, we move on. It appears that I've learned a lot of lessons! I have at least 10 projects worth finishing that will be completed in 2010. There, it's in writing, now the commitment is real and I have to do it.

4 comments :

Sequana said...

I know why I stop projects - I've run out of batting, or I don't have a good backing for it, or I need to make a pieced backing and that sounds like too much trouble right now, or I'm dying to start another project with some new fabrics I just got, or I'm bored with this now.....*S*

I'm sure there are other reasons too.

Kay Koeper Sorensen said...

I have NO UFO's!
But I do have "works in progress".
I try to keep that number under 100. If it threatens to go over 100 I move some projects to the rework or abandon list.

Sandy said...

I have plenty of UFO's. Some are not worth finishing, but I take them out and look.

Patty Ashworth said...

They are "in progress". One year, as a resolution, I had to finish one a month before I could start anything else. So on the last day of the month, I would get the binding on, or finish the quilting. Sometimes it's just boredom on the piece and it gets set aside. I got alot done that year! And also started a whole bunch more!