UFO - owning up

Looking back to last April when I started this blog, the April 13 post was all about UFOs. I was full of good intentions but the projects that were UFOs then are still UFOs now. Only one of them has progressed and that is Mum's curtains. Not that they are finished yet, but they are hanging. Not lined or hemmed, but at least off the chair by my sewing machine. Finding a person to install the curtain rails in the concrete ceiling was a challenge. Unless you have a resident handy person, you are left with friends and relatives, and frankly, this was too big a job to ask as a favour. So I checked out the handyman section of the local paper and had one quote on the job: way over $100 which was about the value of the curtains themselves. Mum is Scottish and doesn't throw her money away. Almost all summer they lay in waiting, and finally we found a reasonable handyman who worked for $25. an hour. He took less than 2 hours to install the curtain rails and also fix the hinges on a kitchen cupboard door. My point is, why do I take so long to finish a job? I suppose the honest answer is that curtains aren't as interesting as crazy quilting. So, as this is February 1st today, my promise is that I will finish them before February 28.

UFO Resolution

I'm ashamed of my UFO's. that means unfinished objects, or unfinished projects. Really, I cannot count the number I have. Included in the UFOs are living and dining room curtains for my mum's apartment, a handkerchief quilt, an appliqued wildflower quilt, a quilted jacket using Japanese fabrics, place mats, knitting.... I'm also trying to learn needle tatting from a book. trouble with me is that I get interested in something new and am not disciplined enough to complete the project I just set aside. But, I'm going to have a serious try at finished up some of those neglected projects. In fact, I'm giving myself two months for each UFO (that means that I can still work on other things too). April and May will be for the curtains. If I get them finished I can start a new UFO (if I want), or wait until June to begin. Sounds like a plan.