The problem with UFOs

I think I found the perfect fabric to finish the bigger quilt I'm working on. I'll need about 5 yards at $5 a yard, plus batting. The fabric is at an online wholesale warehouse, and I'll have to keep my fingers crossed that it won't sell out before I can grab it. I shouldn't be in such a hurry anyway, but I'd like to finish this one while I still have enthusiasm for the project.

This is a real issue with me, and I suspect, with many other quilters. It's all good when starting a new thing, not so much when a problem comes up and it becomes a source of frustration...or boredom. I have another large top that has been finished for a few years now, but never basted or quilted. At the time, I was afraid to quilt it because of its size (small machine throat), and because my quilting skills were minimal. Now that I am confident enough to quilt it, I'm considering tearing off the outer border and replacing it with some of the backing fabric. Then I won't have enough backing or binding, and that fabric line is gone for good. I may have enough of the background fabric to use it instead, but I'm betting that I don't. They still make the background fabric, but I fear that the dye lot may have changed. Whichever way I go, I will have to remove the current border because a) I hate it and b) It has been laying around for a while and got something on it that looks like a bleachy spot. It's gotta go.

There's another large top (yeah, another) that I have made all the blocks for. It's a thousand pyramids quilt. I started putting the first row together, and got nervous that I was screwing up. Triangles, eeek. I really should get back to that one because I have all of the fabric for it, and the one reserved package of batting I have is intended for that quilt. I refuse to use it on anything else because that quilt was started for my parents' house. Another reason I stopped working on it was because I don't think Mom is so fond of my fabric choices. I never should have showed them to her until the quilt was done. Her disapproval was enough for me to shelve the project. I must finish that sucker this year.

I have two other unfinished quilts...lol. One is a jelly roll race that I didn't like, no hurry to finish it, and I still haven't decided what to back it with. I'm leaning toward a wide, unpieced backing because there are so many seams in the front. I also never pressed it after it was finished, like a dumbass, so that really sucks.

The last one is a four charm pack quilt, Charm Pack Cherry from fat quarter shop. I have the top done, the backing/binding is purchased but not seamed, and I have the batting. The only thing keeping me from finishing that one is my edema and the location of the pieces. I took it to Mom's to use a new(ish) machine she and my brother picked up at a garage sale. Unfortunately, there is no table for me to work at there, duh. Electrical outlets are also limited. I think that she would love for me to hang out and work on it there, but I don't know how much she would love seeing me hog a whole room while working.

Frustration is building in me over these quilts. I want to get them done, and move on to the other beautiful things I have in mind (and may have already started..oops). I haven't even mentioned the fabric that has been purchased for other quilts. I'll leave that for another post...