Can I really do this??

I just need to vent for a bit and share some quilty thoughts with you:

I have been thinking for a while now..remember my post way back in the beginning " what is your thing?" I have been thinking a lot the last few days about my quilting. Mostly about my UFO's in that sidebar with my top10 on my blog that keeps mocking me.

I really like the Blackbird Design things and have started a few: Home Sweet Home, Friend shipgarden, Quilting the Garden and the last book Sweet Summer. I have exactly 1 block of every book finished. So they are now all UFO's...

My thoughts started running around while doing the Crazy Quilting. When I do things like that (being very creative) I feel so excited. And so proud of the end result. Also the Diamond Quilt give me great satisfaction. It was then I realized that the applique strictly by the book doesn't do that for me. That is probably why I got stuck on just the one block.

So ...Get ready for this... I have cleaned out the 4 projectboxes I had with the fabric in it for all the quilts, patterns and most of the time already some more blocks prepared. The fabric is going back into my stash, the blocks and the prepaired blocks are going into 1 small box, in case I change my mind in the next year, or I find myself without something to do (lol that will never happen..*s*) Now I am going to update the sidebar and just forget about these UFO's.

It feels a bit scary and wrong. I think about all the time and the money I have invested, but is forcing myself to go through making 4 of these enormous quilts better??

Don't get my wrong..I love the designs and the applique, but maybe some quilts are not for me to make but just to look at...

I must say...this feels realy good...I feel so liberated!



*sorry still no new pictures...blame Kodak!...and blogger doesn't want to upload any old pictures either today*