Finishing is still an F word

I've been working with a personal organizer to get my studio into proper shape. That means going through EVERYTHING in here and sort, purging, etc. One of the things we're going is putting all my "projects" in separate boxes, and then she's going to have me make a list of all theses projects and set some kind of rules for myself about finishing. Honestly, some of these things are ridiculous - within an hour of being finished. I'm not sure I totally agree with her plan, though, when we come upon a piece of fabric and I say "I was going to make a skirt out of that," she calls it a "project." I could just put it on my fabric shelves, and then I wouldn't have so many "projects." I jokingly said to her - as we were piling projects to the ceiling - that anything I didn't finish by the end of the year, she should come and take away, and she replied that she'd be there! I don't think she was joking, so now I'm a little nervous.

But honestly, how can I in good conscience start anything new when I've got all this STUFF? Some of it I've already purged, throwing it away or donating it to Q4R. I think I may post some of it here (or maybe on the shop blog) as a giveaway (I need some readers to be able to have a giveaway, therefore the shop blog might do better).

This week, I finished two porjects that were almost there. The first is a piece I started in a class with Teri Austin four(?) years ago. All it needed was the binding! I even had the binding cut out and everything! Okay, so it still doesn't have a label or a sleeve, but at least it's bound:

The second is a pillow. This is really pathetic - the top was done, the cording was covered and sewn on, all I needed to do was make the back pieces (I do the bit that overlaps in the back, no zipper) and sew it all together. The picture is the pillow flat on my chair, since we're out of the right size pillow forms at the shop. The top is pieces of nu-suede, right side and wrong side, wrinkle, whatever, all free-motion quilted. It's not great, but I like it:

























I also sewed together a top for a shop sample - no picture yet as I still need to do borders. And the blocks for my grandson's baby quilt are all pieced. Now I need to put them on the design wall and sew them together. :-)

It's nice to be sewing again. I need to finish the studio organizing. I had thought I'd work on it this afternoon, but instead I'm running away to the beach for an overnight getaway with DH. NOTHING I'd rather do than be with my honey!