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Something a little different...

Today I have something a little different to share because I think it's a very very cool thing.

If you have been familiar with Craftsy they were purchased by the NBC network awhile ago. They are changing the system to create a new online Lifestyle site called 'MyBluPrint' that will have learning in a format more like you see on TV, but without the commercials, which is pretty darn neat!  

What's there

• Original shows in short, medium, and longer formats so you can watch at any time
• Stitch - Quilting, Sewing, Embroidery, Crochet, knitting - pretty much what was on Craftsy
• Cooking - is expanded with some amazing new videos, I am excited!
• Health - there is Yoga and I've ALWAYS wanted to try Yoga. We quilters need to keep healthy! 
• Drawing, photography, interior design, painting,
• And a series for subscribers called SPARK which is full of inspiration that you can check out during the FREE Trial! 

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UFO Busting with Pat Sloan

The other day I was looking for something and found yet another project in progress, unfinished object, you know.. those guilt inducing piles we store away hoping that magically they will get finished for us by the quilting elves at night!


I've decided that I need a strong plan to get all thee partial projects either finished, or moved onto new homes. 

There are a lot of them

A Lot

I'm a GREAT planner, so I don't know why i just have not done a 'do-able' plan. Because being do-able is the key to all successful plans.

Would you also like to work on getting unfinished (UFO) projects under control?

I'm going to write a series of posts on this, leave me a comments if you also want to get it under control!

Action Plan 1- Figuring out what we have

• Find all your projects that are not finished, all of them, and get them out.

You will have 2 main stacks

• Stack #1 - I want to spend time on this project, and be very very honest with yourself. You should really love it to want to work on it
• Stack #2 - I do not want to spend anymore time on this project. I have gotten tired of it, it's not my style, I"m not interested in sewing and using my precious time to work on it. I want to work on things I love from now on and this stack will find a new home. 

As you pick up an item it will go into  #1 to work on, or #2 that you won't spend any more time on it.

When sorting them into these groups and be brutally honest with yourself.

Are you ready to do this? I am too!

• Almost done and I want to finish it- needs binding, needs a border then sent to be quilted.. etc
• Almost done and I do not want to spend anymore time on it - can you end it where it is for a smaller projects? If you don't even want to do that keep it in stack #2. Sometimes a black trash bag is helpful here so you can't see it (wink!)
• Projects that have more work to be done, but it's pretty far along - work on it more - Stack #1, otherwise 'the other stack'
• Projects barely started - do you want to keep start it at some point? or have you moved on from it? by now you know which stack is which... 

Move FAST .. don't spend hours deciding. You can always review stack #2 later and remove things, but lets' be super honest with ourselves and see if we really really want to work on these. 

If you have 'Future project bags' where it's fabric and pattern but no cutting or sewing has happened yet, you can do the analaysis on that group or save them for another time. I'm saving that group for another time as I have an overload of ones partially done to consider.

Next article will be the plan for working on these. 

Leave me your thoughts below, what is hard ab

I did a video and article about it HERE

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• Yellow & Pink are IDENTICAL except color
• Blue is less expensive, so the 20% off is fantastic. It has these differences 
  • 8'6" cord instead of 12'
  • Stainless Steal soleplate instead of Chomium soleplate
  • 8 min auto shut off instead of 30 min with the pink & yellow

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out this, what do you hope to accomplish? have you ever gotten them all out before? Tell me!