mustn't start anything new....mustn't start anything new...mustn't start anything new....

That's the mantra over at Stashbusters these days, and although I'm not sure I agree with it, it might just be possible that I should come up with my own variation. While Bill was in Safeway picking up some stuff for dinner and I was stuck in the car with the kids (because sometimes it really is much faster to do it that way than for all of us to go in and trek through the store)I made a list of my WIPs. Not UFOs, projects that I'm really working on and expect to finish. Just the ones that I could list without really thinking too hard.

There are twenty five of them.

That might actually be a lot.

Weed Whacker -- needs binding sewn down

Bento Box -- blocks need to be sewn into a top

Simple Pleasures -- lots of piecing left to do - but the snowballs are done!

Lover's Knot -- 250 blocks left to piece

Courthouse Steps -- I've been cutting strips, but not started piecing

Chicken Kit -- gotta make sure there's enough wool

Bagsket

Dino Quilt -- need to piece back and quilt

Cat Baby Quilt -- need to quilt and bind

rail fence -- need to quilt

layered squares -- need to quilt

red quilt -- finish last six blocks and assemble

scrappy cats -- more blocks to piece

lattice strippy -- 13 more blocks

cat bed -- quilt and figure out zipper

flower baskets -- lots of applique

A's Scrappy Mountains Majesty -- sew down binding

my own Scrappy Mountains Majesty -- quilt

Dot to Dot -- choose fabric for binding

Tea Pots -- choose fabric for binding

Leif's Snails -- quilt

Cheery Buzzsaws

Glittering Gems -- quilt

Blue Bargello -- Quilt

Birds in the Air -- Quilt

North Pacific

And, as if that wasn't bad enough, there's another list of projects I can't wait to start, which I probably can scrounge up the fabric for. (Aren't scrappy quilts wonderful!)I might feel guiltier if I hadn't just finished three other projects.

So my thought is that if I try to finish at least one project from the list each week (based on my husband's weekly work schedule, not the actual calendar that the rest of the world follows), I can start new things from my stash without guilt.

Even keeping it up for ten weeks would make a huge dent in the list. Not counting whatever new projects I add while I'm at it!