Thursday, June 16, 2011

Millenial Projects / Perpetual Projects

A few years back, okay probably 10 years back, my friend Kerri Lynn expressed an interest in a project that was being taught in our Relief Society that month.  I offered to pay for her kit so she could learn and she turned me down.  It wasn't money keeping her from doing it.  It was the fact that she didn't need another "millennial" project.  A Millennial Project is one that you start and may finish in a "millennium"  or 1000 years.  I now call them Perpetual Projects, Because I do eventually finish them but by the time I do I have 10 more waiting.   I seem to start things very easily but finishing them up is another matter.  The Past two years I vowed to finish up some of these unfinished projects.  Well that has worked a little bit.  I still have created more though.  So I am trying a new tack.  I will not start a new project until I finish an old project.  Plus I can't start on another old project until I finish the new project.  One old project before a new one and both finished before moving on. That way I am not digging in any deeper.  So First up is finishing the baby rag quilt, then binding the 3 baby quilts and one full size quilt.  That will empty a bin and get some space for the new projects.  I have my 19 yr old daughter on board pushing me to do this as well so hopefully I can stay on track.  It is going to be hard since I am working full time and trying to get this jewelry business off the ground.  But I am sure it will be well worth it.  So everyone start pulling for me.  Today we start Finishing things.

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