I realised I forgot to show one EPP quilt which is my Tilda hibnersation quilt so the total count is off but I am still keen to work on that, maybe in Feb!
Did you show your Queens Walk quilt? I may have missed it as I was "multi-tasking" whilst watching! I love all of your wips, especially your Christmas quilt that you're hand quilting. I'm planning a Christmas quilt, I want to machine piece, but it would need to be an easy pattern for my first attempt! Don't beat yourself up over your nanny's quilt. She would be so proud of you. It will get finished when the time is right ❤
I made a quilt out of my dad’s shirts after he passed away. However, it took me 3 yrs before i could even take scissors to them. It’s now finished and like you said Rachel, i can now have a hug anytime i feel the need. Please don’t let anyone make you feel guilty about your progress of your nan’s quilt. We’re all different and you must do what’s right for you. I am sure your nan would not be disappointed, she would be delighted🥰
I really enjoyed looking at all of your unfinished projects and am very sure that you're not alone ! Your nan would have been very happy and proud that you are making something beautiful out of her clothing. x
You have beautiful quilts and I enjoyed your trunk show! Please don’t feel guilty about not having your Nan’s quilt done. It is hard to even cut into the clothing. I have shirts of my Son’s that I can’t cut yet, it’s been three years next week and I just hug the shirts occasionally but someday I’ll make a quilt from them. Thank you for sharing your projects
Dear RAchel, I watch your chanel in the wings, a lurker who doesn't really quilt. Amongst other things I take alot of funerals (I'm a minister of religion) incluing of friends and family. Do not in any way feel guilt about your gran's quilt. Grieving takes time, enjoy being with your gran as you sew her fabric, and put it aside if the memories are too sad. 25 years ago a good friend died and left me all his books. I am still working my way through the books and papers! I spoke to his oldest son last week for the first time years, Neither of us made the other feel guilty. BE gentle with yourself. I originally come from the Midlands, in REdditch. I live in Paris at the moment and have been in France for over 30 years. Like your chanel very much. Keep up your amazing creativity, it gives me lots to think about and enjoy.
Here's how I caught up. I chose six abandoned WIPS and work one hour every morning on them, ten minutes each. When one is done I rotate another in so I always have six. It does take forever that way but over the course of two years I finished seventeen WIPS. My other thing is if I want to start any new project I have to choose a WIP to pair with it. I work on them together and race to see if I can get the WIP done first. I currently only have four projects so I had to abandon the sixty minute thing. If I get tired of a project I still work on it ten minutes a day, no putting it aside.
I was told to complete the projects nearest completion first and that gives a sense of accomplishment and gives you inspiration to keep on with the projects. They are all lovely and worthwhile. You do beautiful work.
I’m about to begin my adventure into patchwork and quilting and that’s how i found you. My grandmother passed away in 2012 and i’ve holding onto her batik sarungs thinking i’d find a reason to wear them (which I haven’t and feel terribly guilty for letting it sit untouched in a basket under my desk) and i’ve finally decided on a quilted coat, maybe patchwork. The thing i miss about her the most are her hugs, so being wrapped in a something of hers is the closest i’ll get to her hugs again. Will think of you when i get going.
Rachel that was so much fun. You will get there and you can never have too many table centres. My mum used to change her decor seasonally. You can take as long as you like with your nan's quilt because the longer it takes the more time you get to spend with her each time you sew. 💞
On sentimental projects that I get stalled on, I found if I had some of their materials that would complete a small project. .. For me it was a trivet. I left that trivet out and it gave me so much pleasure every time I looked at it, I thought of my Dad. It kind of inoculated me. The pleasure I got from having him in my presence daily was so preferable to having all his memories in a box, it got me thru the big project and I am thrilled to have "him" with me in my office daily on the wall. Your Wip's are beautiful.
You are so cute! I love your energy and happy attitude! Don’t let guilt over your projects get you down, we all feel it at some time. I appreciate seeing your projects. Your work is beautiful! In the US some of call wips ufos, then they can just hover in a dark cupboard!
I enjoyed seeing all your WIPs as you use fabrics that I like too ! Don't feel bad about abandoning projects, it happens to all of us crafters. You can donate part-finished projects to a charity shop, people will love to finish them while also paying less than they would have to when new. Happy crafting in 2025 !
It might be fun to use some of your smaller pieced items and use them to make project bags for some of your other current WIPs. Then you would enjoy showing some love to past projects, and feel pride in completing some of your WIPs. Your work is beautiful!!!
Please don't let anyone make tou feel guilty about having WIPs. Creative minds jump around. It's a gift to be creative, so keep on! You have a kind and sensitive soul, that is evident. We Americans are envious of all your Liberty. We love seeing how you are coming along. Stay creative and curious ❤
I have absolutely no clue why I landed here, all I ever sew was a straight line that ended crocked 😆 but this video brought me so much joy and peace, you have a great ability to talk and to teach! Thank you for a very cosy hour on youtube, stay awesome 😊👍
Rachel, I just love your channel and your laugh😊 It’s important that we enjoy what we do and if you’re not feeling a project it’s better to abandon it than to try to do it and not like it
Work on Nan's fabric when you are ready. I had similar experience with my Mamaw that lived with us so totally understand. I did discover that as I slowly worked on my project it got easier and I reflected on the memories and love of she has given me.
Hi Rachel, I enjoyed all of your WIPS. Don’t ever feel bad, just enjoy your projects. My daughter helped me in one of my sewing rooms and when we got to 50 of my UFO’S I said let’s stop counting. I realized even though I still liked most of them that I am a process person. Love starting a new project, excited to see how it will look and then I move on. I believe I am a process quilter. I do get quilts done but there are lots I don’t get done. I’m ok with that. You are such a lovely person with great talents so don’t let others comments get to you. Happy Quilting, Barbara.
You are so delightful, I feel like you are sitting here with me, having coffee and chatting. We all have WIP in our stash somewhere. Please don’t take some peoples negativity to heart, you are a talented crafter! Greetings from Canada🥰🇨🇦
Thanks to you and Emma Vintage Sewing I took up EPP and quilting in Covid times. I made a grandmother garden quilt which took me on and off two years to complete. Now have a nine square block to finish. Then I will start my Tula Pink Nova quilt…in the mean time I will try making a bag or two. Keep up the good work Rachel. Wishing you and your viewers a happy and healthy 2025.
Oh Rachel, you have made me chuckle Thank you for your honest appraisal of your WIP's. You have given me hope as I have so many sewing, crochet and knitting projects outstanding too plus other things like Crystal Art kits unfinished, pictures half drawn and half painted 😂 so it's really encouraging to know I am not the only one. I must sort through them and prioritize like you have. By the way your Nan's quilt will be beautiful - finish when you are ready to, she would understand. Thanks again for a great video.😊
Oh Rachel, you are so beautiful. You make me smile. I’m like you, I like starting new projects………all of the time. I love all of your WIPS….. it doesn’t matter if you don’t complete them, enjoy yourself and keep smiling ❤❤❤
You are cracking me up. You have such a happy sweet way about you. You are a pleasure to watch. On top of that , you are a phenomenal crafter/maker. Kim ❤
You could use some of the small pieces as quilted panels for new project bags or to make them into zipper pouches. Makes it something very useable and then you still get to finish them off as they are 😊
Happy new year Rachel. I just love your projects and you are a great example of how curating fabrics and making things are two separate pastimes. Glad that I’m not alone in that!
is there a tutorial how to make your bags with the plastic front? 😊 would be a great way to give a new life to some old plastic rain covers of mine 😅😊❤
Thank you for a wonderful video. I cannot believe your productivity. I fully understand your feelings regarding your Nan’s quilt. I offered to make a quilt for my sister in law using her husband’s shirts. It took me a couple of years before I could cut up his shirts and ties. Like you I stumbled but it is now finished waiting to be gifted. Take your time and do it when you feel up to it. The quilt will be lovely when it is finished. What a lovely thought …use it when you want a hug from your Nan. A great thought to finish on. Thank you again xx
Thanks for sharing all your wips. Made me feel so much better about all my outstanding projects. At the start of each year I declutter and make a list of what I want to finish. It's amazing how many seem to feature year after year.
Thanks for this video Rachel! I often feels so overwhelmed with my unfinished projects and this helped me feel i’m not alone! I also had big dreams of making a tiny hexie EPP quilt, but that now might turn into a cushion cover instead haha!
Yes do the sweater that is so pretty. I love that mall of color. I would look good on you. I so hope you get started again. All of them of course are just beautiful. Get your Christmas quilt done then head onto the next one you can do it. I know you can just don’t go to anymore quilt shows because you’re like me. You just buy more stuff and then we get behind again. I love watching your show you have such beautiful things and you do such beautiful work and I love the fabric she use so I’ll see you later. Good luck.
Yes, I avoid certain shops bc I *know* I will buy more stuff! Budget & limit myself. I need to finish *my* projects before buying more. (Unless I need a certain color to finish projects....most of my stuff is patterned...I have few solids right now.)
So many lovely projects. Those mini’s are beyond amazing😯 Your work on your Nan’s piece is supposed to feed your soul, you take your time enjoying your memories!!! All of your work is so beautiful❤
Your blue Christmas quilt... Looks to me as a winter quilt (not so much a Christmas quilt as your other one is definitely Christmas), so bring it out on the autumn and you'll have it done by spring! 💕🌞🌵😷
I'd really enjoy a video of your progress at the end of the year 😊. There were so many beautiful wips! I especially loved your mini-projects like the mini flower garden, and the stars made out of your nans clothes (would something like iron-on vliseline be a possibility to make it stronger?).
Rachel, a log would be a great idea. Put each project on a page and what needs to get done, or maybe how far you have gotten. I say finish the Christmas quilt and maybe get to that knitting, the scarf since it is almost complete as well. I am looking forward to watching your progress.
Idea, write each project on a popsicle stick and put it in a cup. Each week choose three sticks and choose one of them to work on for the week. If it’s not done at the end of the week put the stick back in the cup. If you’re still enjoying working on it keep the stick and grab two more to confirm that’s what you want to work on 😊
Re: the fabrics from Aldi (42:18) bleeding.... Take a piece or two of the most suspicious fabric that you might think will bleed and wash it. (Save an unwashed piece for comparison). And you'll know for sure if it bleeds! Stop living in fear. If it does bleed... Pivot and make something different and make some project bags or baskets that rarely need washing and get on with it! Life is too short to wonder... find the answer and move on... If it doesn't bleed you've got a beautiful project sitting for nothing. 💕🌞🌵😷
I am so like you, I was brave enough to make a list of all my projects in Nov and it was over 30 - sewing, quilts, crochet and knitting. I love starting projects, then I see something else, get excited about that and the 1st project goes in the cupboard! You are not on your own 😁
You could maybe make the bits you don't know what to do with into wall hang8ngs or cushion covers and then sell them to us to raise funds for charity or extra money for you!! I think a lot of people would be interested. I'm making a quilt as you go for my cousins daughter, and I love it, but if you are over it, don't beat yourself up. This is meant to be for pleasure! Love your work and your channel xx
I really like the “unfinished” edges on two of your WIPs - I would appliqué the first one of those keeping those lovely sharp points onto the backing - that would be lovely framed. Also the last WIP QAYG brick one - turn it so that the unfinished edge is at the bottom - I think that would look fab - as if it’s dripping down in a way. Don’t be hard on yourself re your nans quilt - she would understand. 🎉. Love your videos and have missed you not being on here as much - I really can’t afford patreon membership. Love your style and love your work xx ❤
Rachel you are certainly not alone with the wips. My hubby calls them 🛸 lol. I think its so common in creative minds to have squirrel brains and want to create faster than we can keep up with our ideas. Im going to work on that though this year too! As for feeling guilt over your nans quilt please dont. You will get it done in its own time when you are ready and in my 62 year experience the timing is always PERFECT! ❤
When I am actively doing Hardanger Embroidery, I have to have projects at the various stages. So sometimes I work on the base klosterblock portions and other times I want to work on the needleweaving portion (what you do when you cut threads between klosters). As I am aging, I have found I need to stagger what I am doing more often. Having developed the habit over 30yrs ago, it is now automatic across all of my crafts. Please do not feel guilty about your Nan’s quilt. When my mother passes, I am planning to spend the numbered day of her birth each month working on either a blue (her favorite color) piece or something pastels in whatever craft I choose. When I shared that with her recently, she cried. She said that knowing she will be thought of especially on that date each month is comforting. I think of my grandmother every time I knit or crochet as she did both.
While our summer holidays have gone to hell in a handbag down here in NZ it has forced me into my craft room where I have worked through all my wips and have now got the daunting thought of what to start next! I love what you have done with your Nan's quilt, just enjoy the journey with it and treasure the memories ❤
Your Nan shirts, Diamond / hexagons is what I would refer to as a healing quilt for your grief., enjoy the memories that come to you of your Nan when hand sewing. Great for your choice of not completing the full quilt of quilt as you go. When I was younger I would be to hard on myself now coming on to 70th year, I can be more realistic and suffer no quilt when I bundle up a UFO project and give it away and someone else will be thrilled to find it. I did give away cross stitch projects , as my eyes couldn’t handle it. I have a few incompletes saved with a note attached for grand daughters to choose whether they would want to complete. Listening and watching you is like a historical dig of your creative decisions in time. I am reminded of my own growth and progress through many different projects. Knitting and crochet too.😂😊 done is a goal yet not whip . Enjoying the process of your many talents and lifting the pressure off yourself my dear girl.
You make me laugh Rachel!! Enjoyed my coffee for your WIPS! Your strawberry wip you could turn into a bag very easily by machine. Love all of your wips! Star@StellaQuilts
You have a beautiful start to your Nan's quilt; I would treasure the fact that you can spend time in remembering her while making this lovely quilt and doing just as you are doing, it's a wonderful idea and such a beautiful quilt top.
Hello Rachel. You stitches on your Christmas quilt are perfect from what I can see. I always love you talking about projects to be done are at the back of your mine. I have four quilt tops hanging in my closet since June they will get done when my heart is into them. Have a great new year and happy new projects. Thank you
I was so pleased to see you back again. I was checking your channel every day, wondering where you'd gotten to. You are a wonder. So many WIPs, where to begin!! I think you'll need some post it notes or maybe an extra tv table!!! Can't wait to see your progress though. Just enjoy yourself with whatever you do!! So glad you're back. ❤❤
Oh my goodness Rachel! You are the sweetest!! Please stop being so hard on yourself 😍😍😍!! You have accomplished SO MUCH, especially this year! I love everything you are doing…please just be yourself and don’t listen to those negative Nancy’s. Happy New Year!! Your Nan is looking down and is so proud of everything you are doing 😍
I agree with other comments on your Nan’s quilt. There is no deadline there. You will finish it on your own time. I can so relate to the desire to start projects. Quilting is new to me, but I now have patterns and fabric for quite a few quilts and quilty projects. Cross Stitch though. 😅 I literally decided at the end of the year that I did not need to stitch anything for Valentines Day. I have 7 WIPs that I need to work on and what did I do? Fat Quarter Shop posted a free Valentine’s Day pattern yesterday and I immediately started working on it. 😂 Happy New a year to you!
You do gorgeous work, Rachel! I truly hope you don’t feel bad or let anyone make you feel guilty about any of your gorgeous project and what you will make out of them. It’s your work and your choice. One idea that came to mind when you showed several and mentioned that you don’t want to continue them, was how about you place all these various, beautiful pieces and turn them into one gorgeous sampler quilt? !I enjoyed every minute watching you and your awesome work 💕
This may be a long comment, but after all, it's a long episode. First, hexagons are the bestagons! I am also a fan of hexies-- they are addicting. I really like that piece you have started with the triangles between the hexagons. I also really like the houses and trees quilt in the bright colors. And your Lucy Boston blocks are very pretty and inspiring. Yes to the neon pink quilting thread. I appreciate the hand quilting on the first Christmas quilt and that you alternate between red and green. Possible ways to use your small pieced projects besides cushions: table runners or toppers, placemats or mug rugs, trivets Bags
As someone who became a fan of yours because of the quilt as you go technique, please don't feel guilty for setting it aside! It turns out I loved it so much, I've not only completed one quilt but am around halfway finished with my second - the only quilts I've ever done! Your videos were just what I needed to get started in the quilting world, and now I'm interested in making a full regular quilt, and I even have some paper piecing experiments in progress! So even if that technique wasn't for you, you tried it out and introduced an accessible way of quilting to someone who was intimidated by the craft! I enjoyed seeing your WIPs and how you talk about them - your joy in the craft is infectious, even if sometimes the project wasn't the right one!
The Tilda piece would make a gorgeous front of a bag! And the bright colored fabrics will be a cute table runner. I’d suggest putting the dark blocks in a bin and soaking them with a color catcher before you spend any more time piecing. Beautiful projects!
Hope you had a good and restful break over the holiday. I loved this video. I'm glad that I'm not the only one with many WIPS. Could you use your Sashiko piece as the centre panel for a quilt? It's so pretty so it would be lovely to see it put to good use.
I don’t know anyone who is monogamous with a craft project. Most of us tend to have several projects on the go. I know I see something interesting and pretty and instantly want to make it, no matter what I have on the go at the time. Keep going with your lovely projects. They will (hopefully ), eventually get completed, if not by you then by someone else.
You mustn't feel guilty about not finishing things, especially your nan's quilt which is bound to be hard emotionally. Sewing and knitting are for pleasure. It makes sense to me to work on what you enjoy. A while ago you inspired me to look through wips and planned projects and get the stuff together to finish them. You are fabulous and don't let anyone be a negative nelly towards you.
I really enjoyed this trip through all your ongoing projects. They are all so beautiful and different. Some people read several books at a time... you make several quilts at a time... its all the same really 😉 I look foward to seeing your progress and all your new projects 😊❤❤
Hi Rachel, What a lovely episode, I loved looking back at all your wips. Please remember quilting is a journey not a race, your nan would love the fact that you have chosen her blouses and trousers and are giving them another life. I started a quilt using family shirts trousers and baby pillows, in between raising a family, a career, and education ...it took me ten years. I cherish, and use it to this day. So go easy on yourself and enjoy the process, you will finish it one day and miss having it as a wip 😊x
Wow what a lot of projects! You are seriously talented your work is very neat and you are very organised, maybe you could perhaps try and and get the ones that are nearly finished completed and then you can start a new one in their place. I made an agreement with myself that I need to finish one before I start another, it does work well for me. Either way happy quilting ❤
I just love your realistic attitude and infectious laugh. You're so relatable and it gave me the courage to go through my pile of WIPs. I had decided I wouldn't start anything new before I completed all my working projects. That lasted through a few projects, and then I saw something and decided I should introduce new things to keep my motivated to do the older projects. I'm trying to keep it real for 2025. Happy quilting; your projects are beautiful.
I realised I forgot to show one EPP quilt which is my Tilda hibnersation quilt so the total count is off but I am still keen to work on that, maybe in Feb!
Did you show your Queens Walk quilt? I may have missed it as I was "multi-tasking" whilst watching! I love all of your wips, especially your Christmas quilt that you're hand quilting. I'm planning a Christmas quilt, I want to machine piece, but it would need to be an easy pattern for my first attempt! Don't beat yourself up over your nanny's quilt. She would be so proud of you. It will get finished when the time is right ❤
I made a quilt out of my dad’s shirts after he passed away. However, it took me 3 yrs before i could even take scissors to them. It’s now finished and like you said Rachel, i can now have a hug anytime i feel the need. Please don’t let anyone make you feel guilty about your progress of your nan’s quilt. We’re all different and you must do what’s right for you. I am sure your nan would not be disappointed, she would be delighted🥰
I totally agree...❤
What a joy it has been to see all the projects you have been working on! Lovely and inspiring :)
I really enjoyed looking at all of your unfinished projects and am very sure that you're not alone ! Your nan would have been very happy and proud that you are making something beautiful out of her clothing. x
You have beautiful quilts and I enjoyed your trunk show!
Please don’t feel guilty about not having your Nan’s quilt done. It is hard to even cut into the clothing. I have shirts of my Son’s that I can’t cut yet, it’s been three years next week and I just hug the shirts occasionally but someday I’ll make a quilt from them.
Thank you for sharing your projects
This is quickly becoming my favourite quilting channel!
Aww what a compliment 💖💖
Dear RAchel, I watch your chanel in the wings, a lurker who doesn't really quilt. Amongst other things I take alot of funerals (I'm a minister of religion) incluing of friends and family. Do not in any way feel guilt about your gran's quilt. Grieving takes time, enjoy being with your gran as you sew her fabric, and put it aside if the memories are too sad. 25 years ago a good friend died and left me all his books. I am still working my way through the books and papers! I spoke to his oldest son last week for the first time years, Neither of us made the other feel guilty. BE gentle with yourself. I originally come from the Midlands, in REdditch. I live in Paris at the moment and have been in France for over 30 years. Like your chanel very much. Keep up your amazing creativity, it gives me lots to think about and enjoy.
I have at least 3-4 projects going at once. UFO’s galore. It is part of being a creative person!
Your Nan just wants you to do what makes you happy
Thank you 💖💖
No guilt on the lovely Nan quilt-to-be! Grief is a journey that has no map. Be kind to yourself.
Here's how I caught up. I chose six abandoned WIPS and work one hour every morning on them, ten minutes each. When one is done I rotate another in so I always have six. It does take forever that way but over the course of two years I finished seventeen WIPS. My other thing is if I want to start any new project I have to choose a WIP to pair with it. I work on them together and race to see if I can get the WIP done first. I currently only have four projects so I had to abandon the sixty minute thing. If I get tired of a project I still work on it ten minutes a day, no putting it aside.
Your Nan would be so proud and happy that you are thinking of her. Take the time you need to finish this heartfelt piece.❤❤❤
Neon pink would be Beautiful ❤
I was told to complete the projects nearest completion first and that gives a sense of accomplishment and gives you inspiration to keep on with the projects. They are all lovely and worthwhile. You do beautiful work.
This has been the best hour online EVER for me❣️ Thank you. Your Nan is smiling down from the heavens🕊️
You are so kind 💖💖
Love watching your videos and have gone back to hand quilting and epp too. Thanks, I’m 82 yrs old and live in Florida USA
I'm glad you enjoyed watching 💖 hello from across the pond xx
Rachel thank you for making me feel less guilty over my WIPS. I will now enjoy sewing at a slower rate without the quilt.
I’m about to begin my adventure into patchwork and quilting and that’s how i found you. My grandmother passed away in 2012 and i’ve holding onto her batik sarungs thinking i’d find a reason to wear them (which I haven’t and feel terribly guilty for letting it sit untouched in a basket under my desk) and i’ve finally decided on a quilted coat, maybe patchwork. The thing i miss about her the most are her hugs, so being wrapped in a something of hers is the closest i’ll get to her hugs again. Will think of you when i get going.
Rachel that was so much fun. You will get there and you can never have too many table centres. My mum used to change her decor seasonally. You can take as long as you like with your nan's quilt because the longer it takes the more time you get to spend with her each time you sew. 💞
On sentimental projects that I get stalled on, I found if I had some of their materials that would complete a small project. .. For me it was a trivet. I left that trivet out and it gave me so much pleasure every time I looked at it, I thought of my Dad. It kind of inoculated me. The pleasure I got from having him in my presence daily was so preferable to having all his memories in a box, it got me thru the big project and I am thrilled to have "him" with me in my office daily on the wall. Your Wip's are beautiful.
Neon pink ❤
Yay! That's the answer i wanted 🤣
Rachel, how much of each fabric did you use for your temperature quilt? Happiest New Year.
You are so cute! I love your energy and happy attitude! Don’t let guilt over your projects get you down, we all feel it at some time. I appreciate seeing your projects. Your work is beautiful!
In the US some of call wips ufos, then they can just hover in a dark cupboard!
I enjoyed seeing all your WIPs as you use fabrics that I like too ! Don't feel bad about abandoning projects, it happens to all of us crafters. You can donate part-finished projects
to a charity shop, people will love to finish them while also paying less than they would have to when new. Happy crafting in 2025 !
It's a process.
I get lots of half finished projects from charity shop and either finish the wip or will use the bits for another project.
It might be fun to use some of your smaller pieced items and use them to make project bags for some of your other current WIPs. Then you would enjoy showing some love to past projects, and feel pride in completing some of your WIPs. Your work is beautiful!!!
Please don't let anyone make tou feel guilty about having WIPs. Creative minds jump around. It's a gift to be creative, so keep on! You have a kind and sensitive soul, that is evident. We Americans are envious of all your Liberty.
We love seeing how you are coming along. Stay creative and curious ❤
I have absolutely no clue why I landed here, all I ever sew was a straight line that ended crocked 😆 but this video brought me so much joy and peace, you have a great ability to talk and to teach! Thank you for a very cosy hour on youtube, stay awesome 😊👍
Rachel, I just love your channel and your laugh😊 It’s important that we enjoy what we do and if you’re not feeling a project it’s better to abandon it than to try to do it and not like it
Work on Nan's fabric when you are ready. I had similar experience with my Mamaw that lived with us so totally understand. I did discover that as I slowly worked on my project it got easier and I reflected on the memories and love of she has given me.
Hi Rachel, I enjoyed all of your WIPS. Don’t ever feel bad, just enjoy your projects. My daughter helped me in one of my sewing rooms and when we got to 50 of my UFO’S I said let’s stop counting. I realized even though I still liked most of them that I am a process person. Love starting a new project, excited to see how it will look and then I move on. I believe I am a process quilter. I do get quilts done but there are lots I don’t get done. I’m ok with that. You are such a lovely person with great talents so don’t let others comments get to you. Happy Quilting, Barbara.
Bought Alice Carolina book because of your presentation..Love it, thank you..2025 sampler my project..Thanks again..
Same! Up to block 12 🤗
And love the book, it’s gorgeous!
You are so delightful, I feel like you are sitting here with me, having coffee and chatting. We all have WIP in our stash somewhere. Please don’t take some peoples negativity to heart, you are a talented crafter! Greetings from Canada🥰🇨🇦
That was fun! It eased my mind to know that I am not the only one who has multiple WIP!
Thanks to you and Emma Vintage Sewing I took up EPP and quilting in Covid times. I made a grandmother garden quilt which took me on and off two years to complete. Now have a nine square block to finish. Then I will start my Tula Pink Nova quilt…in the mean time I will try making a bag or two. Keep up the good work Rachel. Wishing you and your viewers a happy and healthy 2025.
Oh Rachel, you have made me chuckle Thank you for your honest appraisal of your WIP's. You have given me hope as I have so many sewing, crochet and knitting projects outstanding too plus other things like Crystal Art kits unfinished, pictures half drawn and half painted 😂 so it's really encouraging to know I am not the only one. I must sort through them and prioritize like you have.
By the way your Nan's quilt will be beautiful - finish when you are ready to, she would understand. Thanks again for a great video.😊
Oh Rachel, you are so beautiful. You make me smile. I’m like you, I like starting new projects………all of the time. I love all of your WIPS….. it doesn’t matter if you don’t complete them, enjoy yourself and keep smiling ❤❤❤
Hi, you inspired me to start the ‘Star a day quilt’ and I have joined over 80! Just not sure how to quilt. Can’t wait for an update.
I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at your works in progress. Fantastic!
You are cracking me up. You have such a happy sweet way about you. You are a pleasure to watch. On top of that , you are a phenomenal crafter/maker. Kim ❤
You could use some of the small pieces as quilted panels for new project bags or to make them into zipper pouches. Makes it something very useable and then you still get to finish them off as they are 😊
Just love your work, your smile and your lovely laugh! I can really relate to the unfinised projects. Have a Happy, Healthy,and Safe 2025! God Bless!!
Happy new year Rachel. I just love your projects and you are a great example of how curating fabrics and making things are two separate pastimes. Glad that I’m not alone in that!
Happy new year 💖 absolutely! And the thrill of starting and the thrill of finishing are not equal 🤣
is there a tutorial how to make your bags with the plastic front? 😊 would be a great way to give a new life to some old plastic rain covers of mine 😅😊❤
I've followed a tutorial for project bags by erica arndt 💖
@stitchwithrachel Thank you 😊
Thank you for a wonderful video. I cannot believe your productivity. I fully understand your feelings regarding your Nan’s quilt. I offered to make a quilt for my sister in law using her husband’s shirts. It took me a couple of years before I could cut up his shirts and ties. Like you I stumbled but it is now finished waiting to be gifted. Take your time and do it when you feel up to it. The quilt will be lovely when it is finished. What a lovely thought …use it when you want a hug from your Nan. A great thought to finish on. Thank you again xx
Thanks for sharing all your wips. Made me feel so much better about all my outstanding projects. At the start of each year I declutter and make a list of what I want to finish. It's amazing how many seem to feature year after year.
Thanks for this video Rachel! I often feels so overwhelmed with my unfinished projects and this helped me feel i’m not alone! I also had big dreams of making a tiny hexie EPP quilt, but that now might turn into a cushion cover instead haha!
Yes do the sweater that is so pretty. I love that mall of color. I would look good on you.
I so hope you get started again. All of them of course are just beautiful. Get your Christmas quilt done then head onto the next one you can do it. I know you can just don’t go to anymore quilt shows because you’re like me. You just buy more stuff and then we get behind again. I love watching your show you have such beautiful things and you do such beautiful work and I love the fabric she use so I’ll see you later. Good luck.
Yes, I avoid certain shops bc I *know* I will buy more stuff! Budget & limit myself.
I need to finish *my* projects before buying more.
(Unless I need a certain color to finish projects....most of my stuff is patterned...I have few solids right now.)
So many lovely projects. Those mini’s are beyond amazing😯 Your work on your Nan’s piece is supposed to feed your soul, you take your time enjoying your memories!!! All of your work is so beautiful❤
Your blue Christmas quilt... Looks to me as a winter quilt (not so much a Christmas quilt as your other one is definitely Christmas), so bring it out on the autumn and you'll have it done by spring! 💕🌞🌵😷
I'd really enjoy a video of your progress at the end of the year 😊. There were so many beautiful wips! I especially loved your mini-projects like the mini flower garden, and the stars made out of your nans clothes (would something like iron-on vliseline be a possibility to make it stronger?).
Nans quilt looks awesome. Taking your time is the best way to go. Once your finished you will miss the touch of it in your hands.
Rachel, a log would be a great idea. Put each project on a page and what needs to get done, or maybe how far you have gotten. I say finish the Christmas quilt and maybe get to that knitting, the scarf since it is almost complete as well. I am looking forward to watching your progress.
Idea, write each project on a popsicle stick and put it in a cup. Each week choose three sticks and choose one of them to work on for the week. If it’s not done at the end of the week put the stick back in the cup. If you’re still enjoying working on it keep the stick and grab two more to confirm that’s what you want to work on 😊
Re: the fabrics from Aldi (42:18) bleeding.... Take a piece or two of the most suspicious fabric that you might think will bleed and wash it. (Save an unwashed piece for comparison). And you'll know for sure if it bleeds! Stop living in fear. If it does bleed... Pivot and make something different and make some project bags or baskets that rarely need washing and get on with it! Life is too short to wonder... find the answer and move on... If it doesn't bleed you've got a beautiful project sitting for nothing. 💕🌞🌵😷
Make a hanging of it to display....behind glass with a dust cover....it won't even need washing.
It's beautiful! ❤️
I am so like you, I was brave enough to make a list of all my projects in Nov and it was over 30 - sewing, quilts, crochet and knitting. I love starting projects, then I see something else, get excited about that and the 1st project goes in the cupboard! You are not on your own 😁
That mini house quilt is fantastic!
You could maybe make the bits you don't know what to do with into wall hang8ngs or cushion covers and then sell them to us to raise funds for charity or extra money for you!! I think a lot of people would be interested.
I'm making a quilt as you go for my cousins daughter, and I love it, but if you are over it, don't beat yourself up. This is meant to be for pleasure! Love your work and your channel xx
I really like the “unfinished” edges on two of your WIPs - I would appliqué the first one of those keeping those lovely sharp points onto the backing - that would be lovely framed. Also the last WIP QAYG brick one - turn it so that the unfinished edge is at the bottom - I think that would look fab - as if it’s dripping down in a way. Don’t be hard on yourself re your nans quilt - she would understand. 🎉. Love your videos and have missed you not being on here as much - I really can’t afford patreon membership. Love your style and love your work xx ❤
Rachel you are certainly not alone with the wips. My hubby calls them 🛸 lol. I think its so common in creative minds to have squirrel brains and want to create faster than we can keep up with our ideas. Im going to work on that though this year too!
As for feeling guilt over your nans quilt please dont. You will get it done in its own time when you are ready and in my 62 year experience the timing is always PERFECT! ❤
I feel that we are kindred spirits judging from your number of WIPS! Now I feel better about the state of my sewing room, so thank you for sharing!
When I am actively doing Hardanger Embroidery, I have to have projects at the various stages. So sometimes I work on the base klosterblock portions and other times I want to work on the needleweaving portion (what you do when you cut threads between klosters). As I am aging, I have found I need to stagger what I am doing more often. Having developed the habit over 30yrs ago, it is now automatic across all of my crafts.
Please do not feel guilty about your Nan’s quilt. When my mother passes, I am planning to spend the numbered day of her birth each month working on either a blue (her favorite color) piece or something pastels in whatever craft I choose. When I shared that with her recently, she cried. She said that knowing she will be thought of especially on that date each month is comforting. I think of my grandmother every time I knit or crochet as she did both.
While our summer holidays have gone to hell in a handbag down here in NZ it has forced me into my craft room where I have worked through all my wips and have now got the daunting thought of what to start next! I love what you have done with your Nan's quilt, just enjoy the journey with it and treasure the memories ❤
Your Nan shirts, Diamond / hexagons is what I would refer to as a healing quilt for your grief., enjoy the memories that come to you of your Nan when hand sewing.
Great for your choice of not completing the full quilt of quilt as you go. When I was younger I would be to hard on myself now coming on to 70th year, I can be more realistic and suffer no quilt when I bundle up a UFO project and give it away and someone else will be thrilled to find it. I did give away cross stitch projects , as my eyes couldn’t handle it. I have a few incompletes saved with a note attached for grand daughters to choose whether they would want to complete.
Listening and watching you is like a historical dig of your creative decisions in time. I am reminded of my own growth and progress through many different projects. Knitting and crochet too.😂😊 done is a goal yet not whip . Enjoying the process of your many talents and lifting the pressure off yourself my dear girl.
I love seeing your WIPs. Thanks for sharing!
Go for the pink Rachel! It will be beautiful!❤
You make me laugh Rachel!! Enjoyed my coffee for your WIPS! Your strawberry wip you could turn into a bag very easily by machine. Love all of your wips! Star@StellaQuilts
You have a beautiful start to your Nan's quilt; I would treasure the fact that you can spend time in remembering her while making this lovely quilt and doing just as you are doing, it's a wonderful idea and such a beautiful quilt top.
Thank you so much!
Love the Gandmothers Garden COLORS !
Hello Rachel. You stitches on your Christmas quilt are perfect from what I can see. I always love you talking about projects to be done are at the back of your mine. I have four quilt tops hanging in my closet since June they will get done when my heart is into them. Have a great new year and happy new projects. Thank you
I was so pleased to see you back again. I was checking your channel every day, wondering where you'd gotten to. You are a wonder. So many WIPs, where to begin!! I think you'll need some post it notes or maybe an extra tv table!!! Can't wait to see your progress though. Just enjoy yourself with whatever you do!! So glad you're back. ❤❤
Thank you so much! I had a couple of weeks break over the Christmas period but I will be back every Sunday 💖💖
Oh my goodness Rachel! You are the sweetest!! Please stop being so hard on yourself 😍😍😍!! You have accomplished SO MUCH, especially this year! I love everything you are doing…please just be yourself and don’t listen to those negative Nancy’s. Happy New Year!! Your Nan is looking down and is so proud of everything you are doing 😍
Definitely use Neon thread for that supercute neon quilt ❤
I thought I had to many WIPS, but you are the winner Rachel!!!!! This was such a fun video, loved it. Keep it up🥰🌷
I wonder if anyone in the comments has a higher number 🤣💖
I agree with other comments on your Nan’s quilt. There is no deadline there. You will finish it on your own time.
I can so relate to the desire to start projects. Quilting is new to me, but I now have patterns and fabric for quite a few quilts and quilty projects. Cross Stitch though. 😅 I literally decided at the end of the year that I did not need to stitch anything for Valentines Day. I have 7 WIPs that I need to work on and what did I do? Fat Quarter Shop posted a free Valentine’s Day pattern yesterday and I immediately started working on it. 😂
Happy New a year to you!
You do gorgeous work, Rachel! I truly hope you don’t feel bad or let anyone make you feel guilty about any of your gorgeous project and what you will make out of them. It’s your work and your choice. One idea that came to mind when you showed several and mentioned that you don’t want to continue them, was how about you place all these various, beautiful pieces and turn them into one gorgeous sampler quilt? !I enjoyed every minute watching you and your awesome work 💕
I like that idea, i will lay them put and see how they all look together 💖
This may be a long comment, but after all, it's a long episode.
First, hexagons are the bestagons! I am also a fan of hexies-- they are addicting. I really like that piece you have started with the triangles between the hexagons.
I also really like the houses and trees quilt in the bright colors. And your Lucy Boston blocks are very pretty and inspiring.
Yes to the neon pink quilting thread.
I appreciate the hand quilting on the first Christmas quilt and that you alternate between red and green.
Possible ways to use your small pieced projects besides cushions:
table runners or toppers,
placemats or mug rugs,
trivets
Bags
As someone who became a fan of yours because of the quilt as you go technique, please don't feel guilty for setting it aside! It turns out I loved it so much, I've not only completed one quilt but am around halfway finished with my second - the only quilts I've ever done! Your videos were just what I needed to get started in the quilting world, and now I'm interested in making a full regular quilt, and I even have some paper piecing experiments in progress! So even if that technique wasn't for you, you tried it out and introduced an accessible way of quilting to someone who was intimidated by the craft! I enjoyed seeing your WIPs and how you talk about them - your joy in the craft is infectious, even if sometimes the project wasn't the right one!
The Tilda piece would make a gorgeous front of a bag! And the bright colored fabrics will be a cute table runner. I’d suggest putting the dark blocks in a bin and soaking them with a color catcher before you spend any more time piecing. Beautiful projects!
Good luck with your Nan's quilt. It is so precious ❤
Definitely hand quilt in neon pink 😊
Also, it ‘s encouraging I’m not the only one that aspires to create many things!!
You are so talented, all that tiny piecing. I enjoyed looking at all your WIPS. Thanks
Hope you had a good and restful break over the holiday. I loved this video. I'm glad that I'm not the only one with many WIPS. Could you use your Sashiko piece as the centre panel for a quilt? It's so pretty so it would be lovely to see it put to good use.
I don’t know anyone who is monogamous with a craft project. Most of us tend to have several projects on the go. I know I see something interesting and pretty and instantly want to make it, no matter what I have on the go at the time. Keep going with your lovely projects. They will (hopefully ), eventually get completed, if not by you then by someone else.
You mustn't feel guilty about not finishing things, especially your nan's quilt which is bound to be hard emotionally. Sewing and knitting are for pleasure. It makes sense to me to work on what you enjoy. A while ago you inspired me to look through wips and planned projects and get the stuff together to finish them. You are fabulous and don't let anyone be a negative nelly towards you.
Fabulous WIP parade Rachel. You have some wonderful projects. Thanks for sharing.
I really enjoyed this trip through all your ongoing projects. They are all so beautiful and different. Some people read several books at a time... you make several quilts at a time... its all the same really 😉
I look foward to seeing your progress and all your new projects 😊❤❤
Love you projects. Put a sleeve on the back of the Tilda quilt as you go. And hang it. Neon thread would be awesome on the quilt
Hi Rachel, What a lovely episode, I loved looking back at all your wips. Please remember quilting is a journey not a race, your nan would love the fact that you have chosen her blouses and trousers and are giving them another life. I started a quilt using family shirts trousers and baby pillows, in between raising a family, a career, and education ...it took me ten years. I cherish, and use it to this day. So go easy on yourself and enjoy the process, you will finish it one day and miss having it as a wip 😊x
Loved the trip thru your WIPS. really enjoyed it…
Wow what a lot of projects! You are seriously talented your work is very neat and you are very organised, maybe you could perhaps try and and get the ones that are nearly finished completed and then you can start a new one in their place. I made an agreement with myself that I need to finish one before I start another, it does work well for me. Either way happy quilting ❤
I love this, makes us all feel better - one big WIP club! Love your videos Rachel.
Love idea to get busy on WIP!!! I have many also have many cuz get bored or something else grabs my attention. 😊
I just love your realistic attitude and infectious laugh. You're so relatable and it gave me the courage to go through my pile of WIPs. I had decided I wouldn't start anything new before I completed all my working projects. That lasted through a few projects, and then I saw something and decided I should introduce new things to keep my motivated to do the older projects. I'm trying to keep it real for 2025. Happy quilting; your projects are beautiful.
I love watching you. It has given me inspiration to complete mine along with you!!
Definitely quilt leaders and Enders in neon!!!
Ooo neon pink for the handle quilting!!
Also glad I'm not the only one who start so many projects a once 😊
I would turn the pink, hand stitched panel into a tote bag. It's really pretty and you could take it with you to show it off!
Can I just say you are delightful. It’s so nice to see young people involved in handcrafting arts! 🧵🧵🧵
Ps I have been quilting since the 80s 😬👍🏼
I agree with you! PINK!!❤
Wonderful video Rachel, I could watch you for hours. Can’t wait to see all you do in 2025. ❤