Which do you prefer?

As strange as it may seem, I don't feel as if I get "my money's worth" if I can finish a craft project in one day! I don't like the ones that drag on and on, though. I've always wanted to knit a bedspread but I'm afraid to start because it's such a huge project.

I have crafting ADD...seriously though I usually have a quilting, knitting and needlepoint craft going at all times. I just pick up which ever I fell like doing that day unless I have a deadline. If you would like to quilt but don't want a big project my I suggest doing a table runner or if smaller go for hot pads or pot holders to see if you really like it. There are a number of small projects that can be done from purses to pillows. I started my girls out with pillows as I knew they wouldn't be able to finish full blankets. One was done after one pillow the other now has her own sewing machine and just finished a full crib size quilt for her favorite Sunday school teacher whose baby is due in a few weeks.

I agree. I've tried large cross stitch projects but get distracted, then I lose my place in the pattern. I have discovered beading and I really enjoy it. Not just running beads on a wire, but the whole bead weaving thing... just LOVE it! I've been making bead woven necklaces lately, they look like beaded lace or net.

I like you favor the instant gratification type crafts.....ones that are done in a short amount of time. I do however occasionally like doing something like sewing a quilt that does take time......but when I do that I work on it everyday until it's done.

At the moment I am knitting a blanket, and it is going to take me a long time to finish that blanket, but I don't mind. I enjoy knitting, and I know that I am going to finish the blanket one day. Maybe next year It is a new experience for me to work on a project that takes that much time. I usually do small things that I am able to finish relatively fast like a couple of days or a week. I like to combine short and long projects and I usually work on more than one project at a time.

For the most part I have to admit that I am the kind of person that really does prefer to do crafts that I am able to complete in a short period of time. However, there are some crafts that I enjoy creating which are crafts that take a lot longer than just a couple of hours to complete. For example, one of the things that I really do like to make is that I enjoy crocheting afghans for friends that are having a baby or couples that are getting married. These are something that do take some time to complete, but I can see progress every time I sit down and work on the afghan.

You can do a lap size quilt in a day...easy. 45x45 give or take. The easiest way it to take a Charm Pak (pre cut 5x5"squares) and just line them up 5x5 or how ever many you have, (they come in 32-42 per pak) and sew 5 strips of 5 charms, then sew the rows together, measure your batting and backing about 3 inches wider that the front all around, pin, top quilt or FMQ, add binding and you are done. Easily done in a couple hours really. Top stitching on this can either be FMQ or if you dont' do that...just SITD...stitch in the ditch - meaning...stitch in the seams.You could do a tie topping to, where you take yarn or embroidery thread and just at the intersection of each seam...go down from the top and back up to the top and tie off. I just taught my (almost) 7 yo granddaughter 2 weekends ago...she wanted to make a quilt large enough for her bigger dolls (she'd made on previously about 18x18 inches) So I pulled out the animal skin/theme charms and a animal (cheetah) panel I had, and had her sew the charms in a rows and then sewed them to the four sides of the panel. I did the top FMQing and she could have done the binding, but her mom was on the way and wouldn't give us another hour and I wanted her to be able to take it home with her, so I did the binding too...but total time- 4 hours. She took to it really well and there was only twice she did a crooked seam that I had to fix. Here is a good place to find quick, easy patterns to make quilts..usually with the charm paks...or you could cut your own 5" squares. http://quiltingtutorials.com Missouri Star Quilt Co has alot of great tutorials...most of them are pretty easy and quick if you want to get it done in a day or weekend. Also...check out Eleanor Burns "Quilt in a Day"...literally you can do the top in a day with hours left over. I just this past weekend, I am working on a pink/white and black zebra print quilt. I used those fabrics, cut my own squares, and created a block from the squares.......12, 12x12" blocks. I already had the squares cut out from couple days ago, so I sat for about 5 hours (with breaks) and sewed 6 blocks on Saturday and 6 on Sunday. I could have done them all in one day, but I had other things had to be done. I stoppe then cause I haven't decided on the sashing or binding..thinking of using satin...but I could have had those at least all cut out and the sashings sewn on and just the quilt assembly with the batting left to do. I could have done it in a full weekend. Quilting isn't as hard as it looks. I learned that too. It is just squares of different sizes sewn together. the print/solid of the fabric also determines the design. The sqs just help you achieve the design you want. I can't follow a pattern...I get so confused, so I just look at a picture, and count the squares make my own single block then times it by however many I need to make the size quilt I need. Really, it isn't that hard.Time consuming, can be. Depends on the design and even then the part that takes the longest time is the cutting of all the different squares both for size and fabric. For me...it can take me days to find a pattern/block I want, then couple more to decide what fabrics and colors and prints to go with it. Once I do that...the cutting is a bit time consuming but only if you have multiple colors/fabrics to use. If you are just 2-3 colors, you can just cut X amount of each color and sew them together. But you can see in my profile, I have some of my quilts in my album there..the American Flag one is wonderful, and so quick and easy! Alot of quilting is literally repetitive..make 10 blocks the same way. After the first two, you have the system down and you just zip through the next 8! I have done TONS of crafting in my extended years...but sewing has always been my favorite. I am never far from it or to many months away from it! And as with anything, the more you practice, the better you get and the better you get, the faster you can go!

My history is littered with half finished craft projects, so something which doesn't take too long would be best for me.

I am not into crafts myself, but I think based on my personality I'd prefer things I could finish quickly. Like you, I'd probably lose interest if it took too long to complete.

I love to do all types of crafts. I recently learned knitting. Although most knitting projects I have done I have started making a blanket for my bed. It has taken longer then expected to finish but it is going to be beautiful when done.

Most of what I do are gifts for others. I do a lot of cross stitch and the projects usually take a lot longer than a day. I have only done two projects for myself and the one is still undone. I have a time limit on it if it is a gift and none if it's for me, so I just let it go.

I make jewelry (right now bracelets and earrings) and want to learn how to make necklaces and rings. I am also taking up sewing and want to learn quilting. I am still in graduate school and will be done at the end of the month. After that I will have a lot of time on my hands so I can get back into crafting and hopefully start my own online business. I am so stressed out with school that I am hoping to find an outlet.

I like embroider. I searched the motive from the internet, and I create embroidery manually. I plan to sell my crafts after I finish creating 20 motives. I would like to sell it online through ebay and my own blog. I think embroidery is good for me, because it is very easy to do.

I like to do knitting but, being that I work here online now, I don't have time to do any crafts, I have a more serious thing to do, like earning money I am going through, a issue right now that I have to spend, as much time here online, as I can spend.

I like a little bit of everything, something quick and something that takes some time either way I feel accomplished in getting the job completed.

I like sewing plushie toys. I make templates and cut them out and everything. Then cut my fabric and away i go :) i stuff them with nice soft stuffing.