I can sure relate to that !!!!!!!

I kinda look around me n the shops & get an idea of what's n if I don't already have something n mind. that gives me ideas. U r like me, u have too many to choose from. LOL *

I know just how you feel and it is the same with material Like it Buy it and then haven't got what I want when I start a quilt

Yessssss all the time

Yes it happens to me all the time!!!

I hate to admit this, but I have been known to ask a complete stranger (Lady of course) if I can use my cell phone to take a picture of her tee shirt. I'm afraid I will forget what it looks like if I wait till I get home.

Thanks for this post - it is nice to know that this happens to other people besides me!! Besides having a membership here, I have been known to purchase designs!! Also, I need to better organize the designs I already have!!! Coming up with just the right idea can be a challenge!!!!

oh, dear, yes! I have wasted DAYS looking through designs trying to find just the right thing! It is sooooooo frustrating. And mine are very well organized, it is just too many choices.!

Oh thank goodness..sometimes I thought I had an addiction to just collecting...( fabric, patterns, designs..etc. )
I have all these wonderful alphabets ( really only use a couple of monograms...how often do you and family & friends change your names?? duh )
I just love them and lay awake at night trying to think of what to use them for..... any ideas?

Gee I'm so glad that I'm not alone...I think it is like being a kid in a candy store ...so many goodies and you can only choose 1...so ya waste your time trying to choose ...then you Mother says she is leaving even though you didn't pick...tooo bad...toooo sad!!!

I'm right with you....

NOPE! Never happens to me.

I'm too busy procrastinating to actually ever embroider anything!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

Hugs n love, M

Colleen, dear - you are not alone - but when you have a program that you can open up your files and look at them - you can locate something - if you can just figure out - what it is that you really want on that shirt to begin with - my Mother used to clip things out of magizines and off the Internet - when she could - to keep with her designs as an idea - how to use the designs - that was good for her - but I hate all those little pieces of paper - so now that I cleaned out her apartment and her designs - she only has the ones that fit inside the cases - but I do wish you luck - what were you thinking about to put on that polo shirt? Maybe we can give you some idea's of what would look good. I just hate to think that you will not be wearing it - until you decide or worse than that - that you are not using the designs that you have. Hehehe! *4U

May I tell you, that 2000 designs will not be the end? ;-)
Maybe this program will help out, have a look
http://answers.cuteembroidery.com/2533955/Two-questions-frequently-downloaded-files-wrong.html
I came now to a point to create sub-files in my collection (not only "cats", but "cute cats", "natural cats" and "cartoon cats" and so on).
The difficult thing by making a decision is thinking about if you choosed right or another option would have been better. A problem of people who want to be perfect.... welcome to the club. ;-)
I'm thinking now for 3 months! which designs in my collection would match a certain poem for a heirloom quilt best. And I'm sure it will take the entire summer. And it ends as ever:
Thinking about a new project. Thats why I never post someting in the projects section.
Cheers!
Eva

oops, just saw, that you know this link....

I use Embird Iconizer : I can more easily identify the design I am looking for ! *

Just wait until you have 60 thousand. 8-) ***

TTT For the Embrid Iconizer????? You cuties are to funny! (BUT SO VERY TRUE)

Yeah, like everybody else, I can't choose either, hee hee hee. I have them all organized, can use my Design Gallery to see them all, even count the number of stitches, but I can't CHOOSE! Probably that perfectionism thing, if I choose this one, then I'll see another one I like better tomorrow. My solution, just buy more shirts!! I got a bunch of t's at AC Moore when they were 5 for $10, so now I can waste days picking out 5 designs instead of just one, hee hee hee. If you're crazy, I think you're in good company, my dear!! Hugs, Marji

If there is something that I want to to for myself I save it under MY Favourites. Then I know where to search. Love Marie.

I'm to busy doing stuff for everyone else to do anything for me. When I do, I can't decide what I like best.

Yes, I thought I was the only one with that problem. I sometimes think it's because we have too many pretty designs! On second thought you can't have too many designs. HeHe!

We are ALL in good company! LOL
*4U!

What interesting reading from everyone.

Re your design hunt for the elusive design - is this not all part of the addiction that is machine embroidery? Anyway hope you find something suitable in the not to distant future.

OUF! I am not the only one in the univers...waterlily, you made my day. Hourra for freebies and sales*

your not alone i have also that problem

Not crazy!! no way, if you are then I'm very sure there are lots of crazies and I'll join with you

Not crazy, just human. I've got loads too, but there's always something I just want a BIT different, too long or too short a stem on a rose or too straight and so on. Nice to find out we are all in the same boat.