![]() ![]() I actually go back and read some of the posts I've written - those get put under the "THESE posts might change your life" category over there on the sidebar. ![]() I slacked off on writing posts and then came back with a new focus on more than one occasion. Since then I've moved, got and lost a dream job, cried myself sick over the loss of my Puppy-Butt, experienced the daily surprises of owning being owned by a special needs cat, joined countless "Alongs" and "BOMs", finished a few things. That was when I wrote my first blog post. Sometimes, she thought as she took her place, turned, life could be pretty damn perfect. Gratuitous quilt picture found in photo archives. I'll continue to follow Madame Samm and when she announces the next one that I can't resist, I'll be in faster than MoonPie when the Doritos bag is opened. I might actually make said adorable handbag (because I seem to have an empty corn dog box that needs a UFO, I guess) but I will NOT write down what I am doing while designing it. I was going to develop a pattern for an adorable handbag that's in my brain, but I think that will be put on hold. Tonight I'll be casting on for a Dicey Knit-Along on Google+. Today I'll be finishing my eight string-pieced blocks for Block Lotto. I have joined a couple of swaps - one is for a knitting project bag with some peeps on Google+, then other is Christmas in July with my friends at The Quilter's Last Resort forum. Then that's it for a long while, at least for patterns. I'll also write two more patterns: One for the Rainbow Rows border (due 23 March) and one for the Spring Oak table runner I'm teaching on 30 March (you gotta wait for a picture!). You have met me, right? I think, though, that I will write a class hand-out for my Color Pin Wheels class at the Rainy Daze quilt guild on 16 March. And maybe call it Art.ĭoes this navel-gazing mean I have no more deadlines? Of course not. I think I just need to sit with fabric and thread and my machine and make a big ol' mess. I think I just need to follow someone else's pattern and stop thinking of ways to change or improve it. I think I just hit the nail on the head, there: I need to stop writing patterns for awhile. Taking the time to design and play with my It's All About Me projects reminded me how much I enjoy designing without the requirement to write a pattern for what I'm making. And though deadlines are my most effective motivational triggers, they also kinda take the fun out of what I'm doing. If I'm at the quilt shop, that often morphs into "What kind of class can you teach" or "That would be a great sample to show how pretty the fabric is". But before I jump in and start designing and playing and making pretty (or not so pretty) stuff, I open my big mouth and tell someone what I'm thinking. Something intrigues me or I am inspired by a fabric or yarn. Part of it is the Sparkly Chicken effect. It's not that I'm a doormat, really (hey, there's your big surprise for the day, eh?). You might not understand why I put so much pressure on myself or allow other people or situations to compel me to make something. I need to catch up on the BOM and the adult bib project for the Die-Cutter's Guild. I need to make kits for my crayon classes. I need to finish the Quilting Bee blocks. I need to make a pattern for Rainbow Rows. Parker ♦♦♦◊◊Īs I was replying to one of the many lovely comments I'm receiving for my last post, I came to a realization: It seems like my quilting has been in reaction mode forever. Surprisingly her molars remained stable, though I think they might have loosened a little. ![]()
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