
20 Sep Are you still out there?

I have also been in a bit of a sewing funk. Sometimes I get this way after I have finished a bunch of projects like I did for the quilt show. I get enthusiastic about NEW projects, but not about the half a dozen ones that were abandoned at various stages so I could focus on the quilt show. Since I won’t allow myself to start another new project until some of the others get finished, I just don’t do anything! My poor sewing machine has been patiently waiting. (The needle plate of my sewing machine isn’t really blue. I have no idea why the photo came out this way).
So after two weeks of this (you may remember that I mostly took August off to focus on our house), I finally had a little talk with myself yesterday that amounted to “Just Do It”! I fired up the IPod with its many neglected podcasts and got some sewing done. I should have something to show you in the next day or two. I feel better already!
Do you get into sewing funks? How do you get out of them?
amandajean
Posted at 20:33h, 23 Septemberi think everyone gets sewing funks. i know i do. plenty. if i take a break for awhile it comes back around again.
Ethne
Posted at 18:12h, 22 SeptemberDon't worry – just like Rebekah said – crafting comes in waves – I'm currently having a bit of a sewing blitz (when I actually should be finishing knitting a shawl to wear at my brothers wedding) – sometimes there are reasons for the creative break and when it comes back you'll be fully invigorated and rearing to go
Rebekah
Posted at 15:26h, 22 SeptemberMy crafting goes in ebbs and flows too. If I get sick of sewing, I switch to quilting and vice versa. I am habitually starting a new project without finishing the last and I'm trying to stop that habit this fall.
BaileyGirl5
Posted at 22:27h, 20 SeptemberI felt like I was in a funk all summer but I realized that I don't sew any less than I used to … it's just once I had a blog I was very conscience of my absence. My sewing time goes by the seasons and with cooler weather, longer nights, and more of a schedule approaching I'm slowly getting my groove back. I also just starting thinking about Christmas gifts I want to make (eep!).