Originally Posted by sabrinaquilts
What do you do when you can't seem to get back into the mood of quilting? I know for some that maybe a blasphemy, but let us just pretend seriously for a second. I don't mean burned out of doing quilting. Maybe unmotivated might be a better description. Quilting used to be an escape. I used to sew at least 3-8 hours everyday faithfully. Now I have a new sewing machine but even that is not working to boost my enthusiasim because I have to take classes to learn to really use it.
What do you do when you suddenly drop the desire to quilt and know you really need to get back into it?
Ya know, I think I know just what you are going through. I've been there often in my life. I'm just now coming out of a real funk and it's taken me many many months. Maybe you feel overwhelmed by your new machine and maybe deep down you feel like you'll never be able to do all those wonderful things the sales persons showed you could be done with this machine.
That's what's happened to me over and over again, as I look back on it. Many machines and many blue funks later, I still fight it. I just go into my sewing room every day, even if it's for only an hour. I make pinwheels, stars, whatever, and set them aside, knowing some time I'll get back in the groove.