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?
That will happen periodically but I love to read and will read. It's also a good time to do some good house cleaning and after a week or so, I'm ready to get back to quilting. I also do computer crafting and work with photos. I'm never away from quilting for very long as I will miss it too much. As a hand quilter, I try to spend some time working on piecing a new project while handquilting on one. When the hand quilting is completed, the next one is usuallyready to sandwich and begin hand quilting. I quilt in panels and just try to keep a good rotation going. It's very rare that I'm between quilting projects.
Don't worry about your down time. That's a good time to look through your books and magazines and think about what you want to do. I too bought a new machine last fall and still keep the manual handy for reference but I'm settling in with it nicely and love piecing on it as it's a dream to sew on - Pfaff Quilt Expression 4.0.