Originally Posted by clem55
why do you feel it is necessary to always be quilting? I haven't touched my machine all summer, and it is a machine I bought last Sept, one that I could finally learn to embroidery with. And I haven't even tried to do that yet! Instead, I have enjoyed outside activities, a lot of reading on my Kindle, or the QB, and saving up interesting quilt patterns. Come the dreary days of winter, I'll get back to sewing. It is a hobby, not something I feel I have to be doing all the time.
For me, a slump is something that doesn't feel good. It sounds like you are okay with spells of not quilting. When I am in a slump, my head and my heart are at odds.I want to quilt but lack any motivation, for example. I have times where I don't do much sewing because I'm reading, but I'm fine with it. Other times, it doesn't feel good. That's when I need something to spark the desire again.