I took three "purse/tote bag" classes and decided that they aren't for me. I get so frustrated. The teacher ends up standing by me most of the time. I just have a hard time making them. I don't enjoy making them. They look awful when I am finished. And I try my best while working on them, too.
So, maybe making totes isn't your thing. Maybe it's time to get back into quilting. Sounds like you're done with reading and ready to sew. I'm not ready to sew quite yet. I'm reading books also. I keep going into my sewing studio but all I've done in the last month was make two blocks for Craftsy's free BOM and cut 2 1/2" strips for a binding. That is all I've done.
I just received in the mail a "Mat Smoother" to smooth my cutting mat. I'm planning on clearing off my mat (24x72) and smoothing it today. If I happen to sew my binding together today, yippee for me. I've been in the biggest slump in 3 years. I totally burned myself out on sewing. I was making quilt after quilt for 3 years straight and then my brain shut down and I can't even clean my sewing studio. I get things in the mail and pile them up on my cutting mat and ironing board.
So, I read the quilting board hoping that I'll get my groove back soon. It can't last forever, I hope. I love to make quilts. I don't work outside the home and it was my main purpose in life for so long. Now, I kind of wander.