Originally Posted by
pyffer3
Last week I decided to do something with the baskets of scraps I have been saving.
So every day I rush to my sewing room and just sew, sew, sew scraps together until they become big squares maybe about 16 inch squares. I now have about 8 or 10 of the big squares and I just keep sewing those scraps. It's almost like an addiction or something. I can't focus on anything else or even work on another project. I just HAVE to sew those scraps into bigger squares for a future quilt top. Is this some new disease or something? Has anyone else had this problem before? It's not like I don't have anything else to work on. I have 2 quilt tops finished, just need to be sandwiched and quilted. I have fabric and patterns for 2 more quilts to be cut out....but, I just keep going to those scraps. It's just this fascination of seeing small pieces of fabric become larger and larger......any antidotes?
IMHO, this is called "creative flow", and you should stick with it until it wears itself out. What's the worst that can happen? You'll end up with creative fabric to make something out of?! You could continue to have fun and feel wonderful about quilting? I mean, what's the down side, other than not getting other projects finished. As a writer and quilter, I can tell you that when I get into my "creative flow" with writing, I just go with it. I've never had an episode that didn't turn out to be something wonderful, even if I couldn't see what it was at the beginning. So I say "go with it" and just see what happens. Wouldn't it be a shame to waste this creative streak, and then never have it visit you again?