Originally Posted by
QuiltMom2
I'm doing that also. So glad to know that someone else does "mindless sewing" .
Oh man, I LOVE mindless sewing! I learned about that from Rayna Gilman, who accurately calls it "therapy sewing". In her book she talks about how she would, when exhausted, just sew pleasing strips together into strip sets, threw them all in a drawer until she had tons, then designed up on the design wall with them.
Other fave therapy sewing things I do:
-sewing light squares/scraps together as leaders and enders to make scrap quilts
-sewing up sheets of triangle papers (I use the Triangulations DVD files from Bearpaw Quilting) to create a fund of HST's, also fab for designing up on the wall
-making wonky stars from my scrap bins, using the scraps for the rays, and a white or low volume white for the sky....you can vary the sizes for a more interesting quilt and none of the seams have to be straight!