Do you ever feel depressed???
06-14-2010, 08:53 AM
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Oh, boy, have I ever been there! Sometimes I get so busy (with one thing or another) and get crabby/sad/depressed because I have so many things tugging at my time. Even my husband will tell me "you need to get in your sewing room"! How's that for a good hubby?
06-14-2010, 08:53 AM
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Oh, boy, have I ever been there! Sometimes I get so busy (with one thing or another) and get crabby/sad/depressed because I have so many things tugging at my time. Even my husband will tell me "you need to get in your sewing room"! How's that for a good hubby?
06-14-2010, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by amma
Is there any way you can set aside 30 minutes a day to spend sewing? Sometimes we need to schedule down time too :wink:
06-14-2010, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Butterfli19
I feel that way too. Some weekends I plan so I have nothing to do but sew and other things just get in the way. I also cross stitch and get up so I can stitch about 1/2 every morning before I leave for work. Just having that needle in my hand is calming.
You can get alot done in segments, too. Don't think of it as needing hours to sew. Think of it in sections. Right now I'm working on potholders to better my machine quilting skills. I pieced them last weekend, one night cut the backing, batting, and insul-bright, and now they are waiting to be stitched. Even though I would have liked to get them done in one afternoon (the plan) if I had waited until I had the time to finish them I wouldn't have even started them!
You can get alot done in segments, too. Don't think of it as needing hours to sew. Think of it in sections. Right now I'm working on potholders to better my machine quilting skills. I pieced them last weekend, one night cut the backing, batting, and insul-bright, and now they are waiting to be stitched. Even though I would have liked to get them done in one afternoon (the plan) if I had waited until I had the time to finish them I wouldn't have even started them!
06-14-2010, 04:30 PM
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I made a mad quilt once. I called it that because I was so mad one day I closed myself in my room and sewed for as long as it took to stop being mad.I don't remember why I was so mad but I finished a baby blanket and cryed the rest out.
06-14-2010, 09:53 PM
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It's so easy to forget to look after yourself sometimes...and things do look overwhelming when you are so busy and everyone needs a piece of you. There's been some great advice on this thread, so you know you aren't alone.
I try and break big jobs into smaller more manageable tasks and take 30mins every day to sew, potter outside or just sit and meditate (that's meditate...not stew over stuff!). Like many others I always have a portable, handwork piece to work on, so if I have appointments or have to wait around anywhere, I can chip away at my Grandmother's Flower Garden.
Hope you feel better soon.
I try and break big jobs into smaller more manageable tasks and take 30mins every day to sew, potter outside or just sit and meditate (that's meditate...not stew over stuff!). Like many others I always have a portable, handwork piece to work on, so if I have appointments or have to wait around anywhere, I can chip away at my Grandmother's Flower Garden.
Hope you feel better soon.
06-15-2010, 07:37 AM
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I'm in the same boat. I got laid off from work. Slightly depressed but looking forward to quilting. Then I got a phone call from my aunt asking that I come out and be with her during her final days. I spent almost all of last summer in Albq. being a care taker for my aunt who had cancer. I did a lot of quilting while there because she slept a lot. After she passed, I came home and suffered a herniated disk in my back, had surgery and could not sit at the machine. Plus, didn't feel like sewing or quilting because I missed my aunt. I finally got to feeling like getting back into it, and wham, two weeks ago was in a car accident. I spend time reading my email, quilt books and Nora Roberts. I'll get back to sewing soon - but it won't be soon enough. I had a great push by two quilting friends who said my aunt wouldn't want me just sitting around (as she was a fantastic sewer)to just get up and quilt. I did make a small tote bag and a little wristlet purse right before the accident. I just need to get in the sewing room again.
06-15-2010, 09:07 AM
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Depression goes along with Fibro and CFS. So I live with it every day. I was fine at the start of today. But something got me off the wagon from this site....snuff said about that. SO here is a little pick us up to make us say OHHH! How cute!
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