quilttiger

What's important is that you listen and be true to yourself. I started sewing my clothes when I was 12 and went on to sew for my family and home as the years went by. I did simple quilts on and off until I took my first quilting class at the age of 58! It was a matter of time before I realized making clothes was not as satisfying as it used to be but quilting grabbed my heart. I am retired from making clothes It is a real joy to make quilts, whether they are for my family, Quilts of Valor and other charity quilts. Just go with the flow!

duckydo

Just take a break. I was like that several years ago then went to Paduch to the quilt show and my creative juices started flowing again. It might just be something you don't want to pursue. Give yourself permission to move on. I have a tendency to jump around. I like to knit, crochet and crafting in general. So when I get bored I just change gears for awhile.

quiltmom04

One bin is not a big deal. If you don't want to cut it, don't! I often just go and look and my fabrics, refold them, see what other fabrics they can "play" with, then close the cupboard and do something else. If that's all you do with your fabric, that's just fine! Some people spend lots more money on collections of things that do nothing more that make them happy and have to be dusted. You have a collection that makes YOU happy ( and might someday be something more !) Enjoy it!

Friday1961

I know the feeling about not wanting to cut certain fabric. Sometimes I think we should frame blocks of fabric we feel that way about and hang them as art. But if I lost interest, I'd just quit, I think. I wouldn't keep on because I felt pressured by all the fabric I'd bought. I would finish anything I'd promised but wouldn't promise again! To adjust I'd find something new I cared about doing. Hobbies come and go, I think, and keeping on with one when the interest is gone makes it more a job than a past time.

Friday1961

Maybe it's also possible that you now want to spend more time with your grandson, who seems a big part of your life and maybe your household, instead of sewing. Been there, done that, too, so I know! When my first one was little he took up so much of my thinking and doing, and I spent as much time as I could with him when not working. They are little such a short time......

Love his curtains, by the way! The print and the hanging tabs with the stars are just adorable!

laynak

I had that predicament with painting years ago and simply stopped and changed directions with my hobby focus. I began playing the piano 'again'--which I'd taken lessons for years as a kid. When I tired of that, I'd put time into writing, photography, desktop publishing, gardening, or design interests. When I went through any hobby for awhile, I'd simply rotate to another one or back to the first. Explained my interests as 'good at many things, master at none'. But, I always loved the interest while it kept my interest. Only since retiring did I even learn to sew in any way. Never, ever thought I'd start quilting (or sewing). Quilting has held my interest 100% for 8 years now and shows no signs of 'letting up'. Actually, my writing hand hurts when I write or draw so quilting by machine is a great alternative to keep me creative.
Don't feel that you are 'forced' to keep an interest going because it's 'there' in supplies and money! The supplies remain to be used when you regain your inspiration and the money's been well spent and can be a huge savings when you return to your interest in a year or two. Prices of fabric only go up!
If and when you truly 'give up' an interest, the donation or contribution of supplies to good causes or good friends will be a wonderful gift for them to carry on.

EmiliasNana

I have young grand children (5, 1, & 1) and still make many "sewing" projects for them. I have done valances, a shower curtain, dance bag, soft cover books, tag blankets, leotard and tutu, Little Red Riding Hood cape,
etc. etc. They are my priority now and I love doing "baby" items. They are fast and cute. They have also gotten knit baby blankets and quilts. As they get older I start to make quilts for their toddler bed, then single beds. You don't have to do all of one thing and exclude the rest. Do what makes you happy. Your sewing and tastes will evolve................let them.

redbreast

I can't imagine getting tired of quilting. To me it is always a challenge to take the stash and try to come up with a different, bright and cheery pattern to donate to charity. Sometimes the final product seems pretty wild but children seem to love anything wild. I always try to use all scraps and see if I can finish a quilt without buying any fabric. Also, I enjoy practicing FMQ on the charity quilts. I don't feel children are going to criticize so anything goes. Hope you get back to doing something you love. It is so important!

Amythyst02

Some of very first word you use are : "I love to sew. It's relaxing, therapeutic, comforting"

That is what its meant to be, plus enjoyable, fun, happiness, etc.

If you truly want to try a quilt I think finding a pattern that uses alot of larger pieces would be a simple thing to do, but honestly in my mind I see you doing that as an excuse because you think you should use all those scrapes. But then again you don't want to cut them.

Have you considered donating them to perhaps the local quilting club around your town. They usually are always looking for fabric to make quilts for the little children stuck in the hospitals. They also make quilts for our soldiers that are fighting overseas to give them a sense of home. Donating to some such organization would be a wonderful thing for them and you both. Then you could get back to the things you truely enjoy sewing, and start a new stash bag for the others all over again.

I truely hope you find where your sewing heart is leading you. Just never give up on sewing, because I warn you, you will be back : )

mom-6

I've seen some really awesome quilts done with a large piece of fabric as a center focus then just borders around that. Much like you did with those adorable curtains. Quilting doesn't have to be all tiny pieces and intricate quilting designs.

But it's also ok to take a break and focus on something else for awhile. It's your hobby, your time, your pleasure - enjoy whatever it is you're doing! When it quits being fun, a break is definitely in order.