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There has been some good advice posted here.
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I do the same thing! I love audible books. I listen more than read and get so much more quilting done.
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I agree with AndiR. Even if I only have 2 borders, I sew the two pieces together (X4), sew them to the quilt and miter the corners.
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I seem to be promoting music this morning. When I am reach this point , I like to turn my music on and it seems to distract my attention away from the blandness of the moment. Sometimes I sing along and I have been known to jump up for a minute and dance around. Maybe it's a good thing my sewing room is upstairs. LOL.
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Yes! I know what you mean - with this type work, or long hours of machine quilting they go by much faster listening to a book on my iPod as I go.....
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see...I know I would have been bored with that..so I would have sewn my strips into one large piece and then added as a border!
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When I have to do something repetitive, my mind wanders, even cleaning toilets sounds exciting. What helps me is some good old fashion Springstein music. I sing along with the oldies, if I have it really bad I play Meatloaf!! Need some medication, don't I. Singing out loud and even sometimes I get up and pretend I am 20 years or more younger and get up and dance, but it keeps my mind off of the measure, pin sew press measure pin sew press.
Originally Posted by CorgiNole
(Post 4734768)
The quilt I'm working on now has 4 small (1 inch) borders and then a large border - which adds up to 20 border strips. I pushed through the first 10 strips over the weekend and have managed to get 4 more on tonight. I'd really like to get the last 6 on, but ADD is striking hard and I'm getting easily distracted.
Measure, pin, sew, press, measure pin, sew, press... repeat... repeat... repeat... I keep telling myself that it will be worth it, and it will look really good... but then I get drawn back out to find something else to do... Anyone else reach this point at times? I'm sure I'm not alone. Cheers, K |
Originally Posted by KarenK
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You are not alone! I discovered what works best for me is to set a timer for a 45/15 minutes combination. I'll sew for 45 minutes, then get up and do something totally different for 15 minutes - water the plants, dust, vacuum, etc.
You're right though, no matter what kind of project you're doing, there is always a point where the excitement of starting has worn off, the excitement of finishing seems far in the future, and you're just bogged down in the middle of it all. |
i work on my quilt projects a few minutes a day,with an hour or two added in when i have time.you would be surprised how excited i can get when i finally have two hours to work on a project=even if it is tedious! usually 1/2 hour tops during the week.most quilts done totally by hand,i set the timer.
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I did the same thing. I'm quilting and I get up and find something else to do. I'll get back to it today.
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