I get that Blank Look and you hear the wheels sitting in idle and I'm itching to stitch I grab a nice hot cup of tea go in sit in my swivel chair and see what jumps out at me and if its not a complete idea I just keep swiveling and I dont come out til I need food which happens to be my next favorite thing to do :-P :-P

I usually go thru my stash to see if there is something that starts the juices flowing...There is always something that gets me "going"

I love starting new projects. I am always thinking about what I am going to do next while I'm working on the current one. Not enough time in the day for me!

I keep going through patterns (& I do have tons of patterns mostly from the internet) til one reaches out & grabs me. If that doesn't work, I just walk away for the time being.

So how much money do you spend on quilting services?

I am going to be making a train play mat. I have been informed that his parents don't have room for a full sized quilt and they don't want me to spend my time on something they couldn't use. Yeah, that hurt a bit, but I still want to make something for my little guy. He loves trains and dogs and I found some great fabric with both. A dear friend helped me with the idea of a play mat. There will be a big train panel in the middle and a railroad track running around it so he can put his train on the 'track' and then a wide border. I'll make a train pillow too so he can be comfy while playing choo-choo.

What online classes do you take? I took the one from Missouri Star Quilt Company I really enjoyed it

This is hilarious!! I think there are a lot of us who walk in your foot steps and do the same thing. I will sometimes just go into my little room and just look at the pretty fabric! :-)

I usually have trouble deciding which to start next but last week I decided to clean out a drawer of cut squares someone blessed me with several years ago. Most are not cut accurately so I have been re-cutting them and am just going to sew all of them together in a pattern I saw somewhere. Then I can put all my templates in the empty drawer...well, at least it sounds like a good idea!

Unfortunately I am the only one in this family of mine who quilts so I know if I don't finish anything it will never be done and I just couldn't bare the thought of all that wasted time, fabric and other items so I always finish what I have started before I start a new project. Well except for when it comes to those table runners, they often wait a little while. I think most of my problem comes from there not being enough time in the day to do everything I both need to and want to do :roll:

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