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this might not mean much to you but I got me a new cutting mat 24x36 and a new rotary cutter.yea yea now if i only could get into the mood to quilt. I have so many things started but nothing finshed.whats wrong with me?
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There is nothing wrong with you. Just pick a project and tell yourself 'This is what we do today'
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Pick one and keep going. I've been working on finishing up UFO's and it feels good when one is done. You can do it.
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Join the crowd. I have stuff being cut out on my matt now. I have a baby quilt that really has to be done this month, a QAYG that I want to learn before I get to the one thing I really get done.
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Oh, man. I was soooo happy to get a new mat. I just set it out and looked at it. I didn't use it for a couple weeks! lol I kept using the old one.
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Honey, you aren't alone. I have the slows right now and I get mad at myself! :)
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I'm in the same situation. I have about 8 quilts cut out and waiting for me.
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I am feeling it too - I think winter does that to us - I am trying to find a new project - just can't make up my mind.
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I'm in the same boat. I started a Storm at Sea wall hanging and I really messed it up. Turned it into a table runner and was going to practice FMQ on it. Folded it up, tossed it on the table and made a purse instead!
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Yeah!!! Isn't it nice to get a new mat a rotary cutter?!?!?! Hope you get in the mood to cut something out soon.
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I have several projects lined up, in various stages of cutting, but can't seem to get myself going. I do enjoy looking at and feeling the fabric, tough.
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we all do that.I have about 10 tops done ready to quilt and I am still making tops.one day I will switch gears and quilt them
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I do that too! Always have several projects going at the same time, and at various stages. Gotta keep the variety!
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I think it's because we all hurried and worked so hard getting everything done for Christmas and this is the "quiet after the storm" time. I finally forced myself to get my machine out today because I needed a new flannel nightie for an upcoming quilting retreat. Got it made and now I'm getting back in the mood for sewing/quilting. Nothing urgent to do right now so there's no pressure to do anything in particular. That makes it difficult to decide what to do.
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Ooo, flannel nightie.... I'm gonna go put one on, it's cold! Good idea, raptureready. I've got 20 year old UFOs. No shame, sometimes inspiration leaves before the project is done. I have a recent one I'm just creatively stuck on, two older samplers I make a block for whenever need to practice a block before doing my current project, and others that were ill-conceived or just not worth finishing (sloppy first projects). Plus, tops are a form of wealth.
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You my friend are perfectly normal, usually after the holidays are over we need to just kick back and not even think about things for a few weeks. I like to hit the after Christmas sales and replenish my stash, then about the first February I get back into the mood, Easter is coming you know :P
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Originally Posted by oatw13
Oh, man. I was soooo happy to get a new mat. I just set it out and looked at it. I didn't use it for a couple weeks! lol I kept using the old one.
Enjoy the newness, it seems to wear off quickly! |
take the first step and before you know it you'll take the one you looked for all along..the last one. AND then your quilt is finished...its taking the first step thats the hardest
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Whatever is wrong with you, I have it, too!
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This thread is like computer geeks getting together. They all speak the same language. We all know what you mean and there is nothing wrong with you. Some projects have to season well before they are ready to reveal themselves.
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I have been working on my UFOs since New Years Day and am making progress. But I really want to start a new one. Soon! I hate a stack of UFOs starring at me.
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Originally Posted by frenchrose
this might not mean much to you but I got me a new cutting mat 24x36 and a new rotary cutter.yea yea now if i only could get into the mood to quilt. I have so many things started but nothing finshed.whats wrong with me?
french Rose |
Originally Posted by frenchrose
this might not mean much to you but I got me a new cutting mat 24x36 and a new rotary cutter.yea yea now if i only could get into the mood to quilt. I have so many things started but nothing finshed.whats wrong with me?
I am in the same boat as you are. I bought a rotating(?) cutting mat before Christmas and then I got a Accqgo baby for Christmas and haven't used either of them yet. french Rose |
Good for you. Sometimes we need to get something just for us. Now pick a fabric and cut, cut and cut some more.
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I think we all go through that at one time or another. I had wanted to start another top but caught a cold instead..even picking up a cutter seems a chore right now :(
Hopefully we will all get back in "the groove" :) sass |
Originally Posted by frenchrose
this might not mean much to you but I got me a new cutting mat 24x36 and a new rotary cutter.yea yea now if i only could get into the mood to quilt. I have so many things started but nothing finshed.whats wrong with me?
Here is an answer from a seperate post but fits the bill.... oh ... yes. that's among the most annoying of the quiltitus virus strains. you have quiltitus nofinishus then there are: quiltitus buytoomuchifus quiltitus neverstarticus - often brought on by quiltitus can'tmakeupmymindwhichprojecttopickifus ... leading invariably to quiltitus juststareatallthatfabricus none of those are as bad, however, as -quiltitus ranoutofthefabricbeforethequiltwasdoneicus -quiltitus can'tfindTHEoneremainingfabricIneedforthisprojecti fus the one that will nearly kill the average quilter? quiltitus imissedthehalfoffsalebyonedayicus! french Rose |
concentration on one thing at a time.
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Just make a pot of coffee (or tea) and go break in that new cutter and mat!!!! You'll feel better.
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show me a quilter/sewer who doesn't have more than 1 thing going on at a time.
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I too have got a few UFOs but so far am getting through them . I finish one UFO then do a new project, finish that then another UFO and so on . At the moment ti is working , for how long that is the question. Time will tell.
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I swear it's just the mid winter blahs. :(
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Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
Honey, you aren't alone. I have the slows right now and I get mad at myself! :)
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I knocked my self out getting every thing done for Christmas. I can't get back to sewing just yet. But I am crocheting a lot now. My sewing will come back some day but for now Im content.
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Maybe u just need to take a couple of weeks off and NOT feel bad about it. Watch some bad TV, read a Romance Novel or two, eat sweets, maybe take a nap. If we were bears we would be sleeping right now. Maybe they have the right idea, just sleep thru the winter blues...lol
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I have a doggy quilt half made and been crocheting on an afghan for over a yr. Spend too much time on this board besides not being motivated!!!
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