I believe your philosophy is right on. I have had various creative hobbies along the way in my life. I will get very involved in garment sewing, uphostery, decopage, embrodiery, crochet and then move on to whatever piques my interest. Of course, moving around like that keeps me from ever being an expert in any one skill. It seems a little strange to me when people don't have hobbies. I think of hobbies as being more active than reading or working crossword puzzles. which begs the question, what is a hobby?

I love to play in multi-medias! Mostly for me lately it's jewelry (bracelets, necklaces, earrings, key fobs, book marks), sewing small accessories for your purse, making purses, and am working on a few more ideas for an upcoming craft show.

I bought a LOT of the little knit gloves they sell at JoAnns when they were on clearance and I'm going to decorate them with yo-yos at the cuff.

Have bought material & supplies for making recipe flower pots for the kitchen ... fill with plaster of Paris, insert a fork sticking up like a flower stem, bend the tines, insert recipe card and decorate (saw it on line somewhere).

My problem is ... I have so many different kinds of projects there's no place to store the supplies! AND so many things to choose from I can't decide what to work on so I don't work on anything.

Anyone else do that?

I was just thinking that! The more you do the more neurons you build! Or is it neuron pathways? I just started learning to knit, have been crocheting for years. I paint oil paintings. I'm pretty new to sewing, started because I wanted to sew my own clothes......somehow got side-tracked with quilting. :thumbup:

Me too. The more things I know how to do, the more I want to learn to do. Now days the dolls for sick kids I make and give away take up most of my time.....those and the writing I share. I need to sit an hour or two a day to the novels I sat aside. OH MY GOODNESS...what to do....what to do. Have to say I know the dolls for the kids are the most important at this point in time.

For those keeping up with my getting sick, I am beginning to feel better at last. Taking that as a good sign and maybe the potential of lung cancer wasn't real.

Having a couple of different hobbies allows you to be creative depending on what your mood is. It seems I always have a quilt in progress, a crochet project and maybe a good book.... that way you can work on one or the other as your mood suits you. I also use my passenger time in the car to finish binding projects or crochet.

Like you I have far too many interest and figure I have "ADD" Attention Deficit Disorder.

I always have various projects going at once - each has it's own purpose. For instance, I knit/crochet on the bus to work (can't do much else on those mountain roads), I applique at work while waiting for the bus (small, easy to carry), I embroider or counted stitch when I need to turn off my brain, and hand quilting helps when I need to solve a problem. I still sew garments - when I have to. And like everyone else, many more I want to do. I thought about changing and only focusing on one to become proficient - hubby said why stress yourself, what if you choose the wrong one. But then he says I think too much.

Keep using that old brain and learning new things! If you don't use it, you lose it!

I do crochet and at one time did make garments. I fell in love with quilting 20 years ago--however the birth of of my grand daughter has brought me back into garment making on a limited basis though.

I do quilting, cross-stitching, have done scrapbooking, like making little things like baby bibs, burp cloths, pillowcases, decorative pillow covers, curtains. I think we all are just crafty people here!