That is a very good idea. I recently learned to play the piano. It was a life long dream of mine. I don't usually resort to my piano because I am not very good at sight reading. I know I am too hard on myself. I grew up admiring the classics. I should hit the keys for fun more often.

I really like your last line.

Another thing I found that has helped me get through some things I'd just rather skip is to set a timer for 15 min... do as much as I can in that time.. but when the timer goes off, I stop.. do something I rather do for some specified time, and then go at the 'chore' thing again.

What I've found is that I can get quite a lot done in the time I've set.. and I can keep at it because I know that timer will go off and I can move on to something else.. Seems like a big job in small bites isn't as overwhelming.

Hey those are the same dishclothes that I knit too. I stopped knitting them because I got burned out. Then I did hats and one of my sisters got me burned out by trying to turn me into a production machine. Those are really nice dishclothes. I use them too. I give some to my friends that love them too. I skip my sisters because they are not much of a fan of my homemade items.

I totally agree. I pop in a book on CD when I quilt. When the disc is done I stop and do something else. I have been listening to the "Twilight Saga" series because my DH got tired of hearing me listening to the same book CD over and over again. I now have all four and sometimes I would listen to one after another. Kind of like a little "Twilight" week feast. I can tell my DH is thinking about buying my some other books on CD. He is getting tired of them.

I do the same thing!! I love books on tape!! I check them out from our local public library.. They are the greatest thing since earphones came into being!!

Thea, did you read N.J.linda's suggestion on page 7? It sounded like a good thing to add. I am sorry for your husband. I almost lost my oldest son to drowning almost four years ago. It really changes your make up. Even though your son is 34, he is still your little boy. Quilts for men are hard to do. I should know. I have four boys with a husband that is picky about those things. Our list of baby boy names consist of two names. When the last pregnancy was another boy I screamed at the technician that she can't be serious. I don't have anymore boy names left. My baby girl name list was a mile long. Sabrina was on the top. I had been resorting to using names from my husband's family heritage. Lucky I could only have four otherwise I would have to try my side. My side of the family names does not sound good in English.

Moving yuck. Luck had it that I ended up pregnant the last two times we moved. Never again!

I am sorry that you had breast cancer. I hope you are well now. After feeling this way for weeks now I was thinking the same as you. I had never felt like this with quilting since I started four years ago. I was worried that I would have to give it up like I had to with my scrapbooking. I had to drop it because of post partum depression. The pictures were causing me stress. From what I have read this is a normal part of the quilting life. I still scrapbook once a month to keep myself from abandoning it permanently. If you and I could stay quilting it will come back again. Lots of people have posted some very good suggestions. I like that there are many ranges.

When I get in a quilting slump I first make a batch of chocolate chip cookies eat a few with a big glass of milk. Then I go to my sewing corner stand in the middle of it and click my quilted slippers and say.... Theres no place like quilting...there is no place like quilting!Heheheheh! :lol: