Originally Posted by Dreaming
The other day I was at my mom's and she said that she was going to massively downsize. She seems to have lost interest in quilting. This has been going on for quite awhile and she decided to get rid of most of her fabic, and she has tons. Has this ever happened to anyone and then you got interested again?
I've been in that 'mood' for the last month or so but I think I'm on my way out of it. I started a project last night and the quilting bug is back.
Maybe mom's overwhelmed at this point and needs help reorganizing and downsizing. If you accept what she doesn't want and donate (or sell) other things, maybe that'll help her 'see' what she loved about quilting in the first place.
Maybe she's losing interest because she thinks there's too many projects that won't get done or YARDS of fabric that will never get used. I think as quilters age they come to realize that they'll never be able to complete the million projects they want to complete. Maybe that's where she's at
Good luck - she's lucky to have YOU to help her at this time.