Have You Hit a Quilting Slump?
08-03-2010, 05:39 PM
#64
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Hi Jacki: I am reading your note with interest since I also have Graves Disease. I now have Thyroid Eye Disease which sometimes follows. I am unable to sew, drive or read and it is just the pits. TED usually runs a course of 2 to 3 yrs. I am now going to Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN to join a Clinical Study to try a new drug. If I am lucky, I get the drug, or maybe the plecebo if not. The last 3 yrs. have been a nightmare.
Hang in there. Me, too. Bea Gasteyer
Hang in there. Me, too. Bea Gasteyer
08-03-2010, 06:13 PM
#65
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Originally Posted by marciacp
I have been making quilts for 20 years, have taught numerous
quilt classes, owned my own on-line quilt shop for a while, and
am a published quilt pattern designer. However, for some reason,
I have hit a huge 'slump' where making quilts is concerned.
For some reason I cannot seem to make myself work on anything.
This has been going on for a year or so, but in recent
months it is worse. Also, it seems I have lost most
of the people I used to quilt with because of various circumstances in their lives, so I feel more isolated now.
I have tried and tried to make myself go in my work room
and 'just do it', but most times I walk in there, look at all
my fabric and half-started projects, and just turn around
and walk out. Has this happened to anyone else, and if so,
what did you do to turn things around? I need help!!!
Thanks,
Marcia
quilt classes, owned my own on-line quilt shop for a while, and
am a published quilt pattern designer. However, for some reason,
I have hit a huge 'slump' where making quilts is concerned.
For some reason I cannot seem to make myself work on anything.
This has been going on for a year or so, but in recent
months it is worse. Also, it seems I have lost most
of the people I used to quilt with because of various circumstances in their lives, so I feel more isolated now.
I have tried and tried to make myself go in my work room
and 'just do it', but most times I walk in there, look at all
my fabric and half-started projects, and just turn around
and walk out. Has this happened to anyone else, and if so,
what did you do to turn things around? I need help!!!
Thanks,
Marcia
08-03-2010, 07:11 PM
#67
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: md
Posts: 139
i think that is really normal and you shouldnt beat yourself up for it...when i get like that i just cant get it together..so i stop for a few days and then i go and make a purse or a table runner or sew up a skirt or pair of pants and that usually does it for me..one of my friends alternates between quilting and knitting..plus i think most of us need a purpose to quilt..a birthday or baby shower or wedding gift or whatever..best of all..maybe this site will do it for you..good luck and dont give up
08-03-2010, 07:17 PM
#68
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: From MN, living full time in our Motor Home
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Take a break, don't even think of quilting! Sometimes that's just the way it works. Try doing some physical challenges for yourself. Learn how to swim ( I still need to do that one) roller blade, hike at a local st. park or National Park ( free admission Aug 14 and 15). Just do something completely different and the urge to quilt and create will surprise you again!
08-03-2010, 08:18 PM
#69
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Millington, TN
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Nearly 10 months ago, my only son committed suicide (work and wife related). In all other stressful times in my life, quilting has been the therapy that kept me grounded. But now i have found that I can't start or finish any of my projects. The last week or so I have been trying to re-organize my stash and sewing room in the hope that I will find some of that comfort I have always found in my sewing room. Not sure it's going to work, but my husband built me a beautiful sewing room and always encourages my quilting and helps me pick colors and is worried about me and I hate to add more stress on him than he already has. He is also dealing with the same sadness too.
It's funny that it's much easier to tell this to a group of on-line friends than it is to admit the same thing to in- person family and friends.
It's funny that it's much easier to tell this to a group of on-line friends than it is to admit the same thing to in- person family and friends.
08-03-2010, 09:05 PM
#70
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,474
i have been i a slump a few times , i just take a break and get back to it when i am ready , if i push myself to quilt i wouold make plenty of mistakes and get discouraged more so go ahead and take a break . you will come around soon
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