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01-12-2011, 06:26 AM

#71

mrsddh97

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Quilting is therapuetic for me, my escape. I was in my sewing room the other evening and my SIL stopped and came into the room and said "this your sanctuary" and I said yes. Quilting is my escape and I really enjoy the creative and creating process.

01-12-2011, 08:07 AM

#72

Glenda Kay

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Sounds like stress & burn-out. Ask me how I know. Hope you feel better soon. Is it possible to take a vacation or change jobs or retire?

01-12-2011, 02:12 PM

#73

Shorebird

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tuxedokitty

I work in a hectic environment (don't we all?) and quilting isn't something that just comes "natural" to me. I have to think and concentrate over each little step on a project so that it comes out right. When I get off from work, or on the weekends, I feel so burned out, I just want to kick back and not think. That's on the one hand. On the other hand, I have made probably 12-15 quilts, several table runners, etc. and have tons of really pretty kits as well as fabric waiting for me. I have a nice machine....so basically NO EXCUSE. Anyone got any advice for this lazy 55 year old???

Not lazy - just brain overload. I work 12-16 hours a day in a very stressful occupation, and some evenings it is all I can do to eat dinner and then fall over.....However I have learned to plan and schedule SOME TIME for myself, to work on quilting, embroidery projects, etc. When that time slot comes up, the machines get fired up and away I go, tired or not.

01-12-2011, 02:53 PM

#74

mim

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Take a deep breath and say " the ladies in the covered wagons did it as they bounced along. There is NO wrong way to do it"

01-12-2011, 03:03 PM

#75

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Before I retired, hand work was my rescue, both applique and embroidery, as well as knitting. Now that I am retired, it's a whole new ball game.

01-12-2011, 05:42 PM

#76

suechem

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You sound like me. I am 15 paychecks from retirement! I cannot wait!

01-12-2011, 07:20 PM

#77

2livesdown7togo

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All journeys begin with the first step...

01-12-2011, 08:10 PM

#78

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I once worked with 2 (married to ea other) Harvard grad psychologists. When one asked the other what she was doing after a particularly stressful day, her response was, "regression in service of the ego" (which translates into normal English as playing to get rid of the stress.) One reason our very overloaded pioneer women amde such beautiful quilts was to keep from being nuts. Even if it's 5 minutes of deep breathing while looking at a flower some time to yourself is important.

01-14-2011, 06:57 PM

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Barbshobbies

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Don`t look at everything you want to do, just pick one small item, and set where you can see it. Then think of just making a start for 1/2 hour. I`ll bet you will be in the grove soon!

01-14-2011, 10:37 PM

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I had a rommate in college who startled me one evening by saying she liked doing the dinner dishes. "With all the problems in the world, this is one I can tackle and solve in half an hour."

When I was employed, I sometimes did a little applique or embroidery on a shirt, just to feel that my creativity hadn't been stamped out completely.