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happyintexas

I started!

18 years ago

Many years ago, I did a lot of sewing, crafts, and even dabbled in quilting. Then a new baby, a new business, and eventually a move really slowed me down. My sewing machine went into storage. The responsibilities of mommy-hood, wife-hood, business owner-hood, church lady and eventually homeschooling mommy-hood overwhelmed me. Can you say DUH? LOL

That baby is seventeen now, the business is long gone, and I have time on my hands. Well, not really, but I'm willing to shove some stuff and *make* time. I've set up an area, got my machine serviced, bought a few small pieces of fabric.

And couldn't decide what to do first.

Not only couldn't I not decide, I was deep down scared to cut or stitch anything. (What if I do something wrong? What if I can't create something pretty? What if this just reveals how incompentent I am?)

Finally, yesterday, I started. Without much of a plan except to use some of my stashed purples and sunflower yellows.

As I doodled around with the fabric, and wavered, I decided to make a lap quilt just for me...meaning that no one else has to like it. LOL

I cut a bunch of 3 inch squares...because I COULD mostly. The fear of doing something stupid or wrong was almost enoug to send me downstairs to a book. I chained a few of those squares together, but quit when I grew frustrated with that pesky seventeen year old.

This morning I woke up with a plan to do a simple nine patch with my purple and gold fabrics and relearn how to sew. All afternoon, with old Kathryn Hepburn movies on the TV and rain on the roof, I cut and stitched.

It was wonderful! I have a bit more cutting and stitching to do before I lay out the top, but I'm DOING it.

I feel like Rocky when he went the distance with Apollo. I've gone the distance with my stupid internal critic and shut her up...cue the music! Do the happy quilting dance with me?????

Here is a link that might be useful: Creative Soul

Comments (13)

  • 18 years ago

    Welcome!!!and thank you for the daffodils and dandelions my very favorites, especially when I look outside and see 5"s of snow! I am so happy for you and know you will be as additicted to quilting as I am. Besure to show us your quilt when you have it finished, I know it will be wonderfu. Jayne

  • 18 years ago

    That is so awesome!

    "All afternoon, with old Kathryn Hepburn movies on the TV and rain on the roof, I cut and stitched."

    That sounds heavenly!!!!

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  • 18 years ago

    So glad you were able to see it through. As I learned from many people here ~~ there are no quilt police.

    Come back often and let us know how your stitching with Hepburn is going!! :)

    Loved the flowers on your blog. We had 50 degrees and sunshine today and now it is snowing!

    Liz

  • 18 years ago

    Your post was almost like poetry, because it really put into pictures what (re)discovering fabric art is all about. When I disappear up into my sewing room, time stands still and there is pleasure in the simplest of things. It tickles me to think the first thing you made was simply for yourself. Too many of us are so busy doing it for everybody else, we put our own little quilts last.

  • 18 years ago

    You think you're happy now????.....just wait til your lap quilt is completed and is wrapped all around you. We'll all do the quilting dance with you! Congratz on taking some time for yourself....I find that sewing or playing with fabric is therapeutic, so it's like an appt I have to keep on a daily basis. @:)

    SharonG/FL

  • 18 years ago

    Oh, I wish you much joy in your "new" hobby of quilting! What an inspiring post you wrote! I scrolled down through your blog, and the post about memory lane was enchanting to read. Earlier this year we had a visitor ring our doorbell to tell us she often drove by our home as it was the home she grew up in, and she got the grand tour, and asked us to please let her know if we'd ever sell as she wanted to buy it from us! So glad those homeowners let you see the house - as our visitor said to me "what a gift you've given me!" Keep us posted about your quilting journey.

  • 18 years ago

    Congrats. Sometimes the most difficult hurdle are the what if's.

    Suellen

  • 18 years ago

    Congratulations,and if your quilt turns out even half as good as your post,then you've won!! I really enjoyed reading your post and plan to go back later and look thru your other things you linked to.

    Welcome to the group.
    Kathi

  • 18 years ago

    Dancing with you!

    Cheryl

  • 18 years ago

    I am happy for you too !!!
    I love quilting, I really just started last year, but I really really love it.
    We love to see pictures here.
    bopeep

  • 18 years ago

    I think it's great you started quilting again. I started taking classes last summer and found my love for quilting too. "Quilt dance'? I love it....

  • 18 years ago

    You guys are the best. Very encouraging. I'll post photos as soon as I have something to show you!

    Thank you again.

    Here is a link that might be useful: Creative Soul

  • 18 years ago

    Good for you!!!

    I'm dancing too!

    doris

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