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Posted by Sunny on June 29, 2009, 6:12 pm
I've got several wonderful projects sitting, ready to go. One is even
halfway cut out and is the easiest little lap quilt on earth. But I
can't seem to make anything happen. My beading and embroidery project
is just sitting staring at me. I'm trying to get ready for this "Girls
night out" I'm giving for the LQS, but they've been pretty rude about
the whole thing and I'm already sick of that.

I think I'm not going to try to sew anything, cut anything, stitch
or.....(gasp!!) even buy anything for a while. I'm truly out of
creative juice. Or even uncreative juice. I can't seem to find any
enthusiasm for quilting or stitching or the like. I'm about to go
stack stuff in neat little stacks in my sewing room and then maybe
find a good book to read for the next week or so. My muse has flown
off to Argentina -- think she said something about meeting a
politician down there. (snark -- couldn't help it)

I'm gonna keep on expecting the rest of you to post gorgeous photos of
your inspired work. But I'm not going to try to be quilty for a while.

Prayers and happy dances, of course, will continue. No creativity
needed for either of those happy activities.

Hugs,
Sunny

Posted by joan8904 on June 29, 2009, 7:23 pm
> I've got several wonderful projects sitting, ready to go. One is even
> halfway cut out and is the easiest little lap quilt on earth. But I
> can't seem to make anything happen. My beading and embroidery project
> is just sitting staring at me. I'm trying to get ready for this "Girls
> night out" I'm giving for the LQS, but they've been pretty rude about
> the whole thing and I'm already sick of that.
>
> I think I'm not going to try to sew anything, cut anything, stitch
> or.....(gasp!!) even buy anything for a while. I'm truly out of
> creative juice. Or even uncreative juice. I can't seem to find any
> enthusiasm for quilting or stitching or the like. I'm about to go
> stack stuff in neat little stacks in my sewing room and then maybe
> find a good book to read for the next week or so. My muse has flown
> off to Argentina -- think she said something about meeting a
> politician down there. (snark -- couldn't help it)
>
> I'm gonna keep on expecting the rest of you to post gorgeous photos of
> your inspired work. But I'm not going to try to be quilty for a while.
>
> Prayers and happy dances, of course, will continue. No creativity
> needed for either of those happy activities.
>
> Hugs,
> Sunny

I lost my muse at Xmas and to be honest, haven't really done a
creative thing since. I've done stuff, but stuff that didn't require
any particular spark. Happened once beforew when Mom died and it came
back then. So I'm assuming it will come back again. I try to
'finish' things just to keep moving forward. And I've got stacks of
fabric and patterns sitting around, just waiting for the green light.
I've learned to surrender and just go with the flow on this. It's
alright. Don't beat yourself up.
joan

Posted by Bronnie on June 29, 2009, 7:27 pm
> I've got several wonderful projects sitting, ready to go. One is even
> halfway cut out and is the easiest little lap quilt on earth. But I
> can't seem to make anything happen. My beading and embroidery project
> is just sitting staring at me. I'm trying to get ready for this "Girls
> night out" I'm giving for the LQS, but they've been pretty rude about
> the whole thing and I'm already sick of that.
>
> I think I'm not going to try to sew anything, cut anything, stitch
> or.....(gasp!!) even buy anything for a while. I'm truly out of
> creative juice. Or even uncreative juice. I can't seem to find any
> enthusiasm for quilting or stitching or the like. I'm about to go
> stack stuff in neat little stacks in my sewing room and then maybe
> find a good book to read for the next week or so. My muse has flown
> off to Argentina -- think she said something about meeting a
> politician down there. (snark -- couldn't help it)
>
> I'm gonna keep on expecting the rest of you to post gorgeous photos of
> your inspired work. But I'm not going to try to be quilty for a while.
>
> Prayers and happy dances, of course, will continue. No creativity
> needed for either of those happy activities.
>
> Hugs,
> Sunny

This happens to us all (most) I think. It is your northern summer
too. I find in our southern summer, I have a rest from creative stuff,
just enjoy the swimming and a hit of tennis and long outdoor
lunches<grin>. Read novels without the guilt feeling!
Enjoy!
Hugs back at ya
Bronnie

Posted by Polly Esther on June 29, 2009, 11:08 pm
Billy Graham has nothing to fear from me; I'm not going to preach. However,
I can surely testify to this - when I am absent any creative inspiration,
when I look at everything and think " I don't want to" and nothing calls to
me, I plod on. To my delight, God blesses even more the gifts I stitch when
I am in a funk.
Last Saturday, I sailed together a simple Minkee pillowcase for a
sweetheart of a little girl who was off to St Jude's with leukemia. Little
did she know that I wasn't very happy to be inside vacuuming up Minkee
droppings while everybody else was outside getting ready for a fishing trip.
Truth is, I was not motivated and close to downright cranky.
She sent me a precious note that it was so nice to have something that
didn't hurt her head.
Shame on me.
Plodding on. Polly





Posted by heidi (was rabbit2b) on June 29, 2009, 7:44 pm
Ah, Sunny.... after not being able to quilt at all for about 3 years,
I started again at the beginning of this year. I was on a roll and
then suddenly went pfffftttt. So frustrating. I have tons of fabric,
lots and lots of magazine clippings for ideas, batting, everything--
including two days free. l But it took me more than four hours of
concentrated searching to find something--anything!-- to start on. I'm
committed to having a Quilt of Valor in progress, so *finally found
one I thought I could handle. (I couldn't even bring myself to put any
of four tops and backing ready for quilting on the frame). I don't
feel at all inspired, but hoping to get more enthusiastic as it goes
along. Feels like having writer's block! Since I've been whining to DH
about not getting enough practice time on the frame, he encouraged me
to get a baby panel or some fabric I didn't adore on there and play,
but even that sounded unappealing.

So. I decided I would do a Carpenter's Wheel as a QOV and am putting
it together. I seem to get inspired more when I'm working on something
else and can't possibly start on it.

We'll see how it goes.

Hugs to you, too.

--Heidi

http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b








> I've got several wonderful projects sitting, ready to go. One is even
> halfway cut out and is the easiest little lap quilt on earth. But I
> can't seem to make anything happen.

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