Thank you for your kind words about my upcoming book release! As I wrote in the acknowledgments to that collection of patterns, I owe so much to this blogging community. I wouldn’t be the quilter I am today without the encouragement and mad quilting skills I’ve encountered here. So again, thank you!
Designing the projects and writing the book required a ton of time and effort. Then there was the not-so-small matter of making all 14 projects, which range in size from wall hangings to bed-size quilts, over the course of nine months. At this point, the big milestones—the text, illustrations, and photographs—are finished, but there’s still work to do.
The result of this process? I am one tired quilter, and it has affected my nonbook projects. I’ve been thinking a lot about quilting, doodling ideas and considering whether I should attempt a QuiltCon submission, but the mere thought of those projects I began and then set aside to work on the book makes me want to cower under my sewing table. Where do I start?
Without the urgency to get any project in particular done, I came up with a plan. I’m tackling the lowest-hanging fruit. First, I bound the Kitty Cat quilt I got back from my longarmer a few weeks ago (here’s a shot of the flimsy before quilting) ...
Then I quilted a throw that has been basted for over a year (it’s Camille Roskelley’s Patchwork Sky pattern and is great for jelly rolls) ...
After binding that—perhaps this weekend?—I’ll move on to
whatever WIP is furthest along in the quilt-making process (Rosemary quilt, I am looking at you!) ...
It’s worth noting that I am buying zero fabric because new fabric is just future WIPs, and my brain does not have the capacity to consider additional projects!
A few questions for you in conclusion ... How do you revive your sewjo? And when faced with a mountain of WIPs, where do you start? I know Leanne at Devoted Quilter will be launching her annual WIPS-B-GONE challenge soon. I’m super bad at following sewalongs and such unless I organize them myself, but that event may be the kick in the pants I need to forge ahead!
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