Out of Juice

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

On Jun 29, 5:12�pm, Sunny wrote:
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

On 30 June, 08:12, Sunny wrote:
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
lunchesgrin. Read novels without the guilt feeling!
Enjoy!
Hugs back at ya
Bronnie

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

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On Jun 29, 6:12*pm, Sunny wrote:
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.

Been there, done that. I usually sew something that goes quick, like a coil
bowl, if I feel like sewing at all. That way I don't have much time into it
and it's no big deal.

Trixie

"Sunny" wrote in message
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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

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

I think we all suffer from this occasionally. I just stay away from my
studio for a few days and magically my creativity returns. Sometimes I
am in the mood to do a lot of handwork and other times I am in the
mood to quickly stitch miles of pieces together on the machine like
simple nine patch blocks or even just join strips. I do envy our
members who can stick with one project from beginning to end. There is
nothing worse than forcing myself to finish a detailed sewing project
when I am not in the mood because it is a gift or model for the store.
It is during these times that my house gets cleaned. It is amazing
what I can accomplish while I am trying to avoid finishing a project
in which I have lost interest. Hand in there. Enjoy the sunshine. Get
some exercise. Clean the house. Weed the garden. Soon you will be
longing to return to your sewing.

Susan

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:12:31 -0700 (PDT), Sunny
wrote:

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

On Jun 29, 3:12*pm, Sunny wrote:
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

Sunny,
I have been out of creative juices since my beloved DH passed in
November...and just when I get a touch of excitement about anything
sewing/quilting related...ppfffft right out the window in a split
second. I was supposed to sew up a quilt for a raffle benefiting a
scholarship fund my DH's classmates were putting together...guess
what...it ain't gettin done this year! sigh
At the moment I am busy doing things around my house, such as
rebuilding my deck, getting ready for a yard sale and maintaining my
garden...but I've also thrown in a little bit of fun using my new to
me vintage travel trailer....took my ds and three furry butt k-9's
camping this past weekend.

As much as I am sad, I just can't wrap my mind and heart into quilting
for the time being, but I'm cutting myself a break about it because I
know I'll get back to it eventually.

Enjoy your book!
Launie, in Oregon

I felt the same way after my husband died in March of this year. Couldn't
think about crocheting for indigent school kids, couldn't look at my stash,
couldn't finish quilt tops.

Then I realized that I had made quilts for only 3 of my 4 adult children,
that life can be snuffed out in minutes, and decided I needed to make a
quilt for my son that didn't have one yet before I die myself.

I felt the need to make sure something of me survived for each of my
children, something I had made by hand, something they would cherish,
something from my heart. It will be reversible, tied not quilted, and be
put together as a quilt as you go.

I've told him I'm making it so there is no turning back. It took me 3
months to reach that point so give yourself time, enjoy what you enjoy, and
your desire to be creative will return.

Thank you all for the good thoughts and advice. Polly, you're the
best, ever. Someday I hope to nominate you for something...... maybe
the Nobel Prize for Incredibly Inspiring Women. I'm just doing what I
can do and trying hard not to harbor expectation or requirements.
Times are tough around my house. Economy is scary...... August 1 looms
as another Day Of Doom and if we survive that day, then maybe we'll
have another few months to breathe. So I'm going to just hunker and
maybe keep sewing baby quilts a bit here and there as I can.

Everybody give yourselves a hug,
Sunny