I am so glad you have written this, I am the same, always more excited by the thought of a new project.
We are made to feel that this is wrong, but I realised as a cardinal sign of the zodiac that is exactly what that does, it makes sense that once it’s started, someone else can move it forward.
Rotating my projects helps a bit, and eventually they may get finished.
I love that I am not alone! I have several projects going at once. I navigate between them and in so doing keep my brain entertained. It’s when the stair railing gets to the point of buckling under the weight of tops and blocks that I think ‘I must finish that one’!
I really enjoy reading your posts, I find myself relating to almost all of your dilemmas and curiosities behind your process. Quilting for me is such a ritual, every step has a different set of "rituals" that must be worked through to get you to the next ritual. I too get sick of WIP's, I get bored with them or frustrated and often days/months/years later I come back to it with fresh eyes and see a new potential or the original vision I had lost sight of. Quilting is how I carve out space and time to let my thoughts rest or occupy my hands my so my mind can process. Very long explanation of how much I can relate to your posts.
I TOO have challenges with ‘completions’! My imagination is easily ‘triggered’ to try something new or drift into dreams of artistic accomplishments…. I feel you are a kindred spirit!!
Thank you for sharing this. Working on one quilt and anxious to get to the next idea is something I do as well. I also find myself slow walking the finish on a quilt almost as if the thought of it completed is a loss rather than a gain.
I received the package with the pattern for your cherish quilt and, though I set it aside swearing I would wait to start it till I finished what I was working on, I have made 3 blocks so far. I got caught up in putting fabric combinations together.
This is so me, except multiply it by about eight crafts. Sometimes I have a particular design and a plan, but most of the time my muse smacks me and tells me more about it as I go along.
That's how my current quilting project got started. One day, I *needed* to play with colors, so I got out *all* my batiks (and ordered a bunch more) and started cutting 1" hexies. While I was doing that, I started thinking about what they would become. A cloak, a jacket, a robe of some kind? I looked at patterns, but I didn't see any that were going to play well with the kind of fabric that these hexies wanted to become. So that brought me back to quilt. The hexies wanted to be a Grandmother's Garden kind of thing, but I wanted something to make all the colors really pop. Cue the Kona black hexies for borders. I don't yet know how I'll lay it all out, or how I'll treat the sides and edges; my muse will let me know when it's time for that.
I am so glad you have written this, I am the same, always more excited by the thought of a new project.
We are made to feel that this is wrong, but I realised as a cardinal sign of the zodiac that is exactly what that does, it makes sense that once it’s started, someone else can move it forward.
Rotating my projects helps a bit, and eventually they may get finished.
I love that I am not alone! I have several projects going at once. I navigate between them and in so doing keep my brain entertained. It’s when the stair railing gets to the point of buckling under the weight of tops and blocks that I think ‘I must finish that one’!
I really enjoy reading your posts, I find myself relating to almost all of your dilemmas and curiosities behind your process. Quilting for me is such a ritual, every step has a different set of "rituals" that must be worked through to get you to the next ritual. I too get sick of WIP's, I get bored with them or frustrated and often days/months/years later I come back to it with fresh eyes and see a new potential or the original vision I had lost sight of. Quilting is how I carve out space and time to let my thoughts rest or occupy my hands my so my mind can process. Very long explanation of how much I can relate to your posts.
I TOO have challenges with ‘completions’! My imagination is easily ‘triggered’ to try something new or drift into dreams of artistic accomplishments…. I feel you are a kindred spirit!!
So happy to know I'm not the only one!
Thank you for sharing this. Working on one quilt and anxious to get to the next idea is something I do as well. I also find myself slow walking the finish on a quilt almost as if the thought of it completed is a loss rather than a gain.
I received the package with the pattern for your cherish quilt and, though I set it aside swearing I would wait to start it till I finished what I was working on, I have made 3 blocks so far. I got caught up in putting fabric combinations together.
Ooh! Cherish is one of my new ones too! I look forward to seeing yours grow!
My first 3 blocks.
This is so me, except multiply it by about eight crafts. Sometimes I have a particular design and a plan, but most of the time my muse smacks me and tells me more about it as I go along.
That's how my current quilting project got started. One day, I *needed* to play with colors, so I got out *all* my batiks (and ordered a bunch more) and started cutting 1" hexies. While I was doing that, I started thinking about what they would become. A cloak, a jacket, a robe of some kind? I looked at patterns, but I didn't see any that were going to play well with the kind of fabric that these hexies wanted to become. So that brought me back to quilt. The hexies wanted to be a Grandmother's Garden kind of thing, but I wanted something to make all the colors really pop. Cue the Kona black hexies for borders. I don't yet know how I'll lay it all out, or how I'll treat the sides and edges; my muse will let me know when it's time for that.
Here’s what I've got so far:
https://invite.bublup.com/he02kulFK4G2
I love this! I love listening to where a quilt wants to go. My hexies want to be a grandmothers flower garden too!
Love this as a Willoughby. I’m working on one at the mo as my hand stitching quilt. It’s a great design!
Thanks so much Susie!