I haven't been sewing for about a week and a half now. I seem to have lost my sewing mojo.... I have been caught up in work and training, as well has additional stuff with my health, and keeping up with household things, which didn't leave too much time for anything else. When I did have some time, I chose to read more about things health related. Currently I am learning about the circadian rhythm.
I don't like that I don't feel much like quilting. It happens sometimes. Today, I found out that this time, I am not alone. I was texting some friends and they are experiencing the lack of desire to sew as well. One of them mentioned it must be the February blahs...lol. This weather can definitely have a baring on it. Constant snow and minimal sunlight.
Today being Saturday, with no plans of things that have to be done, I decided I was going to go down to my studio and see if I can get inspired to do something. Anything! Just to see if I could jumpstart my mojo.....lol. When that didn't initially happen, I decided to write a list of what was laying around unfinished and make a point of doing one thing.
In the end, I made binding for my hexagon quilt. This is the fabric I decided to go with.
The binding angels must have been watching over for me......lol. You could say, I was playing binding chicken and I won!! Just barely....lol! Now that the binding is machine stitched on the front, I'll get the quilt to my mom, so she can hand stitch the binding down in the back.
I was really glad that I persisted with some sewing, It felt ok and the boost I had by just making it with the binding, made me want to keep going. So, then I made another binding. This one was a bias binding, as I chose to use a stripe. I always like stripes on a diagonal. This is what a pile of binding looks like for a king size quilt. Doesn't look like much, does it?
I proceeded to sew this binding on by machine on the top. However, unlike the quilt above the binding angels were on a break.....lol. I was 17" short of binding! The worst part is that it is a bias binding that I was short on. I use the make a square method, which requires some calculations. I even added an additional 6" to my numbers, but obviously it was still not enough...pooey!
Did you know that binding is my least favourite thing, when it comes to making a quilt. But it is a necessary thing. So, back to calculating what size block to make to get a bias binding that measures at least 25", and crossing my fingers that I would have enough of this fabric to make it. It was a close call. I had a piece that was just wide enough to get the required square.
Some time this week I'll take these two quilts to my mom's place for her to finish the handwork. I'm not sure if my mojo is back, because I did have to talk myself into sewing.....but, I have this week off for vacations. In my case a staycation, so maybe if I just do something each day, I can get back into it. Wish me luck!!
Take care everyone. Happy Valentine's Day!!
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