Daily Quilting Report

 Just enough done to say I did something this morning.

I cut out only 3 different fabrics.

This week I picked up my quilting extras from the post office. I ordered them from the Quilting Bear.

I have a 12" rotating mat and a 6 1/2" square ruler.

I haven't used the rotating mat yet.

Cheers,

Val

Daily Quilting Report

Last Quarter in the Southern Hemisphere

Over the past few years I have been enable to link my energy levels to the phases of the moon. For the next 10 days or so I will have low energy. That is a fact that I have noticed over the years. I wondered why I seemed to go up and down all the time. I still don't know why exactly but my ups and downs coincide with the full moon and last quarter/new moon. 

I don't attribute any magic to the moon but my scientific side thinks it possible that some people are affected by the moon cycle since we evolved with the moon cycle as part of our environment. I consider myself to be a highly sensitive person so maybe that is why I feel the affect of the moon cycle.

Anyway, the result is I feel unfocused and a little fragile and more likely to make stupid mistakes. So I am going slow and only doing what I feel comfortable working on. When I have high energy I am likely to be overconfident and make reckless mistakes. I look forward to the in between times.

Today I finished the appliqué block for April and cut out the fussy cut house pieces from the May kit.

Cheers,

Val

Daily Quilting Report

Not much going on today. I didn't feel like I could focus on the free motion for the whole sky. I just did a bit of sky and around the flower and leaves. 

I spent a few minutes sorting out the fabrics ready for cutting out the next kit. I have found that cutting out all at once leaves my arms and shoulders a bit sore so I will spread it out over three days this time.

It's a bit hard to see but I have started doing loops that cross over. It's surprising how hard it is to make them cross when I am used to the style where you just wiggle around.

Cheers,

Val

Daily Quilting Report

 

Just some free motion quilting today. I did around the eggs and the bunnies and the house and butterfly. Then I did the grass.

I still have to do the sky and the plant.

You can see where I "fixed" the size with a strip on the side but I am confident it will not affect the look of my quilt.

I have now set up my machine to do my doll clothes sewing this afternoon. It is so freeing to have a set time for quilting and doll dressmaking. It means that my mind is not occupied with thoughts of having to sew every waking minute. 

I sew in my set times and other times I am thinking or planning or reading or just doing nothing. I never thought it would make such an impact on my day to have a creation routine. 

I love doing the patchwork and quilting and I love designing and making the doll clothes but they were consuming me and making me anxious without me realising. Scheduling my productive time seems counterintuitive for a creative free spirit! But as I said, it has helped to free up my mind for the creative thinking.

Cheers,

Val