As you know all last week, I sewed sashing pieces for On Ringo Lake. I've been working on the sashing for several weeks, in fact. So when it came time to do more sewing, I could not find the motivation to do it. I do know that if I keep at it, eventually I will be done. I know that the bigger pieces show more progress and once I get through the sashing, there won't be any small pieces to sew.
But instead, I wanted to watch last season's Relative Race and do genealogy research. I did do a lot - cooking, cleaning, working, filing taxes, grocery shopping, walking the dog, etc.. Genealogy and quilting tend to compete and this week, genealogy won.
I was almost going to clock a big fat zero for the whole week and then I thought about the challenge, and I didn't want to go from perfection to a total dud, so I managed to get about 30 minutes of sewing today. Having this challenge check-in did motivate me to get more done.
Days with stitching this week: 2 out of 7 days
Days with stitching this month: 20 out of 25 days
Days with stitching this year: 79 out of 84 days
Success rate: 94%
That's still an A on most grading scales, so I will take it.
Linked to:
15 Minutes to Stitch
3 comments:
Sometimes it's good to mix things up. As much as we all love stitching, it can become a chore. After last year, I decided that 100% wasn't realistic for most of us. When you think about it, stitching 90% of the days in any given year is a lot of time in the sewing room. Thanks for linking up this week. Hope next week isn't as much of a struggle for you.
I have trouble piecing quilts because a) it's boring, and b) it's boring. Not to mention I stink at it. I'd probably not make 5% with just piecing, lol!
Well done for avoiding that big fat zero - hopefully a week spent doing other stuff will have refreshed you, though most of us have some part of quilting that we have to push ourselves through.
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