As a true Jack of All Trades (and master of none), I have several crafts in progress. There are the scrapbook pages of last September's holiday in Weymouth, an amigurumi animal, a crocheted doily and 4 cross-stitch pictures. The trouble is, once I get in the crafting mood, I want to do everything at once. Then the mood passes and I leave things half-done. If I could stay focussed, maybe I'd be a master of at least one craft.
I've been watching 'Kirstie's Home-made Home' on Channel 4. She visits all sorts of crafts people. One lady produces fantastic quilts. One particular one she made took her 4000 hours. If that had been me, I'd have spent 4 hours on it and then, 4 years later, donated the remainder to the rag & bone man. That reminds me, I've been meaning to make a Thomas Tank Engine quilt for my little boy. I've had the fabric for ages.....
I tend to leave projects unfinished when I hit an obstacle, then start a new one, then leave that one at the first obstacle - and there is ALWAYS an obstacle...but lucky for me I am a completer, so I don't have too many unfinished things lying around. Otherwise the house would be even more cluttered than it already is. I hate to think how bad it would get if I were to start a fabric stash.
ReplyDeleteViolet, whatever you do, don't start stashing. I have tonnes of crochet cotton, wool, card, cross-stitch gear, candlemaking equipment and more. I'm never going to use it all. Doesn't stop me buying more though!
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