Quilt drudgery

[Hawaii Roxy]

I dunno whats going on with me but cant seem to find the motivation to finish the whale quilt for my friend at work. I finally got the top done ,all I gotta do is sew the back and finish it but Im sitting here looking at it laying on the table and just dont feel like it. Does anybody else ever go thru a slump? If so what do you do to pull yourself out of it?
My sons birthday in sept 12th and I plan on making him a quilt but haven't even started cutting it! I love finishing a quilt I always feel so accomplished but for some reason I just dont care I have become lazy when Im off and do nothing but lay on the couch and watch tv. Blahhh thanks for letting me whine ,and complain Im done now! lol

[Davidsgirl08]

I'm with you. I have to have a quilt quilted by Wednesday and I just go in my sewing room and nothing happens

[Hulamoon]

I feel you. when I posted my happy green triangles I was so happy. But my sewing room is up in a loft and it's so hot! It's been so muggy I just don't feel like moving. I got a table back from dd so I think I might cut on the deck were it's cooler.

I'm watching a marathon of Indiana Jones. Pathetic lol

[Lisapc]

I think without a deadline I would probably never finish anything. I would just keep starting new projects. My sewing room is right off the dining room and I used to keep the door closed. It was easy to avoid that way. Now I keep the door open and I find myself in there so much more because I can't avoid it.

Roxy, Davidsgirl: Do you really want to disappoint someone? Now with that guilt trip maybe you can find some motivation?

Usually I do something small to feel accomplished because the large projects take a while before you see the final result and get boring. That will often pull me from a slump.

[Claire Hallman]

I seem to get motivated if I make myself get started on the task I am putting off. Once started then it keeps me going until I finish or run out of time. I sure understand not wanting to go to an area that is too warm though. That is no fun.

[Sheena]

I sometimes have a finnishing off day. Today I finished a gift for my SS pal and completed another. I've decided what to make with my scraps - a postage stamp quilt using 2 1/2" squares and I've made a start on that.

This evening I'm finishing a binding.

[HdWench]

I'm with you in a slump!!

Over on the sewing forum, someone will post a Flash type sewing "Let's GO"... Whoever wants to join in, we post we are in, what we will go try to accomplish and head to the sewing area. Get started and report back in later in the day. When I join it motivates me to do even 1 more row, or 1 more sashing - Once I get started I'm good... but today I really would like to sit and watch TV!

Dishes are done from my cooking for company last night, bed's made, and a fresh pot of coffee is ready... but, nothing is giving me inspiration... Wanna do a Flash sewing ??

If not I'll turn on Back to Back something -- wonder if there is chocolate or something we can use to motivate us? Sew 1 row, get 1 piece and savor it... sew 2 rows get another piece :-) or coffee, soda, a smoke - whatever motivates you?

I've got a 3/4th finished purse waiting, 15 bodices that only need topstitching, the quilt for our camper bed about 1/2 way done and none of them are talking lol

[Hulamoon]

Debbie that is a good idea about the flash sewing.

I had some ideas that I have been thinking about,

Eat breakfast, just not coffee.
Get a timer and do a house chore for 15 min's, even just a toilet.
Take care of the animals

Then sew

[Quilted Fantasies]

Sometimes we all go through periods like you're having.

How do you make yourself do other things you're dreading? I HATE housework with a passion. If the guilt gets to be too much, I set a timer for fifteen minutes. I clean like a madwoman for fifteen minutes and then I stop, even if I'm in the midst of dusting a piece of furniture. If I really want to I set the timer for another fifteen minutes. It's amazing what I can get done in fifteen minutes.

Try the timer thing and see if it works for you. Or try to figure out how you can apply something you've used to motivate you in a different area.

I hope that helps. In the meantime we're all pulling for you!

[HdWench]

hmm maybe having actual food for breakfast instead of coffee helps?
I like the timer 15 minutes! I rotate rooms, bathroom Monday, Tuesday beds etc... so once a week every room get's done, just not at once and me too Grace, I hate hate cleaning!! I could be happy living in a pig sty with clutter all around me if my cats are fed with clean water, boxes cleaned and my sewing area waiting.

I sew every single day or night... allergies here, and hot and humid and I just feel sucked dry of energy... maybe a day off is the ticket? I know about midnight I'll be right back trying to figure this quilt design out lol but not right now!

Thanks Lori -Tomorrow I will go for cereal or oatmeal as in real food instead of just coffee!