Saturday, June 10, 2017

Giving my new machine a workout

I did not stop at making the quilted notebook covers as shown in my last blog. I got out a kit to make plastic mesh storage containers. My husband bought me the kit at Nancy's notions a couple of years ago. I looked at their website today and now they have the mesh in lots of colors instead of just black. These were pretty easy to make and I already put stuff in them!  Sometimes I wonder what gets me motivated to make something that has been sitting around for years. One day I just decide to make it. Why today? Why didn't I do it a year ago? I guess that's just one of the mysteries of motivation. Does this happen to you?


3 comments:

  1. Every once in a while that impulse hits me too, Chris. A few years back I stumbled on 3 twelve-month sampler throw kits I'd collected as blocks-of-the-month and never made. Over 3 years, at one BOM, I got them all done, quilted and given away. Now I am ploughing through scraps with a string piecing project and a postage stamp one. I can let these go for ages and then sit down one weekend and knock out 1/2 dozen of each. Eventually the scraps will be used and the tops (or at least, blocks!) will be made...Ditto for knitting projects!

    P.s. Love those containers -- but not inspired to follow suit! ;-)

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  2. Oh yes indeed it does happen to me! Which explains why years later I am making a slew of pinwheel quilts with blocks from a couple of bees. I love these little boxes. I have some bright pink mesh that I got at a retreat 2 or three years ago. I've bought a pattern to make a tote bag with it but these boxes are just too cute. I'm going to pop over to Nancy's Notions to see if the pattern is there. Yours look great.

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  3. Oh definitely. I sometimes call it the stars aligning when I suddenly get the urge and actually follow through to work on something that's been lingering. Other times it's sheer frustration at having an idea or a kit or a pattern taking a back seat for so long that I just say the heck with it. YOU are going to get worked on today. :-)

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