WIP: confession two

I meant to post this message a few weeks ago when I had only one two confessions. And now I have a few. My list grows.

I am humbled by my studio transgressions. I guess we are never too old to relearn a lesson.

A couple of weeks ago, my sewing machine started making some strange noises. It sounded like the motor was working too hard. This began just after I finished machine quilting my first large-ish quilt. I thought I had overburdened my machine and possibly done some damage to it.

Prepared to lose my machine for a few weeks and spend some cash, I decided to clean it (because it would be embarrassing to send a dirty machine to have it repaired). I removed the needle plate cover and was SHOCKED to discover what a sewing slob I had become. I put a paper bag over my head and muttered "Oh, Mother..." (I felt like Sylvester Jr.) "Oh, the shame of it."

I read that many of you do a complete clean of your machine at the end of every project. I have several projects on the go at once, but will take your advice in a way that fits my style.

Laurel's Lesson Learned: set a reminder to clean your tools weekly (and then clean your tools when you are reminded to do so!).


What reminded me of my "confession" post, was reading reading Nina Marie's post about setting limits. The timing of her post notice in my inbox was "a sign" (as my honey and I call it).

My honey and I have been considering making a significant change in our lives and for while, have been oscillating about whether we should or should not take the next step. And then I read Nina's post. I think in this case, we must let the opportunity pass us by. As the image in Nina's post reads: "you have to say no to a lot of good things in order to be able to say yes to a lot of great things". We'll wait for our great thing to come along.

some of my favourite - recently cleaned - reference books