Pinterest on Paper

Quilting has been stressing me out recently. The idea of needing to plan a huge cohesive quilt and then make seven more that all have some sort of conceptual tie with each other feels overwhelming. Paired with the fact that professors will be critiquing the quality of my quilts composition-wise, my creativity and excitement for quilting has ground to a halt. My mom has been really supportive, brainstorming with me through long and sometimes tearful phone calls, but I still just don't know what I should be doing. In order to turn over a new leaf today, I decided to start Pinterest on paper. I love journals and sketchbooks and the feeling of bound paper under my fingers, so I thought perhaps a hard copy of some of my favorite quilt inspiration pictures would help me to get past quilter's block.

From this new inspiration sketchbook, I am leaning in two directions, both baby quilt size, just to get the ball rolling. Maybe I will try a whole cloth quilt. Maybe I will try a white and turquoise right triangle quilt. (Right triangle quilts are not as difficult as chevron quilts; I will not allow a repeat of that situation.) Then to take a break before I dive into Joann, I am writing some Christmas thank you notes on my typewriter. In the spirit of "thank you"s, I have some to offer to you. Thank you, Mom, for talking to me on the phone for hours and always encouraging me to keep blogging; I never used to think you liked talking on the phone, and maybe you still don't, but thanks for putting up with me. Thank you, Mary Dekker, for being one of my biggest fans, pinning me on Pinterest, and asking to see all my squares. Thank you, Susie, for spending countless weekends with me knitting in slow, quiet contentedness.