Sewing Therapy

Sewing is an anxiety killer for me. It’s a diversionary activity which allows me to focus on something other than my worries. I have been making quilts for a number of years now but I still consider myself a novice. The patterns I follow are either my own or someone else’s. This episode of depression I couldn’t wait to get a printed pattern so I found some brightly coloured strips of Batik to make 10″ squares. When I get around to sewing the squares together it will make a big Queen size quilt. I didn’t realise it would be so BIG. I started sewing before I really thought about it. It’s not finished yet. I need to lay it on the floor and decide where the colours look good together. It’s a task I will tackle this week. I hope.

I also found some Japanese fabric in my stash. Again I started without a pattern. I made lots of 10″ squares and figured out I could make a Single bed quilt and a throw on the lounge to use on the cooler nights. With the remaining offcuts, I am making some placemats and a table runner. There has been many mistakes and time spent unpicking stitches. I have learnt now to walk away when I’m tired or anxious as that is when I make mistakes. I am still enjoying sewing and am beginning to get closer to the end of my projects. I have in mind another project but for now, it’s just a thought bubble.

Here is another QS bed quilt I made years ago. There is a big mistake in the pattern. Luckily I did not worry about and it was too late to unpick.