There\u2019s no doubt that creativity ebbs and flows; some days you\u2019re feeling it and some days you\u2019re not. Hopefully the days you are feeling it coincide with the days when you have time to devote to your passion. If you\u2019ve planned well ahead you\u2019ll have the setting and supplies to get at it.<\/p>\n
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Some of my favorite quilting days are those I spend with my quilting buddies. Over the last few years we\u2019ve tried to get together once a month to spend some time catching up while we work on our latest projects. It\u2019s not always easy to find the time but when we do, it always makes for a happy day.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not necessarily because we are making huge creative strides; in fact, it\u2019s usually quite the opposite. We each seem to bring a project that won\u2019t require our creative attention; rather we\u2019re getting work done that supports our creativity. For me this often means endless chain piecing. The longer the chain the better! Others work on hand binding, pressing, or putting together a block of the month, which usually needs to be finished for the following Saturday. There\u2019s also a fair amount of show and tell that goes on, complete with lots of ooohs and aaahs.<\/p>\n
As we sit and work, we\u2019re always catching up on the latest in our lives. There\u2019s our professional lives to chat about, quilt industry news (did you see the new \u201cfill in the blank\u201d? I have to get it!), new methods one or another of us may have picked up, etc., but mostly we talk about our families. What\u2019s the latest with each of their kids? The joys of being a grandma. The funny thing a husband did. The lovely thing a husband did. Plans for vacations. Plans for house remodels. Plans for retirement.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve been lucky that over the last several years we\u2019ve been back to the quilting retreat where I met these lovely ladies. In fact, we\u2019ve been back too many times for me to count.<\/p>\n
They are my closest friends, and, in many ways, family.<\/p>\n
And so Quilting Days = Happy Days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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