A Creative Interlude

Good morning!

Do you ever have those times when you really should be working on something, but something else comes along that sounds like way more fun? Or, like, it doesn’t matter if anything ever actually does get done, because planning is fun? And shopping for supplies, and picturing doing it, and…

…anyway, this is me right now. And what I’d like to be doing, at least theoretically, is sewing. Not sure what exactly has brought this on. It’s probably a combination of having too many writing projects going, the fact that I hate half my wardrobe, and the fact that I used to sew all the time, but haven’t touched my machine in four…maybe five…years.

So first I went into the planning stage. My planning stage mostly involved reading tons of blogs about upcycling clothing and starting a Pinterest board. I’ve also checked out some sewing pattern books from the library. Somewhere in the Pinterest stage I went from upcycling clothes to just making clothes from scratch.

That might be because I actually did a couple of upcycling projects. The kids and me made slouch hats and arm warmers from old sweaters and hot glue, and I also took an overly large t-shirt I got from giving blood and turned it into a workout tank top. Upcycling urge conquered, I guess.

So now we’re on the sewing from scratch phase. At the end of last week, the small, somewhat mobile one and I hit our local Joann’s, where I discovered Simplicity patterns were on sale for $2 a pop (oh no, she says insincerely). I also got some fabric to try out some patterns from the library books, as well as supplies to try out some fabric bracelets. If all goes well with the bracelets, I might start selling them on Etsy, because why not?

I mean, I can think of plenty of reasons why not, but I’m not sure I will listen to them.

Now, in theory, I’m ready to go on the actual sewing part. I have fabric, I have supplies, I have patterns. I mean, I suppose my sewing machine might have self-destructed since I last used it. That could be a problem.

But I kind of wonder if this will be like other projects, where I don’t follow through. I remember some years ago, I bought a whole bunch of stuff to do upcycling, and then never touched it. (Of course, judging by how the upcycling urge died out after two projects, maybe it’s not really my thing.) I’ll let you know next month if I actually get to the sewing part.

Ever get distracted by projects? What kind? Do you get them done and then move on, or does your interest just kind of fade after a while?