WIP Wednesday: Reassessing
Good morning, and happy Wednesday! I've spent the past week and a half since returning home from Quilt Market feeling the weight of months of hard work finally lifting. In the last 8 months, I've released 5 new patterns, developed and taught two new full-day workshops, lectured at countless local guilds, and much more. It was often just way too much. So instead of sewing over the last week or so, I've been assessing where I want to go next.
And the answer is: Kinda nowhere. For the next few months at least, I'd really like to get back to what I used to do, which is just sewing what I want to sew, and blogging about it. I love designing patterns, but it's amazing how the "industry" can change the way you do things, and even what you do. I feel like the cart has been driving the horse for me recently, if that makes any sense, and I'd like to turn that back around this summer, and get back to doing what I really love!
So this summer, my goal is to do some fun sewing, and blog about it. The end. I also have some non-sewing-related projects I'm going to tackle around the house—some organizing and minor remodeling. You might see a little of that on the blog as well, though I promise not to overdo it. (And of course there will be some sewing involved in the house projects too! How could there not be?)
And I'm starting with this project, a loooong overdue baby quilt. (It's one of those cases where the baby might not even be a baby anymore by the time I finally get it to the recipient! Well, what can you do?)
One other thing of note: Don't forget to check out my new quilt pattern, Chevron Star, which went on sale yesterday. Click here to purchase.
But enough about me! What are you working on? Let's see it!
LINK-UP RULES:
1. Link up any blog post or Instagram photo from the past week that features an unfinished work-in-progress (WIP).
2. To link an Instagram photo, click the "Add Your Link" button below, then click on the Instagram icon at the bottom of the screen that pops up. You should then be able to select any of your recent Instagram photos. Where it says "Link," use the URL of your Instagram feed (for example, my URL is www.instagram.com/lee.a.heinrich). Please hashtag your IG post #wipwednesday.
3. If you are linking to a blog post, please link back here to my blog somewhere in your post.
4. Comment on at least a few of the other WIP Wednesday links, either IG or blog—commenting on the two or three links directly before yours works well to make sure everyone gets comments!