Episode 4: Lose The Muse

[@loribauer7295]

Fun!! Hope to create a good space to kick start my sew-jo for the new year. Thanks for the motivation 🎉🎉

[@lindseyendris7713]

I got the motivation to finish some projects when we were purging the house for a move. They were small projects I finished, but it gave me some excitement to finish them.

[@jennyharris2993]

I like how you guys have different quilts on you every time.

[@Leeanne1962]

Great podcast, I really enjoy listening to you two. I can’t relate to what you discussed. I have times when I want to sew, but just don’t know what. Thanks for the tips and tricks.

[@auntielhandmade2099]

When i have lost my sewjo, I dive into my shoebox of 2.5x4.5 inch scraps and mindlessly sew Potato Chip Blocks

[@BarbaraCook-b4o]

Becca & Ian - Do what is best for you; I don't care what your videos are about, I love your company. I learn so much from the Podcast and the videos, you talk about life, life happens everyday. Listening to you now, I realize that what has happened to me is ... I lost my muse, for many things, I spend my free time thinking about what needs to be done and what I want to do and I just don't want to do anything. I will figure out what to do now that I know what the problem is. Thank you. Becca - I knew you loved quilting and it was probably the issue for you. Do what is best for you. I would love to watch you on your quilting journey or piecing or making a loaf of bread, whatever. Take care of yourself. Ian - I hadn't lost my muse until recently. I retired, had set my goals and was on the road to enjoying life. Less than two weeks into retirement I had to find a new home for my mother and life continued to throw more things my way for the last three years ... my muse started to leave slowly until now, I am almost paralyzed. All will be well, I will keep watching your podcast and videos, I will get my muse back; I will do what needs to be done; I will sew, knit and read and send you a photo of something I make ... Thank you for everything you do.

[@guesswhonancy9028]

Thank y'all for all the tips to get my sewjo back

[@emandahagenhoff4347]

Great episode! Love the tag line. You should keep it. You all had some good tips in this episode.

[@joanreed2821]

It's fun listening to you both and actually interacting in the chat. A lot different then just the live. I love it.

[@JustMaryJohnson]

Thanks for the shout-outs guys!! Great Podcast as always!

[@jodybartilson7980]

I absolutely love these you guys please continue to do them. Have either of you ever considered selling quilts, bags, whatever, on Etsy as a side hustle?

[@martibrown2993]

Right now I have lost my Sew Jo because of the holidays, I feel pressured and don't want to do anything. It is snowing, which I hate and just brings me down further. I know I have to get these done but I want to do them in my time not to hurry. BTW love your videos. Have a ggo one.

[@SewOffKilter]

I think a lot of people lose it around this time of year because of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.

[@szelop]

I’m in Fort Worth & it’s still warm during the day!

[@ettakaynickel6148]

Hello from San Antonio. Cool snap going on this week. Heading out with friends to do Rudy Reindeer Shop Hop tomorrow morning in 39° weather. Good choice. 💕

[@karenink]

I am so happy to find you two on tonight!

[@trinataco4493]

I get where you’re coming from. I haven’t sewn on my sewing machine out of exhaustion. I too am deep into a major project and are working 12-16 hour days. Just to stay engaged, I sew a few pieces by hand. EPP gives me the feeling of still doing something I love without being overwhelmed. A few hexies every night. My current hexie project will be done in a few years at this point and I’m okay with that.

[@ninadukette3340]

That is called a long term project.

[@trinataco4493]

@ I guess I don’t see it that way. I’m not following a pattern, just grabbing a few scraps and sewing. My version of a long term “project” is having a specific vision for a finished quilt. This is literally just scraps of all kinds.

[@janetrothwell4448]

Thank you!!! I have been struggling with a mystery quilt with lots of half square triangles and flying geese. The pattern writer did not allow any extra to square up the pieces, which, even though I have precisely cut them, are always off a bit. I have decided to set it aside to work on a table runner that I really want do. I'll get back to it in the new year.

[@roseclearwaters8461]

Hello from very rainy Southern Oregon

[@cherylchristopher4315]

Hi guys here from Texas

[@MissyFannin]

Hey Sew Becca, I received the wall quilt and it's now hanging up I, my sewing room?. 😊

[@Ohio_Memory_Bears]

Great show ❤ I use coloring books for fresh ideas ❤

[@SewOffKilter]

That's a great idea too!

[@purposeinmind]

ADHD makes me hyper-focus and also lose interest on things - not forever if it is knitting sewing or crochet related but everything else needs to watch it's back 🤣 Anne ❣au

[@debthill8285]

I took a 6 year timeout from quilting…which I regretted big time…my sister-in-law got me in to papercrafting…it was costing me a lot of money and it got to be not fun anymore

[@MissyFannin]

Thank you

[@gloriaperez2782]

Good ideas

[@laurag8641]

OMG, my husband accuses me of that….I get into something and focus on it intensely. I do put my whole self into it until I burn myself out, then find something else that inspires me and I move on into it. For me the problem is I don’t feel I really master any one thing because I get bored after a length of time being repetitive in any one venue.

[@DS-ic5ps]

Here's an idea for practicing your quilting on a domestic machine ... Make kennel quilts! You can use scraps, amd no one cares if it's perfect.

[@CheriYurtin]

Thank you so much for this video. I have a quilt to Longarm that is jewel tones , Egyptian still fabric very busy. Client want custom quilting . The fabric has been overpowering my creative ideas. Any ideas to open up creativity ? Maybe I’m just not liking this quilt

[@SewOffKilter]

Oof! That isn't fun when you just don't wanna! Wish I had something to help. Instagram is a great place to see what others are working on, might help you find your mojo!

[@BeckyQuinn-wh6xh]

Lol! Guys my mom has admitted she has “horizontal syndrome” she calls it “open counter-itis” she HAS to put stuff on any open counter or table space! 😂😂😂

[@shirleykessinger7777]

Good evening

[@catcy90]

Know the lost muse thing. For me, it's Dragon Age: Veilguard instead of minecraft. It's only been out a couple of weeks.

[@gloriaperez2782]

I’m going thru this meh season. No desire to sew for months and it makes me sad. I want to want to see again

[@debrastatz6733]

Teancom from Sew Yeah has tried AI to make a quilt. It was a disaster.

[@Leeanne1962]

Sorry that should be I can relate to what was discussed. I hate predictive text.

[@chriswilford3576]

Agree!!😊

[@barbaraherron-mangel1116]

What is the size of the continuum Quilt?

[@SewOffKilter]

60" x 72"

[@juliewilson1867]

It is not so much, that I lose my mojo, it is more like I get fearful of my own abilities.

[@alanam.berlin4804]

Hi Becca, I lost my sewjo 17 years ago when my husband passed away. If you have any suggestions that would be so nice. But I have no desire to sew anything.