Artfabrik: What Do You Think While You Stitching?

Monday, December 24, 2012

What Do You Think While You Stitching?

Mesmerized by machine stitching.

Every time I stitch by machine, my mind locks into discussion mode. Me and myself have discussions about my family and friends. It's a lot like driving a car. When driving, I go into that day dream mode and visualize new quilt ideas. Not sure why this happens but sometimes I'll take a drive just to get some new ideas! What do you think about when you machine stitch?

11 comments:

Carol said...: I'm usually thinking "oh these stitches are too long" or "I sure wish I could get my quilting to look like that one I saw" or "why doesn't my brain come up with such imaginative quilting designs like Laura's?" No way could I think about something else rather than what I'm doing. Maybe that's my problem!; 6:43 AM
Gene Black said...: My mind wanders everywhere some times, other times it is so tuned to the rhythm of the machine that I forget how long I have been sitting until a muscle starts to beg for relief.; 7:53 AM
dorothy midson said...: I keep thinking I must breath while I am stitching, I seem to hold my breath, not sure why....; 8:02 AM
Jessim said...: Sometimes I talk to myself about what I'm doing, or I pretend I am on an instructional TV show and talk out loud (yes, this would be embarassing if someone walked in)

Yesterday I was quilting on a very small scale and kept telling myself "any stitch that fills space is progress, just get thread on the fabric"; 8:07 AM
Aliceart said...: If it's machine quilting, it's "why am I not better at this!?!".; 8:40 AM
RustyBird said...: I usually can't get past "oh sh**, I hope I can sew a straight line in the ditch this time".; 3:17 PM
WoolenSails said...: Well, I think, don't catch your finger in the needle, watch your foot so you don't speed while sewing, lol. I listen to music and get into the process.

Debbie; 6:08 PM
Cornwoman said...: lol When I first start stitching by machine I wonder if my machine is going to throw a tantrum, followed by "do I really know how to do this?". Other times I'm praying for someone or something.; 6:27 PM
Beth said...: My conversations while quilting most closely resemble RustyBird...LOL
I can't really spell it out it is R rated.; 9:46 PM
TheaM said...: when I first start a new project, I'm thinking what stitches to put where, how dense should they be... all kinds of technical stuff... but after I've been stitching a while, I go into a Zen-like trance - and before I know it, I'm finished! ...and then I realize I should have stopped sooner, because a shoulder muscle will be cramping up! so now, I have a 50 minute timer - it beeps incessantly so I have to stop for a break at least hourly!; 8:31 AM
TheaM said...: wine helps, cussing not so much...; 8:32 AM