OR am I in need of a psychiatrist? Send for the men in white coats!!!
Now the diamond mat isn't my first large project by any means!!! If I remember rightly the sewing thread weight sleeveless jacket I made when the kids were little was probably the first.
Now the diamond mat isn't my first large project by any means!!! If I remember rightly the sewing thread weight sleeveless jacket I made when the kids were little was probably the first.
Lately I've got sick of the quick to do projects as each time they're done I have to think of something new to do. Then there's the problem of what to do with them all!!
Now the way I deal with these larger projects is quite simply down to self trickery.
First of all I NEVER set myself an end target - that's fatal for me as the end would be too far away and totally unacheivable. I therefore start to vaguely 'think' I'll start on something but never tell brain cell 3!!!
Now the way I deal with these larger projects is quite simply down to self trickery.
First of all I NEVER set myself an end target - that's fatal for me as the end would be too far away and totally unacheivable. I therefore start to vaguely 'think' I'll start on something but never tell brain cell 3!!!
I start with smallness in mind. The 'project' sets out (at the back of my mind) to be a small item. The waistcoat was originally going to be a glassmat. Then it's easy to make another small mat 'to match'!! These can then be joined up with a third (if still in the mood) and sometimes a whole set can be made before joining them up and getting an 'instant' large project. Another 'trick me' strategy I use too is to make lots of 'middles' and put them by. Then when the outer edges are done and joined a 'large project' emerges. Real brain trick is that!!!
The diamonds have been a lot more interesting as there are colours involved. If it had been two plain colours I would probably have given up ages ago. This time I have found another way (see Thursday's post) of keeping the excitement and anticipation going!!! Again trickery is the answer and NEVER let brain cell 3 know!!
With this project I had decided it was going to be the size of the previous one before I started but then I thought I'd fill in the spaces between the points - just to see what it would look like!!!
One day when most of the way through that last stage - which I called round two I had the brilliant idea of making a wall hanging for our bedroom. I showed it to Nick who then said he thought it would be a bit small. Eureka - another round (and a larger project!!!) was 'birthed' in my brain!!! Problem is now - do I show him it again when this round is complete?!?!?
With this project I had decided it was going to be the size of the previous one before I started but then I thought I'd fill in the spaces between the points - just to see what it would look like!!!
One day when most of the way through that last stage - which I called round two I had the brilliant idea of making a wall hanging for our bedroom. I showed it to Nick who then said he thought it would be a bit small. Eureka - another round (and a larger project!!!) was 'birthed' in my brain!!! Problem is now - do I show him it again when this round is complete?!?!?