How many of you make New Year’s Resolutions? Is it to stop a bad habit or lose weight or
exercise more? Getting healthy sure is a
good thing to do.
But what if your resolution was to be more creative? What if you made a promise to yourself to do
more art or sewing or learn a new craft?
Every year I go through my unfinished quilting projects and
decide which one I am going to finish for the upcoming quilt show in
March. It is amazing to me when I find I
only have a little more to do on a project for it to be finished.
Other years I have promised myself to take advantage of the
classes my quilt guild offers. I have
learned different ways to quilt on my home sewing machine, new ways to appliqué,
new embroidery stitches (after a recent class with our guild I can now do a
successful bullion stitch) and can now piece a Y-seam in a quilt block.
This coming year I want to try more sculptures in needle
felting and expand my embroidery on needle felted items and I want to finish
the log cabin sampler I started so many years ago. And I still want to take as
many classes and try as many new crafts as I can.
Why not make sure you add some creativity to your
resolutions list? You can still break a
bad habit, lose weight and exercise more but make sure you also create new art
that represents who you are and what your 2018 brought to your life.
Happy 2018 to you.
Cheryl
©2017 Cheryl Fillion
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