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Apr. 19th, 2013 09:10 amGuys, over the past week or so, I have been seized by the desire to take up quilting. And, because it's me, I don't want to start with small projects. No, I want to make a twin-sized quilt to go on my bed.
On the one hand, this is an awesome desire because it means learning a new craft and new skills. And it would mean I would actually have a summer-weight bed cover, which is something I don't actually have right now. (What I have now is a multiplicity of winter-weight bed covers that I add to or subtract from as needed, so if it gets hot I am left with just sleeping under a sheet, which is often unsatisfactory.)
On the other hand, I'm not actually that interested in machine sewing. I mean, it's a skill I would like to someday acquire because it would open up whole new vistas of making clothing, but I kinda want to handsew my quilt, which feels a bit ridiculous. I like hand sewing, though! Also, I have just finished reread Clash of Kings and am firmly in fannish obsession mode, which is bad time for me to take up new craft projects unless I'm fully committed to them being at least stealth geeky. I'm horribly afraid that any quilt I started now would end up being ASoIaF themed and that doesn't really seem conducive to sleep.
It is a conundrum.
On the one hand, this is an awesome desire because it means learning a new craft and new skills. And it would mean I would actually have a summer-weight bed cover, which is something I don't actually have right now. (What I have now is a multiplicity of winter-weight bed covers that I add to or subtract from as needed, so if it gets hot I am left with just sleeping under a sheet, which is often unsatisfactory.)
On the other hand, I'm not actually that interested in machine sewing. I mean, it's a skill I would like to someday acquire because it would open up whole new vistas of making clothing, but I kinda want to handsew my quilt, which feels a bit ridiculous. I like hand sewing, though! Also, I have just finished reread Clash of Kings and am firmly in fannish obsession mode, which is bad time for me to take up new craft projects unless I'm fully committed to them being at least stealth geeky. I'm horribly afraid that any quilt I started now would end up being ASoIaF themed and that doesn't really seem conducive to sleep.
It is a conundrum.
