Feeling Creative!

I'm disappointed to note that 2010 was the first year since 2006 that I had no finished projects for the year, to add to my link in the sidebar. No wonder I've been getting more and more neurotic - I'm not creating nearly enough!

Actually, I could have thrown a few things on there last minute, but I didn't bother. I did make a skirt awhile back, but I was disappointed in how it turned out and haven't worn it yet. And may never.

And I made Greg a pirate shirt for Christmas, but although it turned out fine, I'm going to re-make it. I had to make this twice when I made it for me, too, as the first one was a mile too big, and way too short - so I made a second one a size smaller, and lengthened it. But I'd forgotten that when I made his, so it's too short.

Oh, and I did make the funky snowmen. And a few pieces of jewelry. I guess I did a little bit this year - but, like, all in November and December.

I was working feverishly on knitting a couple of baby blankets all last year, but embarrassingly didn't get either one of them done, so those don't count. I was also working on a sweater that I eventually scrapped, then started over with a different pattern - still working on that.

I haven't made any socks in a long time, though I'd like to.

And because I don't have enough unfinished projects, today I started cutting up fabric for a scrap quilt.

Well, here's the deal. I spent much of the day cleaning and re-organizing the Imaginarium. And wow, what a difference! I'm actually hopeful about that space again. It had gotten trashed in the last - oh, I don't know, year or so. I had it cleaned up once, but then it started going downhill and I just wasn't keeping up with it. I'd hit a weird vicious circle - I wasn't making anything so I didn't take the time to clean it up, but I wasn't making anything in part because the Imaginarium was trashed.

But I got far more done today than I expected to, including cleaning off the counters and re-organizing the cabinets, so then I was in the mood to make something. I'd been wanting to make a quilt for the bedroom for awhile, and I had some fabric scraps laying out from the skirt project, so I just started cutting them up into 5" squares (I have a book of instructions for a bunch of scrap quilts, all using 5" squares), then I dug into the stash and cut up some more fabric, so ... apparently I've started this project as well.

Well, I'm not letting this year go by without accomplishing some things. I don't make 'new year's resolutions' per se, but I'm damned sure going to find a way to make more time for creating things this year.

What's on the current plate? The knitted sweater, the scrap quilt, some more clay items to begin an inventory so I can eventually open an Etsy shop, and more jewelry. And more clothes. And some socks. And probably some new garb for both me and Greg (now that I've taken to making him garb because I think he ought to have something nice to wear once in awhile).

Yep. Definitely gotta find more creative time. Definitely.