Projects

I've been thinking alot lately about trying to narrow down all the things I want to work on. I know I am much too easily distracted; if I could, I would probably devote 99% of my time to crafting- even the weird, kids only, what-would-you-even-do-with-the-end-result type of crafts (no, that does NOT include my love for latch hooking, as those awesome monstrosities can at least be morphed into pillows or wall hangings or blankets or a fraking poofy clothing item of some sort).

I've been, since we moved, trying to focus on working my way through a hand sewn queen sized quilt, prepared in a sort of slap shot manner, off the grid style quilting (i.e., more planning than I usually put into things, but not as much as a professional probably would). It's going fine, but its a damn lot of sewing, which I usually like to do when parked in front of a tv, catching up on movies or episodes I might have missed- that is to say, I don't want to park myself in front of said tv every evening. Which has led me to being distracted from the quilt, and has turned entirely into me neglecting it completely-something that needs to be remedied, stat.
Instead, I've found myself thinking about a lot of projects, only to half start them but then switch to another one I've been thinking of part way through- and its not because I get bored, but rather that I get too damn excited about every thing, and want to never sleep and never work and some how do it all all all all the time (stickers, clothing, weird little plastic melted sculptures, music, films, making mixed cds, you name it, I've got a half-finished version of it sitting at the creation station).

Add to that a high propensity for going out and doing nothing more than getting boozy on certain evenings, a lot of time spent cleaning and un packing and planning for our housewarming party, turmoil at work, and a recent trek into the great outdoors that ate up my entire weekend, and I feel like I'll be lucky to get any single one thing ever done. I often wonder how my other friends do it (probably by not sitting around and writing about it, Tori)-- but I also know that they tend to pick one thing and rock it till its done, and, in an effort to start the output process, I want to try to hone my list of wanna wannas into a smattering of can-and-will completes.
That being said, the list:

-Finish the quilt, even if not entirely by hand (the only reason it's by hand now is because my sewing machine is broken).
-As much as possible of my dystopian song finished, recorded to the best of my meager ability, and sent to Una.
-Better iron on letters procured to finish the two tee shirts I started (the shit cheap letters I bought have already gone all wrinkly).
-Another stack of home made stationary, thank you, and birthday cards generated (that was the handiest thing I've ever done).
-More indepth work on better sewing, and hand made alterations to clothing (specifically, the carharts I want to modify). Better attention to detail, and better lines and quality.

Okay, that's it for now. Mind you I have a plethora of projects and plans and hopes a brewin', but I'll leave it at this smallish list for the time being.