tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348317753715681760.post2596393947962233149..comments2024-03-28T08:40:03.616-05:00Comments on Life In Pieces: 15 Minute Challenge - Inspiration OverloadKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876375845688651131noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348317753715681760.post-5877979945667582042013-06-29T01:18:46.658-05:002013-06-29T01:18:46.658-05:00I've not made a quilt from a pattern yet (unle...I've not made a quilt from a pattern yet (unless you count the tutorial i used from Elizabeth Hartman when i first started quilting and my "teacher" was the internet!) and I'm a relative newcomer. I guess the fact that I'm given scraps of fabric and orphan blocks and told to "do something with them" inspires my own sort of creativity. The RSC challenge helped too.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760744006915967397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348317753715681760.post-12693181819774812152013-06-22T18:01:01.822-05:002013-06-22T18:01:01.822-05:00My weeks of not doing much creative wise is still ...My weeks of not doing much creative wise is still happening. I have lots of inspiration just no time at the moment and when I have time I am dead tired. We have had an ongoing injury issue with Squid and Maestro got injured at footy last week. Thanks to rain and deciding to give Maestro a rest this week from the rough and tumble of a game to make sure that he is well mended we have an unexpected free weekend. I have one more project to finish and write up a pattern for and heaps of study to do but I might give the study a miss and sew instead.seabreezequiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05210564993790938890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348317753715681760.post-21729222691235941472013-06-18T23:07:18.545-05:002013-06-18T23:07:18.545-05:00I've decided recently that I need to make some...I've decided recently that I need to make some changes too. I'm not going to take a total blog break, but I am going to slow down and try not to spend as much time online. We call them inspiration photos, but I am seldom inspired to do more than admire and save them. <br /><br />Sometimes I browse for photos, not for inspiration but to see how it looks when others do something I would like to do. Sometimes it's a little discouraging too to think I have an original idea and find that it's all over the internet. I would have been better off just to make my idea and live happily in the ignorance of thinking it was original.Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03559847090671071342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348317753715681760.post-21949263886364751312013-06-18T22:51:09.768-05:002013-06-18T22:51:09.768-05:00inspiration overload is not an issue for me. I jus...inspiration overload is not an issue for me. I just get lazy and accomplish nothing so my "inspiration" just builds up. I have to disagree though about the comment that inspiration is not re-doing someone else's stuff. well, maybe I don't disagree, but rather I recognize that my creativity has it's limits and re-doing someone else is about as creative and inspired as I get.theahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621187880594813876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348317753715681760.post-43869875234681758352013-06-18T20:07:29.639-05:002013-06-18T20:07:29.639-05:00As I read your blog...I have to agree with your co...As I read your blog...I have to agree with your comments from Joshua...sometimes I think I just need to unplug and get going on MY stuff!! Although, I do have a question...is your rose in your heading a picture you have taken and if so, would I have your permission to copy it to make a fiber art work from it..using it for inspiration? If not that is OK...I just really like it!Jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03472447864230532058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348317753715681760.post-19208819109543561562013-06-18T17:31:10.789-05:002013-06-18T17:31:10.789-05:00I think there is a very real danger with us creati...I think there is a very real danger with us creative types of getting stuck collecting inspiration ..and not doing anything with it. Often when I pin or save a picture I'm doing it with the view that I'll make my own take on it- I rarely follow patterns. Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11032969125788408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348317753715681760.post-30478104257232280202013-06-18T09:27:50.617-05:002013-06-18T09:27:50.617-05:00Yeah, I've had times where I've had to ste...Yeah, I've had times where I've had to step back from blogs because of inspiration overload. I pared down my reading list to the ones who really do consistently inspire me, and my time is better spent reading those. And I'm with you - I understand the purpose of kits, but I want to pick my own fabrics and make a quilt that's truly my own! (But I'm getting better at following patterns because that's easier than working extreme math in my head!)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15494557452802595536noreply@blogger.com