Confession time:
The community sawtooth quilt I started three weeks ago?
Yeah, it’s still sitting in a quiet, judgmental pile on my work table.
Unbasted. Unquilted. Gazing at me like a fabric-based ghost of good intentions.
But it’s fine! Totally fine. I’m just running a business and I definitely didn’t just stack three fabric bundles on top of it to avoid eye contact.
Creative procrastination is an art form.
I call it “letting the quilt find its voice.”
Others might call it “ignoring the obvious,” but they probably iron their fabric and their clothes, so who’s really winning?
Things I have accomplished instead of finishing that quilt:
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Stared deeply into the bin of too many zippers I bought and wish someone would just come take off my hands.
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Cleaned my sewing machine because it sounded sad (turned out it was me whispering “why did I start this?”).
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Bought more fabric “for inspiration” (like how some people buy plants they forget to water).
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Spent three hours choosing a font for shipping labels and then cried because none of them felt “crafty but emotionally stable.”
Running a creative business is this strange dance between inspiration, overwhelm, and suddenly becoming very interested in labeling everything that doesn’t move.
Some days I’m unstoppable—piecing blocks like a woman possessed, singing along to a playlist titled “Feral Quilter Vibes.”
Other days, I stare at the quilt top and consider faking my own death to avoid binding it.
And in between it all, there’s a growing stack of unfinished things: abandoned zipper pouches, mood board scribbles, and yes—this extremely patient community sawtooth quilt.
But here’s what I’m (slowly) learning:
It’s okay if the project takes time.
It’s okay if the seams aren’t perfect.
And it’s definitely okay if you occasionally scream into a pin cushion.
This quilt will get done. Eventually.
Probably.
Maybe. (Yes. Definitely. Please hold me accountable.)
In the meantime, thank you for cheering me on, laughing with me, and reminding me that messy progress is still progress.
Stay scrappy. Stay stubborn. And finish that one project that’s been whispering your name from under the pile.
—Your Resident Maker of Things (& Quilt Avoider-in-Chief)