#finishing projects

[bluedesignwall]

Wednesday afternoon I had a ripper migraine so I got Hubs to collect me from the office and went home to lie down in the dark. Thursday I took it really slow. I think I may have a touch of flu or something, runny nose, body aches, just not feeling right. I have a tone of sick leave so I am taking another day. It is cold and raining hard outside so I am staying home by the fire. Not even sure if we will get a walk in today. I made a start on finishing up two more UFO's. The small hexi quilt is ready to be sandwiched. The backing is made I just have to tidy up the back and make the sandwich. I will hand quilt it. The rainbow star quilt has been sandwiched and I have started machine quilting it. I have one more quilt in the cupboard to finish once these two are done so I feel like I am making good progress. The big blue star hexie quilt is chugging along in the background, I think I have made enough hexies for the remaining rows. I need to lay it out to make sure.

[thefavoritechild]

“Oh! I can’t wait to do all these creative things!!” WRONG. Fatuige and brain fog instead :)

[kitdunsmore]

I finished my Advent calendar! It's a quilted wallhanging of a simple Christmas tree. Fabric bags hold the felt ornaments until the get hung from buttons on the tree. I started this back in 2020, but a real push in January (because it was my project of the month) meant I finished. I do not love all the ornaments, but I can make more and swap them out if I want to. Now I can't wait for December.

[labelleizzy]

Story ideas from my sketchbook that I had forgot about: (comment with one of them and I'll write a sentence or two for you!)

Kitchen witch Bitty and sorcerer Kent have to work together when the villages are all up in arms!

Cait Farmer loves snowboarding

Bitty being touched or not, and acclimatizing

Loops and swirls of self-care ( dimension / texture? 1/18/18)

Hey Zimms, would you kiss me? (The sequel is titled c'mere Kenny)

Hera chapter: the trainer story, and Zeus not allowing her to work and why

I can't Remember The Things I've Lost

Lardo, Art Buddies And Accountability: that's why Shitty is always arting it up!

If I had 90 seconds to tell past me how to finish a project - what would I say to myself?

Bitty and the Good Knives.

The Past Is Always Present

The Last Shameful Secret Has Been Shared

Scraping teeth lightly over neck - SHUDDERING

[adaninasatrici]

So! I'm nearly done with the hooded scarf! I decided to block it before putting it together, because I don't know how to let it dry properly once the hood is done, and I wanted to block to work out tension issues and try to make the yarn feel a little softer.

Now to make a snood for myself, and then I'll be making the Harry Styles by J W Anderson. I'm so excited.

[aritany]

how do you finish projects to completion so quickly? do you edit as you write? even when i am invested in a project heavily it still takes me several drafts to get it to how i want it to be

hmm, good question. the easiest answer is that i write a LOT. i log about 50-70k a month on average. every first draft is cleaner than the last one was, which helps, and i don’t hold myself to the same standard for drafts that i know i’m going to revisit. (i.e. the books that are going to be traditionally published)

for sound carries and the gloaming girls, which are both being posted online, i spent a LOT of time outlining, and this time i have beta readers who read to catch the little grammar/spelling errors before i post. i don’t want to be agonizing over second and third drafts with these sorts of projects, so i talk through structural stuff with a few trusted friends to get more brains on the book, which makes the end result a lot tighter and more cohesive.

with my hopefully traditionally published books, i take my time. first drafts come fast, because i’m a bit of an obsessive personality, and then subsequent drafts are quite a bit more methodical and i like to take my time with those. (i wish you wouldn’t draft 1 took 2 months, draft 2 will take at least 3, likely)

the simplest answer is that the more times you do something, the easier it gets. and while no first draft of mine is ever perfect, sometimes ‘good enough’ is... good enough.

[ughhhhhhimhere]

[forever-reading]

I'm exhausted from not sleeping, have a headache, and am trying to finish sorting my room. Great day.