Sunday Musings; Quilt Guilt? Say No to Guilt Over Your Hobby

Just some Sunday musings about creativity, guilt, especially guilt over quilting and sewing materials. Why do we feel we have to justify these things? As I use watercolors for my personal non-workplace creative hobby these days, I throw away my paintings pretty often. But I hear (and say it myself) justifications or guilt over the purchase of fabrics and threads, also machines at my shop, Sew Simple of Lynchburg (sewsimpleoflynchburg.com) and online at AmyQuilts.com Yet working with fabric is one of the most useful of hobbies, even when just doing it for fun.

A word from Amy:

Hi! I’m Amy K Johnson, a Janome dealer and owner of Sew Simple of Lynchburg. That’s my brick and mortar quilt shop in Lynchburg VA, and home of AmyQuilts.com, my online shop and hub of all the tutorials, videos, and more that I share online.
I'm passionate about free motion quilting and was an early pioneer in the use of quilting rulers on a stationary sewing machine. I also do live quilting videos on my AmyQuilts Facebook page:   / amyquilts  
I love helping people master their Janome sewing machines and have a program at https://amyquilts.teachable.com/ that helps owners of certain Janome machines to use them with more confidence and greater creativity. As a Janome dealer, I hate to hear when sewists and quilters have been left without support for their machine, whether it's a Janome or some other machine brand. If I can help, I will!

I also created and host the AmyQuilts Clubhouse.

The AmyQuilts Sewing Clubhouse supports Janome models 15000, 14000, 12000, M7, 9450/9400, Skylines S9, S7, and S6, as well as the 8900 and 8200. The goal is help these owners use their machines fully with greater confidence and creativity, and also teaches techniques like getting the perfect 1/4 inch seam, applique, buttonholes, and free motion quilting. I also have a section for Janome embroidery machine owners.

You can learn more about this virtual Janome support here: https://amyquilts.teachable.com/