Stuck!

Getting "stuck" on a project is one of those "givens."  You know, like getting a pimple on the end of your nose right before a big date; or the car having a flat tire when you're in a hurry; or any other inconvenient thing that can go wrong when it is most inconvenient.

I've been feeling stuck for the last few days.
One project (absolutely adorable applique baby quilt) has screwy instructions.  Oy vey...they make my head hurt.

So, thought I, I'll put it aside for now and work on project number two, a paper piecing star.  But  because I have not worked on this project in a while, I forgot how to do it..... SILENT SCREAM!!!


What do you do when you're STUCK?

A few suggestions:
1.  Take the project to your next guild meeting.
2.  Facetime or Skype a quilting friend.
3.  Pack it all up and head to the quilt store.
4.  A lot of quilt stores (like Piecemakers and The Orange Quilt Bee) have "open sew" classes where you take your project in and get help from either an instructor or one of the other quilters.


DO NOT, I SAY, DO NOT put it away (at least for any length of time.)  If you put it away it will be even more difficult to pick it back up again.  Ask any quilting person you know about their UFOs (Unfinished Objects.)  Chances are there's at least one project in the bunch that is a STUCK project.

I'm taking my projects to Piecemakers this Sunday (from 11:30 am to 4:40 pm) and I will get UN-STUCK! 
Perhaps I will see you there??