Jun 18 2008
What to Do When You’re Feeling Down
I had a blue day today. The sun was shining, and the humidity was down. It should have been a great day, but I was still blue. It’s not like there isn’t enough to be worried about. Gas prices are up, property values are down, and food is more expensive. There’s flooding in the Midwest, and good people are dying entirely too young. (I was thinking of Tim Russert.)
Okay, so I felt lousy. What did I do? I took out some fabric and started ‘noodling’ a quilt. Noodling is my affectionate term for planning, plotting, and scoping out fabric for my next project, or the one after that. It fixed me right up . . . a little anyway. I can always count on fabric for that: instant contentedness, textile hope.
If you’ve stumbled on this blog, aren’t a quilter and have never considered quilting, just imagine, a hobby in which merely fingering the raw materials has the power to lighten your mood and give you hope. Now that’s worth a few dollars a yard, isn’t it?
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