Since quitting my full-time teaching job and moving to California, I have been exploring alternate career paths. I lucked into part-time work at a
quilt shop, which had always seemed like my dream job. While wonderful, the low pay and very-part-time hours remind me regularly that this is not to be my next career. (Since when is entry-level retail called a
career?)
But... my
daydreaming aspirational mind keeps pushing me to try
mixing my hobby with a career:
Maybe I should write up some of
my designs and try to sell them? Maybe I should start a long-arm quilting business? Maybe I can become a (famous) quilt teacher, traveling far and wide and plying my expertise to eager audiences?
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| Triangle Techniques... |
And maybe, if I tried to do any of that,
sewing would cease to be as fun as when it was only my hobby.
Yep: it already has happened. The
last four things I have sewed have been for marketing purposes, not for fun. I can't even remember what my own UFO's look like because I have put them away in favor of striking out in the Big Girl world of
quilting teaching and designing.
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| Sew. Together. Bag. Again... |
Which begs the question: how do
they do it??? You know,
They. I'm talking about the
Elizabeth Hartmans and
Angela Wolfs and
Lee Heinrichs of this world: they clearly have design careers. I see them on their blogs, and on television, and on the bookshelves, and on and on and on. Do they still enjoy sewing for fun? Do they have any time to sew for themselves?
How about you? Do you dream of being a great designer (or something related)? Have you found your sewing/crafting hobby becoming stressful? What do you do to keep a balance, keep the
fun in with the creativity?
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| Triangle Techniques: class at New Pieces on December 5 |
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