• Being Candid - there are HARD days!

  • Feb 22 2023
  • Length: 9 mins
  • Podcast

Being Candid - there are HARD days!

  • Summary

  • Today I'm talking about a slightly uncomfortable topic - what to do when everything’s just going wrong.

    Just last week, I received a schooling in this! I regularly live stream quilting a project on YouTube and Facebook. I’ve dubbed it Live & Unscripted, and sometimes Quilting’s First Reality Show because it’s just that - real time process without any edits or “cleaning up”. I’ve always included the rough bits, like thread or needle breaks, or second-guessing design decisions, because my goal is to help viewers see what a quilting studio really looks like. See how long things really take. See if I really do quilt in bare feet and manual mode!

    Well, this particular live stream started off with a lurch. About 8 minutes before going LIVE, I discovered that the backing of the quilt was about 2” shorter than the front. That’s a problem. A big problem.

    It kind of went downhill from there….re-doing while loading…tension problems…camera problems…a loose seam catching the hopper foot and stitching it in…and so it went, until finally I just called a halt.

    So this is some candid talk about how that feels....and what I learned from YOU, the viewers.

    And spoiler - it's all good❤️

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