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I read an article the other day that spoke about the benefits of doing needle work.\u00a0 The authors indicated that this type of activity can provide calmness because it is repetitive and requires focus.\u00a0 While the article spoke mostly about crochet, they did mention quilting.\u00a0 I know this to be true as I experience this sense of calmness when working on a quilt particularly when I am doing the actual quilting, sewing the three plies together.<\/p>\n

Generally, most quilts allow for the quilt stitching to be seen as it can embellish the design and adds a certain dimension to the final product.\u00a0 In the case of the quilt I am now working on, which is definitely not your grandmother\u2019s quilt; the quilt stitching would interfere with the design.\u00a0 In order to minimize any of the stitches being seen, I used the same color of thread as fabric.\u00a0 For those areas where two different colors are side by side, no matter the color of thread it would always be contrasted with the adjoining fabric and therefore be visible.\u00a0 So I decided to use invisible thread.<\/p>\n

I could barely see the thread to thread the needle.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t see where I started or ended.\u00a0 It was taking FOREVER.\u00a0 The equanimity that I once enjoyed with this process was now interrupted with these obstacles.\u00a0 I came to realize these obstacles are no different than those that appear outside, like snow or rain, Covid, unfavorable basketball scores, sports injuries and so on.\u00a0 Accept or change?<\/p>\n

So I bought an LED head light to direct as much light as possible to the target area.\u00a0 I learned to thread the needle using touch as well as sight. I marked the area with a pin so I knew where to start or finish.\u00a0 I stitched from left to right so that the hand that is above the quilt can more easily grasp the thread to avoid knotting.\u00a0 I plowed on.<\/p>\n

I am pleased with the decision to use the invisible thread as it is the right one.\u00a0 In the end, I believe that greeting the obstacles introduced by the invisible thread and finding ways to overcome the obstacles<\/strong> has intensified the experience making it all the more satisfying<\/em> and enjoyable<\/em>.\u00a0 Calmness<\/em>?\u00a0 You bet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I read an article the other day that spoke about the benefits of doing needle work.\u00a0 The authors indicated that this type of activity can provide calmness because it is repetitive and requires focus.\u00a0 While the article spoke mostly about crochet, they did mention quilting.\u00a0 I know this to be true as I experience this …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6,14,11,8,13,12,7,9,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-699","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-example","7":"tag-articulatingyourstrengths","8":"tag-positive-psychology","9":"tag-positivemoments","10":"tag-positivepsychology","11":"tag-positivity","12":"tag-strength","13":"tag-strengths","14":"tag-strengthsfocused","15":"tag-strengthsfocusedpractices","16":"anons"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Barb","author_link":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/author\/barb\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"I read an article the other day that spoke about the benefits of doing needle work.\u00a0 The authors indicated that this type of activity can provide calmness because it is repetitive and requires focus.\u00a0 While the article spoke mostly about crochet, they did mention quilting.\u00a0 I know this to be true as I experience this…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":712,"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}