Compulsive, Oh Yeah!
Before I even start about how compulsive I can be about my quilting, I thought I'd share something I read this morning from Liann Moriaty's new book, Apples Never Fall. There's a paragraph where one of the main characters is thinking about the possibility that she might have dementia: "Her friend Linda, who worked at a nursing home, said a wave of restlessness swept through the place at school pickup time each day as the elderly ladies became agitated, convinced they should be rushing to collect long-since-grown children." Wow! that made me think about how I get agitated when I haven't quilted on my longarm, sewn blocks on my regular machine, cut out a block or two, petted my fabric or done something that connects me to quilting at some point in the day. It's weird! I guess it does have something to do with compulsive nature, but it was an eye-opener to me. Am I really that connected to quilting that I feel that "wave of restlessness" when...