fear of failure often causes people to procrastinate: delay, put off doing something, postpone action, defer action, be dilatory, use delaying tactics, stall, temporize, drag one's feet/heels, take one's time, play for time, play a waiting game.
This word has been on my mind for the past few days as I have been working on a dear quilt. It started when my grandmother told me in the early 1980's that she would make a quilt top for me if I would pick out the material and the block. I picked out the Bear Paw block and she hand stitched each block together. So here is where the procrastination starts. She passed away in 1988 and at that time I was new to quilting, not really knowing how to square up blocks or add sashing between the blocks. My aunt took over for me and pieced together the quilt top for me, that was in the early 1990's. Because some of the blocks needed repair on them before I could sandwich the top and hand quilt it, I have packed it away not sure I wanted to take it on. It has moved with me to new homes, and hung in my quilting closet just waiting patiently for me to turn my attention to it.
This fall I made the decision that I would get the repairs made, sandwich it together, and start hand quilting it. It's a beautiful quilt, my grandmother spent so much time cutting each piece out by hand, not rotary, then hand stitching each together, when she was 90 years old at that. There was so much love that went into to it first by my grandmother then my aunt, and all these years I have seen it in my mind, finished and adorning my bed. This Friday I am meeting with my dear friend to lay the top out and baste it for the hand quilting. So for the past few days I have been working daily on each block to make sure of the stitching. One more day to go, but I will have it ready by Friday.
I can apply all of the terms for procrastinating to what I have been doing for years. I keep telling myself I have to stop doing that and face problems head on and get through them to the other side. I'm now on my way !
You GO girl! Can't wait to see the quilt again tomorrow and help you sandwich it. It boggles my mind to think how much alike we think - I almost posted something similar this morning about the Latvian quilt I've been working on (and not...) for the last two years. Somewhat scary how alike we sometimes are. : )
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