Hitting a Wall with Sewing

Have you ever "hit a wall" before?  You know what I mean... trying to do something and you just get stuck?  I am always reminded of "Arrested Development" when Buster literally can't climb over the wall in basic training and his brother, Gob, motivates him to do it finally, and then punches him in the gut on his descent from the wall.

Well in June, I hit a wall.  I was working on car seat canopies/covers for my good friend here who was expecting twin boys.  The body of the car seat canopy was so easy and simple to make.  Then, I tried sewing the straps of death.  And my machine started freaking out.  And the velcro would cooperate in getting sewed on correctly.  So, I decided that I had plenty of time to work on it and I put it away in my sewing box for the time being.

I decided to use the sticky velcro instead of the sew on velcro to make it a little easier for myself.  All I had to do was sew on the straps.  I just kept putting it off because I was tired or lazy or just worried that I wouldn't be able to figure it out.  Well,  my friend had her twins almost three weeks ago, and since I've been a ball of nervous energy all afternoon (in anticipation of this Hurricane Irene), I decided to put that energy to good use and within an hour, I had finished them.

Sometimes I hit a wall.  It's important to regroup and give myself time, but I've learned that I need to keep going and I'll achieve my goals, whether it's a sewing project or actually cooking dinner every night of the week.  Hopefully I can get myself working on more projects, and get more organized.  I think it will help that I'll actually be more lively after the first trimester ends in a few weeks.  Then I can crank out a bunch of stuff for  the new baby and other projects before I get to the third trimester and lose all of my energy again!