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Quilt Woes - A Spiritual Battle?

I'm still having trouble with this quilt I'm making!  Once I took out the stitches from before, I re-measured and re-basted.  Today I started stitching it up again.  ONCE AGAIN, it has somehow moved!  I called my husband for a little moral support, and wise guy that he is, he suggested staples!   

Looks like I've got some more reverse stitching to do once we get back from Bibliomania!  I think I'll just hand sew the rest of it.  This is why I despise machine quilting!  Three-fourths of the quilt did just fine, actually it's more than that.  For the whole queen-size quilt, only about half of one length of it messed up.  We're talking the borders here, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much!  It could be much worse.

At least this time I caught it before I had done the three rows.  I was about halfway done with the second row when I noticed that it was bunching up around the basting.  I took it out and sure enough, it did it again!

Maybe I should just quilt all my quilts by hand (the ones I'm not tying anyway) and leave the sewing machine for quilt tops and sewing clothing.  I think that's my biggest frustration, I've determined to not make any clothing until I got this quilt finished.  It is taking so long and so Bethany and I haven't made our dresses yet.  Also, I'm getting scared again that the dresses might be hard to make.  Dear, sweet Deanna, at Abundant Blessings has said much to encourage me in this endeavor.  I may have to get another pep talk when the time comes! 

Here's the point.  I KNOW that God wants me to be a keeper of the home.  I KNOW Satan does not.  Anything God wants me to do, He's given me the ability to do.  I just have to study and work on it.  Satan is always going to try to put things in my way to make me stumble, keep me discouraged, and keep my eyes off what the Lord's will is.  I've thought about adding some encouraging scriptures to my sewing notebook to look upon when I am discouraged.  The more I think about it, the more I've decided that that's exactly what I'll do!

Vicki

By the way.  I'm not one of those people who think everything's a spiritual battle, i.e., my hair's sticking up, it must be an attack, etc.  But I'm wondering if this may be since it is attempting to get in my way of doing what God has commanded, being a keeper of my home.  Also, I know that not everyone is equally gifted in every skill or even has the desire or ability to do the things I'm talking about.  But, I want to be better at as many areas as I possibly can and do all that I can to be what He wants me to be.

Vicki...

{ 09:54, Thursday, March 8, 2007 } { Posted by mulberrylane }

You are such a blessing to hear you talk. Your perserverance of your quilt is honorable! Wow. Your sharing encourages me to not give up. I am trying out a new schedule and while it is better than before the schedule, it is still not running perfectly... but time will help us all adjust AND we are lambing... so it is expected not to have perfect days. Anyways, thanks for sharing.
Warmly, Melissa

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{ 07:35, Friday, March 9, 2007 } { Posted by homesteadinthemaking }

I hope you get it figured out soon. I know how nerve racking this can be.
Blessings,
Trixi