Gettin' high.

Hello my name is Jodie and I am an addict.

O.K, so there are no dirty back street deals or running from the cops. No slight-of-hand as the goods are passed over.

I am not yet a social pariah and my addiction is not illegal.

but it eats away at me just the same, it absorbs my thoughts and makes me single focused.

It drives choices and decisions in other areas of my life.

It costs a truckload of money and other people are starting to notice as I chase the highs and suffer the lows.

You all know what I am talking about - that crafting high you get when an idea hits - when you just can't wait to finish off what you are doing so you can start THE NEW PROJECT. This project is going to be awesome , this is THE project, the perfect thing. It will be beyond belief, you will love it.There will be no problems, it will be a dream to create. It just might save the world.

This project will eclipse all other projects. All those other great things were nothing!

Yes you thought they were great but you can see now

that they pale in comparison to the NEW PROJECT .

You never know when it will hit.

There are times when you are crafting along quite happily, like this week, making dolly frocks

as well as some little dress tags for gifts. (pattern from Softies by Therese Laskey)

using some of the dyed fabric (This is Claire)


and generally noodling along.

But then , the idea hits , sometimes it has been the ghost of a previous idea or it might just strike out of the blue. There is no use fighting it. All dollies and clothes and parcels to be posted and mini quilts to be bound are cast aside and all the fabric is pulled out and inspected and tossed aside. Boxes are unpacked and tossed on the floor or shoved into the nearest cupboard.

You can't clean up or finish anything or stop right now !!!!!

Seriously, I can't help it - I can't stop to speak right now unless it is an emergency. Is there blood? No ! well then. I'm sorry I have to work on this right now - Yes it's really important, yes I am busy, No its not a new crafty thing - it is important!!!!

I need to measure every piece of selvedge in the house!