My last post was 427 days ago.  I am a little late in getting back to you.  Here is what happened.  I hit the wall.  I developed an artist block so severe I could not make art at all.  And as a result I had nothing to say at all. 

My block was caused by my technophobia.  I am sure of this.  I could not figure out how to use my computer to help me get my art out there.  So I shut down. I put away all my fabric, closed up my sewing machine, and brought my quilts back to Florida where I store them.

I thought I was taking a month or two off but that was not the case.  I did not touch fabric for over 6 months.  I had lost my desire to create.  I preferred social events to being alone in my studio. 

Happily I am now able to tell you that I have found my mojo and I am back.  It happened at my retreat.

In March I attended the Focus on Fiber retreat for the 2nd time and there I regained my momentum and started on a whole new series. I now can't wait to get to work everyday.

  I have written about FOF in a past post and told about what a wonderful time I had last year.  The 2nd visit was even better.  I brought a project that did not go well ( remember I still had no mojo) and had no other fabric to work with.  I was forced to go into the scrap pile for materials for a quilt.  This made me work outside my box to say the least.  I decided to make a house quilt, something I had thought about before.  Working with these new materials, and getting a lot of input from others at the retreat brought out a spark in me that had lain dormant for many months and stimulated not one but three small quilts.  I have been happily making house quilts since then.

So why didn't I start blogging again?    I could not find the page to open anymore.  It was lost on my computer somewhere and I could not figure out where it was or how to go about finding it.  Remember, I started off by mentioning my technophobia.   Every once in a while I would make a half hearted attempt to search my computer but drop the search when the same place did not suddenly list my blog page.  Finally one day I mentioned to my husband that I had this problem.  In 10 minutes my page was back.  Lesson learned, use your resources!

So what have I done about my technophobia?  For one thing I have forgiven myself for having this problem.  I found a friend in my neighborhood who is willing to show me what I need to do and if I am still thickheaded she will do the computer work for me.  I can ask my husband for help, too.  I am even thinking about taking a course on computers.  The important this is I can now enter my quilts when I choose to. 

Last month I made a quilt and entered it and I am waiting to hear back if it will be accepted.  I think it will be as I got very good feedback from the show curator already. 

So, as I said before, I am back.  Glad to be here.  Now I just have to figure out how to add in my photos.  I guess I will have to ask for some help.