Pre-planning

When we bought our house, I could not figure out why the previous owners had these tall, leggy plants growing up and starting to cover the windows.

UNTIL, the buds appeared and these LILACS started blooming just outside my kitchen windows over my sink!

The smell is incredible when you walk past the open windows! For 3 weeks we have this wonder to look forward to, unless, of course, we have a terribly hard downpour for days.

If I had just hacked the leggy stems off when we moved in, I would have had to wait years until they were this tall again, but, I probably would never have understood why they were that tall without experiencing it in the first place.


I always think I waste too much time thinking things over and over before I start working on a sewing job. But, what I find is that I do not make the mistakes I would have made if I had just cut into the fabric right away. By taking the time to think it through, I have cut, sewn and completed the item in my head many times before I have picked up the scissors. I cannot tell you how many problems have been averted by doing this.

The flip side, though, is that I am encouraging my lifelong procrastination habit, like I am doing now, but writing this post, instead of sewing my current job! "I will start no project before it's time". I find I must have a dead-line in order to actually start a project! This stinks!

Enjoy the fruits of your labors, whatever they are!