Comments on: Focus… http://www.teegeestudio.com/2008/10/22/focus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=focus fabric and fiber, dyes and paints, philosophical musings and random goofiness Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:37:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: yasmin http://www.teegeestudio.com/2008/10/22/focus/comment-page-1/#comment-221 yasmin Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:41:47 +0000 http://www.teegeestudio.com/?p=146#comment-221 If you're concerned about aimless wandering, it may be time to stop. organize your time by periods of the day, for example, sketching, designing, playing in the morning; production work in the afternoon. I work on one area of production one week of the month. So scarves one week, yardage the next week, quilt projects the third week and one week to play. The design time is crucial, day in and day out for at least two hours every day. Discipline creates great craftswomanship. If you’re concerned about aimless wandering, it may be time to stop. organize your time by periods of the day, for example, sketching, designing, playing in the morning; production work in the afternoon.

I work on one area of production one week of the month. So scarves one week, yardage the next week, quilt projects the third week and one week to play.

The design time is crucial, day in and day out for at least two hours every day. Discipline creates great craftswomanship.

]]> By: glennis http://www.teegeestudio.com/2008/10/22/focus/comment-page-1/#comment-174 glennis Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:02:02 +0000 http://www.teegeestudio.com/?p=146#comment-174 beth- i think you might be underrating the value of "aimless wandering". i'm always looking for more time to do exactly that because for me, it's where i find i do some of my most important work. things experimented with during aimless wandering often bloom into something very directed-for example, the shibori ribbon and flowers.... -taking a break here while i decide WHAT to pack next!! beth-
i think you might be underrating the value of “aimless wandering”. i’m always looking for more time to do exactly that because for me, it’s where i find i do some of my most important work. things experimented with during aimless wandering often bloom into something very directed-for example, the shibori ribbon and flowers….
-taking a break here while i decide WHAT to pack next!!

]]> By: annalisa http://www.teegeestudio.com/2008/10/22/focus/comment-page-1/#comment-173 annalisa Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:43:25 +0000 http://www.teegeestudio.com/?p=146#comment-173 Also your scarves are delicious! Also your scarves are delicious!

]]> By: annalisa http://www.teegeestudio.com/2008/10/22/focus/comment-page-1/#comment-172 annalisa Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:42:14 +0000 http://www.teegeestudio.com/?p=146#comment-172 Oh you are singing the same song I am. I am convinced I could manage to do all sorts of wonderful things if I could simply decide what I want to do. Yhere are so many paths and they all seem so tempting don't they? Oh you are singing the same song I am. I am convinced I could manage to do all sorts of wonderful things if I could simply decide what I want to do. Yhere are so many paths and they all seem so tempting don’t they?

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