Introducing Sunday #sewingscope

I’m baaaaaaaaack!

Yes, after a ridiculously long hiatus, I have picked up my beloved Patchwork Quill again. So where have I been, you ask?

Well, I plunged headfirst back into the world of self employment mid-2015 with the launch of my content writing business, and early 2016 is when things really started to get busy.

I had taken on a massive, risky project that ultimately wasn’t successful (as is often the way with massive, risky projects).

It was an experience I learned huge, valuable, lifelong personal and professional lessons from – but in hindsight, it really knocked my confidence and left me feeling deflated for quite some time.

I’ve since started working with a lovely client on a brilliant blogging project, but one that has still demanded enormous swathes of my time and mental energy – on top of the part-time job I have to keep the bills paid until I become a millionaire entrepreneur.

Although it still takes up a lot of my time, systems and processes I’ve put in place are beginning to tick along as they should, and this has coincided with the return of my creative mojo!

I finished a cute circle skirt I began sewing back in June – and I live-streamed it! I posted a picture of myself on Instagram wearing the finished garment – and at time of writing, 100 people have liked it, making it my most popular post ever.

So it would appear you lot like it when I step out of my comfort zone and in front of a camera from time to time, and who am I to deny you?

*From now on, every Sunday I will be broadcasting a live #sewingscope from my Periscope channel that is also available via Twitter live on my Twitter feed.

The most recent video is below – let me know what you think and get in touch if there is anything you’d like to see on the weekly PQ #sewingscope.

Sunday #sewingscope – sewing for NI Big Sock! https://t.co/mTUKclDOoM — The Patchwork Quill (@PatchworkQuill) February 26, 2017

*Periscope was shut down in 2021 and unfortunately past broadcasts are no longer available. I like to preserve the memory of all my little projects and ideas, so I'm leaving the post unedited even though most of the links no longer work!

If you'd like me to resurrect this little series - maybe somewhere like Twitch - then let me know! Get in touch here, or on social - I'm @PatchworkQuill on Twitter/X, and @ThePatchworkQuill on Facebook and Insta.