Staying Excited and Motivated in Your Quilting & Fabric Art Ventures

  You’re excited about your quilting or fabric art business.  You’re making items you enjoy, giving talks, teaching workshops, and/or writing books.  It’s something you basically enjoy.  You work for yourself, from your home, and can be somewhat flexible about your hours. 

However, no matter how much you enjoy this venture, there will be times when it becomes routine, monotonous, frustrating, and perhaps discouraging.  For instance, when I was making children’s quilted vests, I had to set up an assembly line type of routine to be most efficient and earn the most money for my time.  Basically, it became somewhat boring as I cut, appliqued, sewed, and made vest after vest, even if they had different designs on them.

When I’m writing books, I have to spend a great deal of time revising, revising, revising which can become monotonous and doesn’t seem so creative as coming up with the original ideas.

How to you stay motivated when some of the excitement wears off?

Laurie Neumann has written a very helpful article,  Achieve Work from Home Business Success, on her Christian Home Business Connection web site and provides great tips on staying motivated no matter what your business is.

“The difference in seeing success while you are working from home is that you need to keep yourself motivated,” Laurie says.  “You don’t have a boss urging you on, telling you what to do.” 

Utilizing some of the tips Laurie offers should help you remain excited and stay motivated through some of the times that could become discouraging.