Quilting Vs. Painting

This is a bit of a dilemma for me right now in my life.

I use to love quilting but right now my sewing machine and I . . .

well let's just say we haven't really been getting along lately.

I do have a bunch of beautiful fabrics I love.
It's the sewing machine I have a problem with.
I will always love and cherish my

flannels, cottons, silks, pinks, purples, yellows, blues, etc.

I love color. That is what I truly love.
Doesn't matter in what form that color comes in - I love it.

Hence my love for painting.

Except I am not sure about portraits. Gotta work on that ability.

So for now I am going to box up my fabrics,

and wait for a time when painting is not the focus of my creativity.

Then I will pull those beautiful fabrics back out

and create something beautiful.

But maybe not a quilt. Maybe a tablecloth.

Maybe just pillows or a vest or a skirt.

Except I just remembered . . .

I promised my Laurels a quilt for their graduation

from WX High School in June.
That's five single sized quilts by June.

Okay just a few more quilts and then I can retire for awhile.
And I know there are a few young adults out there that when
they get married I will make them their promised rag quilts.

But I am thinking I will always like painting better.