I have to be busy all the time. If I am not busy, I am sick. If I am not reading, I am making something. Usually, I become obsessed with a certain craft and I stick to it as long as I am learning something about the craft or I'm completing a special project. When I was teaching, I spent a summer making characters out of polymer clay and combining them in a shadow box; the theme was "Diversity" and I really love the results. I also made about a dozen light switch plates out of the clay. (I'll add photos soon.) When my daughter was an infant, I made about four machine quilts. We love them but I can't spread out such a large project these days with an active 10-yr old and crazy animals in the house. Later I got into customizing dolls, rooting hair and painting faces, but now such delicate work is difficult with my onset of arthritis. I have done most of the crafts listed in my current poll. My current obsession is crochet, especially amigurumi and tiny stuffed animal crochet. My goal is to achieve membership in the Thread Artist Guild.
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