Guydro wrote:Waylon you have been hanging up the needle for about 8 months now. I think if you finish that long list of bags you have to stitch. You will be going out with a bang. Or do you have the need to have people want your bags? Is that what the list was for?
For whatever it's worth, I'm slowly losing my drive to stitch bags. At first it was my arm and shoulder pain, but now it's just plain motivation. There are only... two designs that I want to wow modified and everyone, but after they have been realized in physical form, I don't know what to do. Filling out client orders is all I have in me for stitching, and it's really appreciative that people take care of the bags I make for them.
I guess I'm just really turned off when somebody receives my bag and they end up breaking/losing them within 2 weeks due to stupid reasons. That tears me apart in some way, at a personal level. It's happened to me a couple of times.
The list I have is a personal reminder that people may possibly still want my bags. If they don't they can kindly refuse to buy a bag from me - that's how the profession of stitching goes. I find more joy in teaching people to sew footbags than to make footbags in general. I also don't like putting a monetary value on footbags, but if it helps to advance the sport then I will do just that. I am all for supporting the community with my bags (so much so that I will gladly offer a 32 for a free dinner or complimentary set of beer(s)), but for me I am still trying to find that one creative niche that keeps me going with stitching. All I can say is that I am slowly losing my grasp on it, but I'm waiting for an opportunity to arrive.
I also want to spend more time playing footbag, than making footbags. My tailbone hurts a ton from sitting on my butt all day, so footbag is my athletic relief from sitting in front of the computer or working in front of a desk all day.
... I think I'll drop the price on my bags if people personally believe that I'm a couple of months behind on their bag, and they wish to be compensated for my tardiness.
Anyway, whatever. I'm not going to post my life story on this. This post is much too long already. I'm about to finish a 32, and will post it by tonight or tomorrow.