Sevenmonths intomotherhoodSuzy Williamsmuses about
thedaysofmelancholy matchalattes,andoffershertoptips
on nurturing your creativity and a little one simultaneouslytwoblocks.Anafternoonnap,three
blocks(if I’mlucky).Mysegmented
daysmeanI nolongerqueueupa
listofmoviesandstartslicingintoa
pileoffabric,intendingtoquiltAll.
Day.Long.How’sa quiltertoquilt
whenfabricisn’ttheonlythingcut
intoblocks?It’stimetogetcreative.
Oh,andorganised.Apparently
momsneedtodothattoo.Spendthatprecious
sewingtimewisely
Pre-baby,I wouldeasemyselfslowly
intoa dayofsewing.First,thedrinkI cometoyoutodayfromthe
basementofmyin-laws’house.
I amcurrentlynursingmyseven
montholdson,andtypingone
handedwhilehetriestobatmy
phonetothefloor.Thismultitasking
situationis notunusualforus.Many
ofyouknowhowmuchonecan
accomplishduringquiet moments
holdinganinfant.
Lifeasa momhaschangedmany
things,butmostlyit haschanged
mytime.Daysarechoppedinto
30-minuteblocks.Feedingthe
baby,oneblock.A walkoutside,selection– tea,coffeeora sparkling
water?Howabouta matchalatte
fromthecafedowntheroad?
Perfect.Somanydecisionsand
I hadn’tevengottentothesnacks!
BythetimeI figuredoutthemenu,
anentireblockoftimewouldbe
gone.ButwhatdidI care?I had
zerodirtybottomstowipe.
Afterliningupmydrinks,snacks,
anddoinga quickscrollthrough
Instagram,I’dfinallyhunkerdown
and...pickmyentertainment!What?
DidyouthinkI wouldactuallystart
sewingthatearlyintothepre-
sewingpreproutine?Thechoices
wereendlesssothistooksome
time.Podcastoraudiobook?Netflix
showortriedandtruefavourite
movie?A decisioncouldtake
anothersolidblockoftime.It was
veryimportanttogetit right.
However,now,if I wereto
maintainthatsameritual,I’dbe
hearingscreamsthroughmybaby
monitorminutesafterit wasfinally
timetopresspoweronmymachine.
Mymainsewingtimeis alsoa tiny
baby’snaptime,so,it’simperative
I havethepiecesofmypreproutine
mentallylinedupsoI canknock
themdownthemomentmybaby is
snoozing.Tea.Appleslices.
Podcast.PowerON.Let’ssew!Usea design wall
Beforehavinga humanbabyI had
a dogbaby,soI'veknownaboutthe
importanceofa designwallfora
longtime.(Adesignwallis a vertical
space to lay out quilt blocks, usuallyIN THE KNOW
Áuggling a c t
Lifea sa n ewmomha scha ngedma n yt hi ngs ,but
most lyi t ha scha ngedmyti me.Da ysa rechopped
into blocks...À g u e ss i t ' s t i m e t o ge t o rga n i se d!
Quiltsnowget
piecedduringnap
time,sobeing
organised is key!IN THE KNOW