August 31, 2007--Quiting the quilting business

I've decided to stop trying to sell the quilts I've made. I took them all home this week from the craft gallery--I hadn't even sold a thing. I set them outside and tried selling them from the front yard and still didn't sell anything. I didn't sell any the last time I put them some on Ebay, either. I guess this just isn't what I'm supposed to be doing at this point in my life. I gave my sister-in-law and mother-in-law back the things that they had made, and I'm going to give my sister some of the quilts she helped me do. Maybe she can give them to her new baby that she's pregnant with. Of the remaining quilts that I had, I gave them to some of my kids that had destroyed (with love) the quilts I had made for them. Of course the big one I'm going to try and sell for VOM still, though. Then I took my the table runners, potholders, and tote bags and packed them away. I'll use them as gifts for showers and weddings or birthdays, maybe even Christmas. I kept one table runner for myself because it matches with the kitchen curtains. I'll keep doing ones that people want me to do for them, but I think God wants me to use my time for homeschooling right now and not get distracted with trying to make money on the side. The extra would be nice, but that's not what we need to do right now. God has called us to certain things, and having a little extra doesn't seem to be what he's called us to pursue right now.