Do you get bored?

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When I want to Zen out, I do woodcarving. I'm not bored, I'm focused on what I am forming, and I do it with hand tools, which make very little noise. I do have tools that require a mallet, but even then it's not that loud (I use mallets with a phenolic head wrapping), and I'm creating something.

Since I have been sewing again I usually have more than one project in the works.  Sometimes I have a batch of fabric that needs to be ironed which I do either in quiet or listening to a book or music.  Or I decide to cut out a whole quilt worth of fabric.  Same thing as far as background goes.  It depends on my mood which step in the process I am in the mood for.  The cutting part does require some focus so I don't lose a finger but since I already know in my head what I need, it's pretty automatic.

Well, the carving stuff does require focus, or I'd bleed even more than I already have. I have a Kevlar glove that I bought many years ago, when I first got into carving. But I've learned to just keep my digits behind the sharp edges, and haven't used that glove in years. My wife quilts, and has set ways to run her rotary cutter that don't endanger her digits. A lot of her friends get cut a lot by not paying attention.