Hit 100 hand-sewn headbands today... didn't expect to feel that way

I was just counting up my bindings from the last year and realized I'd sewn exactly 100 headbands by hand. That's about 8 months of work on weekends and evenings. Every single one took me between 15 and 20 minutes with a curved needle and linen thread. Has anyone else hit a random milestone like that and felt weirdly proud of something so small?

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robinmason18d ago

Yeah 100% I hit 50 quilt patches last fall and just stared at them for like 5 minutes.

margaret_lane18d ago

Wait, hold on. You're telling me each one was 15 to 20 minutes with a curved needle? That's not just casual hobby time, that's serious patience. I've tried hand sewing a simple patch on a pair of jeans and gave up after five minutes because my fingers hurt. The fact that you did that for 100 headbands is wild to me. Do you ever just zone out completely while you're doing it, or is it more like you're counting every single stitch?

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