S/O quitting a craft - why?

Honestly, I started scrapbooking because my friends were and we would go to weekly crops. It was a way to connect. I rarely scrapped at home, it was always at the crops. At home, I did other crafts - quilting, knitting, painting. So when the crops stopped, I sort of stopped scrapping. I did put photos into albums before that, but not the scrapbooking way we think of here on this board.

I have also stopped knitting because I had too many projects that I never wore afterwards. I still paint, and I want to get back to art quilting.

I went back to work full time in 2006. The scrapbooking sort of naturally fell off after that.

These are the same reasons I switched to Digi. Plus, I can sit in the family room with only my laptop as a worksurface and still feel like I'm taking part in life not banished to a different part of the house. LOL!  That said, I still have a load of paper SBing stuff. Luckily it transfers well to card making.

RedSquirrelUK- That's horrible! I'm sorry you went through all that work for it to be unappreciated. Forget the a$$hat of a vicar. Remember the joy that it gave you while working on it.

I go in cycles so I have not quit anything and junked my supplies, but it’s usually a function of how much time I have. Eg, I am always knitting because I can do a row here and there and it’s portable, but it has been two years since I have made a quilt because that isn’t portable and I have not had the time to sit down to sew because of the kids’ soccer schedules.

I used to cross-stitch. I gave it up when the kids were little, I had no time for it. And then never really picked it up again until recently - a stocking for our soon to be son-in-law.

I used to own an LSS - and most of my scrapbooking took place there or at crops. I rarely did it at home by myself. So now I have totes of hundreds of dollars worth of product in the basement I just can't seem to give up.

My main craft now is crochet. I work on one project at a time, I need to finish one before I can do another!

“If you used to do a craft and you stopped, why did you stop?”

Over the years I’ve dabbled in just about every craft imaginable but the simple answer to your question is I just lost interest.  Now I’m strictly a card maker, I enjoy the whole process of making that special card for someone and I don’t see myself giving it up anytime soon.

I loved doing scrapbook pages back in the day. It was a combination of things that made me quit - local scrapbook store closed, digital photography options, and my youngest daughter quit taking naps.

I still scrapbook some, not nearly as much as I used to. Over the years, I've stopped different crafts for different reasons. Most recently I stopped knitting. I had taken it back up in 2016. I'd had to give up crocheting years earlier because it hurt my hands but I decided to see if I had an issue with knitting. I did not. The movement is different and it seldom bothered my hands particularly if knitting with circular needles. I got more into it the next year when taking care of my dad. DH told me I needed to find something to do at least one day a week to get me away from my responsibilities. I started going to a knitting group one afternoon a week and it was a huge help to my stress.

I continued with the group for several years but it just isn't the same anymore. The pandemic, the sale of the shop to a new owner, at least 3 shop moves have all resulted in a lot fewer people attending including me. I'd already stopped going so often and at the first of this year I just stopped knitting. I wasn't that interested in my current project. I think I just overdid it making so many sweaters, ponchos and a few scarves. I wear a few of my pieces but a lot of them are sitting in drawers.

For me I have to have a purpose to my craft. I can't just quilt or paint for the fun of it. I've got to be making something I'm going to do something with. It can be for me or someone else. Almost every quilt I've made this year has gone to charity. I'm about to start on one for myself.

Scrapbooking lost it's appeal with me after our little group quit getting together.  Then I realized my family had no interest in the albums.  I've got rid of lots, but have plenty of supplies that if I could SB if wanted.  I've sewn and knit since I was quite young and those are still crafts I enjoy. 

I stopped scrapbooking when cell phone photos became more widely used rather than a dslr camera. I just lost interest after that. The new launches in scrapbooking products no longer interested me so it all seemed pointless. 

I do a number of different crafts and most I still do to some extent but I did stop candle making. Mostly because I still have a ton of candles and rarely burn them anymore and also it can be very messy and you need to have things out for a couple of days.

I have struggled with scrapbooking in the last few years. Most of my friends have moved away, my family doesn't get together very often, and my heart horse died. I just find that I'm not often inspired to take as many photos these days because of those reasons. I haven't purged my supplies because I do love looking through the albums I have completed so I keep hoping that I get my scrappy groove back eventually.

That's awful - I'm so sad for you and the congregation that showed him so much love and respect that wasn't reciprocated.

Cindy

As far as scrapbooking, I was tending to do more cardmaking than actual scrapbooking, and I LOVED going to a local scrapbook shop and to the Archiver's store to do their card making classes. Loved going for a few hours and coming out with a handful of completed cards. When all those shops closed down I sort of just stopped.

I do still do counted cross stitch, and stitch just about everyday. Have weekly Zoom's with a group of stitchy ladies in my state. So I guess I just switched hobbies.