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OCD Stitchery, Courtesy of The Muse

September 12, 2011

I think of it as

OCD Stitchery

. It seems I can't stop.

I wanted to make it all creamy and dreamy, but The Muse isn't having any part of that. Color is creeping in, as it always does.

I've lost track of how many times I've embarked on a wonderful project of whites, but never ended up with one. 

The Muse

, the one who resides in my studio, my head, my hands - will not allow it.

I think to myself,

I'd really like to make this all white and ivory

, but

Muse

talks me into adding something more - a piece of grey linen with a purple-brown undertone and a border of khaki, for example. But those can barely be called

c

o

l

o

r

s

, so I agree.

I stitch and I stitch, all pale and ethereal, and

Muse

whispers,

how about just a few stitches of something darker, something which can speak to that piece of grey linen.

It seems harmless enough. In fact, it seems like a good idea, so I agree.

And when I think I'm nearly done with this lovely little piece, Muse comes along and taunts me.

Why don't you just put a few tiny red dots here and there -- it would be perfect.

And maybe some lavender,

urges

Muse

,

just to lend a cool tone - really, it would be very pretty.

I'm just wondering, when will my Muse decide she is done with this piece? And when I add my signature label, should I give her credit too?  Or does that go without saying?

In "OCD Stitchery", "color", "feed the muse", "sharing my work - fiber", "stitching", "white"
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  • 2018
    • Mar 11, 2018 Are we done yet?
    • Mar 1, 2018 I’d rather not
    • Feb 28, 2018 The Reveal
  • 2017
    • Dec 8, 2017 Some favorite things
    • Dec 4, 2017 All is good
    • Dec 1, 2017 I was on the outside looking in
    • Nov 27, 2017 Hope
    • Nov 12, 2017 unbound
    • Aug 19, 2017 Sewist’s Soul Food
    • Aug 3, 2017 Studio Clean-Up Progress
    • Jul 28, 2017 Rust
    • Jul 22, 2017 She sells seashells
    • Jul 6, 2017 The lady in the tree
    • Jun 29, 2017 Basic Training
    • Jun 22, 2017 I love to shop
    • Jun 21, 2017 I’ve got the button
    • Jun 5, 2017 Little flowers, little books
    • May 6, 2017 Artists & Makers
    • Apr 22, 2017 For the moment
    • Mar 22, 2017 Linen & Laughter
    • Mar 3, 2017 Such a secret place
    • Mar 1, 2017 That’s My Baby
    • Feb 25, 2017 Serendipity
    • Jan 29, 2017 Nevermore . . .
  • 2016
    • Dec 28, 2016 Like A Magnificent Museum
    • Dec 25, 2016 I Believe
    • Nov 17, 2016 A Caboodle of Cats
    • Nov 12, 2016 Darkness and Light
    • Oct 28, 2016 The Studio Truth
    • Oct 26, 2016 My Favorite Eggplant Dish
    • Oct 1, 2016 What Matters is the Journey
    • Sep 14, 2016 That was then ...
    • Aug 28, 2016 Just a few more
    • Aug 24, 2016 I love the Mark Makers ...
    • Jul 31, 2016 Show & Tell - Danny Boy
    • Jul 25, 2016 Long overdue
    • Jul 23, 2016 Dear 65
    • Jun 28, 2016 A-Tisket, A-Tasket
    • May 19, 2016 Unraveled and hanging by a thread
    • May 14, 2016 Big Hands ... Tiny Art
    • May 3, 2016 Finding the time, Clearing the Space
    • Apr 28, 2016 Canton Reception Was A Blast
    • Apr 21, 2016 On Exhibit - with reception this Saturday
    • Apr 13, 2016 A Visit to Helena Hernmarck's Studio
    • Apr 8, 2016 Homage to Helena Hernmark
    • Mar 25, 2016 Crosses
    • Mar 12, 2016 Lazy day
    • Mar 9, 2016 Blue cross beginning
    • Mar 7, 2016 Treasured Textiles
    • Feb 26, 2016 Tiny Treasures
    • Feb 22, 2016 Pouch From the Past
    • Feb 5, 2016 Cat, Cat, Cat
    • Jan 11, 2016 Blood Moon
    • Jan 3, 2016 A belated Brag ...
  • 2015
    • Nov 1, 2015 November
    • Oct 27, 2015 Autumn Traditions
    • Sep 30, 2015 Do - Undo - Redo - Repeat
    • Sep 13, 2015 Exhilarated
    • Sep 9, 2015 Here I go again
    • Aug 28, 2015 Stars and Solace
    • Aug 26, 2015 Upcycled Vintage Mother-of-Pearl Buckle
    • Jun 18, 2015 Getting Rusty
    • Jun 14, 2015 Happy Flag Day
    • Jun 12, 2015 Eco Dye Progress
    • Jun 5, 2015 Let Your Peace Flag Fly
    • Jun 1, 2015 Rainy Day
    • May 26, 2015 Eco-Dye
    • May 10, 2015 Seeking Solace
    • May 2, 2015 Seeing Red
    • Apr 26, 2015 fat quarters & awesomeness
    • Apr 10, 2015 la, la, labradorite
    • Apr 8, 2015 I need the eggs
    • Apr 5, 2015 baking the bread
    • Apr 1, 2015 bundles and bundles of felted wool
    • Mar 28, 2015 Just for fun ...
    • Mar 13, 2015 Getting Closer
    • Mar 8, 2015 Goodwill Hunting
    • Feb 22, 2015 February Valentines
    • Feb 7, 2015 Embroidery Thread
    • Jan 27, 2015 Can't get it out of my mind
  • 2014
    • Dec 8, 2014 Learning Curve
    • Dec 1, 2014 Slow Mo
    • Nov 28, 2014 I Gave Thanks
    • Nov 25, 2014 Roots
    • Sep 24, 2014 The Green Barn
    • Sep 16, 2014 What's New?
    • Aug 23, 2014 Lace for a cuff - or a choker - or a bag
    • Jul 17, 2014 A weaving of kittens
    • Jul 16, 2014 I haven't had a drink, yet I'm weaving
    • Jul 3, 2014 Blackie
    • Jun 29, 2014 It's all about kittens
    • Jun 2, 2014 She who hesitates ...
    • May 21, 2014 Sepia
    • May 13, 2014 Celebrating, Swedish Style
    • May 1, 2014 Barely Functioning
    • Apr 30, 2014 Eight PM
    • Apr 29, 2014 If you forget me
    • Apr 28, 2014 About My Very Tortured Friend, Peter
    • Apr 26, 2014 When You Are Old
    • Apr 26, 2014 Any Which Way
    • Apr 25, 2014 Shape Shifting - Opale
    • Apr 22, 2014 Remembering
    • Apr 21, 2014 Three
    • Apr 19, 2014 A Tiny Story
    • Apr 19, 2014 Message
    • Apr 18, 2014 The Span of Life
    • Apr 17, 2014 Still There
    • Apr 14, 2014 Memoir
    • Apr 13, 2014 One Last Day
    • Apr 12, 2014 Something doesn't happen as it should
    • Apr 11, 2014 A pain so utter
    • Apr 10, 2014 Butterfly
    • Apr 9, 2014 Traveling Through the Dark
    • Apr 8, 2014 Sunflowers
    • Apr 7, 2014 Your Absence
    • Apr 7, 2014 Pieces of Blue
    • Apr 6, 2014 A Prior Despair
    • Apr 5, 2014 Whisper
    • Apr 4, 2014 Uninitiated Me
    • Apr 3, 2014 Liberty and Justice
    • Apr 2, 2014 All is well
    • Apr 1, 2014 Nearly There
    • Mar 30, 2014 She beckons
    • Mar 29, 2014 Naughty Kittens
    • Mar 22, 2014 March - It's been real
    • Mar 4, 2014 To Do List
    • Mar 3, 2014 Sunset on an almost spring afternoon
    • Mar 1, 2014 Hookers find haven in Redding
    • Feb 26, 2014 Uplifting Elephant
    • Feb 23, 2014 A good day
    • Feb 23, 2014 Family Picnic
    • Feb 20, 2014 Stitched? Yes. Complete? I don't know
    • Feb 17, 2014 To make a spoon
    • Feb 10, 2014 She is so good
    • Feb 9, 2014 No more caps
    • Feb 6, 2014 Salvaged Star is ready to fly away to new home
    • Jan 26, 2014 Giving Away a Salvaged Star
    • Jan 10, 2014 Round and Round and Round She Goes
    • Jan 2, 2014 Flowers in Winter
    • Jan 1, 2014 For the First Day and Beyond
  • 2013
    • Dec 28, 2013 Finding Shelter
    • Dec 27, 2013 File Her Under "P"
    • Dec 25, 2013 The First Day of Christmas
    • Nov 25, 2013 More MORNA Greeting Cards
    • Nov 22, 2013 The Girls
    • Nov 10, 2013 Reaching to heaven, connected to earth
    • Oct 29, 2013 Good Morning, Peeps - Please give me your opinions
    • Oct 4, 2013 Trees
    • Oct 1, 2013 the stronger pull
    • Sep 27, 2013 Who is in charge?
    • Sep 24, 2013 A Good Group
    • Sep 20, 2013 Hydrangea Days
    • Aug 29, 2013 Cat Time
    • Aug 28, 2013 Revisiting A Song on the End of the World
    • Aug 10, 2013 What's in a Name?
    • Aug 6, 2013 Finally, Avocado Skins
    • Aug 2, 2013 Still Sticking
    • Aug 1, 2013 It's Arrived and It's Lovely
    • Jul 30, 2013 It Just Keeps Getting Better
    • Jul 29, 2013 Having Fun With Stickpins
    • Jul 24, 2013 Happy Birthday To Me (OMG I'm 63)
    • Jul 19, 2013 Life Force Diviner
    • Jul 15, 2013 Remembering the Loma Prieta Earthquake
    • Jul 12, 2013 The jewels delight
    • Jul 2, 2013 First Day of My Birthday Month
    • Jun 24, 2013 Change in Direction
    • Jun 22, 2013 What is the meaning of life? (Kidding!)
    • Jun 21, 2013 33 & 44
    • Jun 11, 2013 Slow Progress
    • Jun 6, 2013 Shared Harvest - The Beginning
    • Jun 1, 2013 Light
    • May 31, 2013 Beginning
    • May 29, 2013 Daily Bread
    • May 25, 2013 Flower Power
    • May 21, 2013 Feast or Famine
    • May 18, 2013 Adding Culture To My Life
    • May 12, 2013 Letting Go
    • Apr 24, 2013 Contentment
    • Mar 25, 2013 Remembrance
    • Mar 17, 2013 Faces
    • Mar 15, 2013 Everything Passes
    • Mar 8, 2013 Just a Little Mosaic
    • Feb 24, 2013 Charlie, Lucille, Oscar, and Me
    • Feb 20, 2013 Begin Anywhere
    • Feb 14, 2013 A Valentine Kiss From Cupid - or Klimt - or Dougie
    • Jan 5, 2013 A Song On the End of the World - Czeslaw Milosz
    • Jan 1, 2013 Time to Take Dreams Off Back Burner
  • 2012
    • Oct 19, 2012 A perspective on death
    • Sep 12, 2012 Newspaper Days
    • Jul 13, 2012 What to do with my old basket quilt?
    • May 31, 2012 Fleurs Encore
    • May 24, 2012 Fleurs
    • May 2, 2012 Wandering About the House
    • Apr 28, 2012 Antique Log Cabin Quilt Squares
    • Apr 25, 2012 What I Like :: Boro
    • Apr 20, 2012 Props
    • Apr 4, 2012 Meow
    • Jan 1, 2012 Hello 2012
  • 2011
    • Dec 23, 2011 Merry Christmas
    • Nov 11, 2011 All together now . . . . . awwwwwwwwwww!
    • Oct 13, 2011 Lucille
    • Oct 2, 2011 Fiber and Felines (or) Cats and Cloth
    • Sep 21, 2011 Sweet Nola
    • Sep 14, 2011 I'm Smitten
    • Sep 12, 2011 OCD Stitchery, Courtesy of The Muse
    • Sep 7, 2011 Happy Cat
    • Aug 28, 2011 The Magic Feather
    • Aug 25, 2011 It's To Dye For
    • Aug 22, 2011 500 Felt Objects
    • Aug 12, 2011 Today is the only day . . . . .
    • Jul 29, 2011 Friday Fleur
    • Jul 26, 2011 Baby and Me
    • Jul 13, 2011 Quilt Love
    • Jul 2, 2011 Tell me .....
    • Jun 25, 2011 Flowers
    • May 21, 2011 Feed the Muse
    • May 14, 2011 Where Does the Time Go?
    • May 4, 2011 Nostalgia
    • Apr 28, 2011 That's a Wrap!
    • Apr 13, 2011 Secret Dreams
    • Apr 1, 2011 A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That
    • Mar 18, 2011 Blast From the Past
    • Mar 5, 2011 New Banner
    • Mar 3, 2011 Everything is more complicated than you think
    • Mar 1, 2011 My Gorgeous Girl
    • Feb 13, 2011 Lilac and Jonquil Dreams
    • Feb 5, 2011 Heavenly Cuffs
    • Feb 5, 2011 Are You Awake Yet?
    • Feb 3, 2011 Nap Time - But First a Few Cuffs
    • Jan 27, 2011 Good Morning, Starshine
    • Jan 13, 2011 True Love
    • Jan 1, 2011 New Year - New Website - New Items - New Outlook
  • 2010
    • Dec 20, 2010 Tiny Things
    • Dec 19, 2010 It takes time, sometimes
    • Dec 14, 2010 God Jul
    • Dec 6, 2010 Pomplamoose - Always in the Season
    • Dec 5, 2010 Lovely Threads
    • Dec 3, 2010 Nostalgia and Nola
    • Dec 1, 2010 Manhattan Meanderings with My Old Friend
    • Nov 9, 2010 Moon Star - Nearly Complete
    • Nov 3, 2010 Magic
    • Oct 30, 2010 Lucky Me
    • Oct 27, 2010 Bold and Beautiful
    • Oct 20, 2010 Nostalgia
    • Oct 17, 2010 First Fire of the Season
    • Oct 14, 2010 A Bit of Stitching
    • Oct 13, 2010 Voluptuous Velvet
    • Oct 10, 2010 Cloth Weaving Workshop Progress
    • Oct 9, 2010 Nola Keeps Me Company
    • Sep 30, 2010 Cloth To Cloth
    • Sep 23, 2010 Lace Love
    • Sep 9, 2010 Make It Do
    • Aug 15, 2010 Maybe You'll See Me
    • Aug 8, 2010 Beginner's Delight
    • Jul 31, 2010 Life Is Beautiful
    • Jul 25, 2010 My Overgrown Garden Bench
    • Jul 10, 2010 Feeling a Little Lost
    • Jul 5, 2010 Simon's Cat
    • Jul 5, 2010 Too Cute Cat
    • Jul 2, 2010 Holiday Weekend
    • Jul 2, 2010 What is that Beeping Sound?
    • Jun 20, 2010 Father and Daughter
    • Jun 14, 2010 Flag Day
    • Jun 4, 2010 Bragalatte
    • May 28, 2010 It's Been A * Fabulous * Week
    • May 2, 2010 All That Glitters . . . . .
    • Apr 23, 2010 Failure That Feels So Good
    • Apr 21, 2010 Stitching
    • Apr 20, 2010 Working
    • Apr 19, 2010 Beginning
    • Apr 6, 2010 Dreams of Spring
    • Apr 4, 2010 Happy Easter
    • Mar 21, 2010 Sweet Spring
    • Mar 6, 2010 Open Windows
    • Mar 1, 2010 Completion
    • Feb 25, 2010 Blue - Like the Ocean
    • Feb 23, 2010 Pink - Like a Baby
    • Feb 19, 2010 Nearly Finished
    • Feb 16, 2010 Chicken Scratchings
    • Feb 13, 2010 Slow Cloth
    • Feb 5, 2010 "You Are A Miracle"
    • Feb 1, 2010 More Sunset Dreams
    • Jan 30, 2010 Sunset Dreams
    • Jan 29, 2010 Wolf Moon Lurking In My Woods
    • Jan 23, 2010 Playing with Color - Procrastination? or Process?
    • Jan 11, 2010 Key To My Heart Necklace
    • Jan 10, 2010 Nouveau Necklace Made With Catherine Popesco Brooch
  • 2009
    • Dec 31, 2009 Bye Bye 2009
    • Dec 25, 2009 The First Day of Christmas
    • Dec 24, 2009 Season's Greetings
    • Dec 23, 2009 More on the Mennonite Quilt
    • Dec 20, 2009 Christmas Colors On My Wall
    • Dec 10, 2009 First Snow .....
    • Dec 1, 2009 Keeping Christmas
    • Nov 28, 2009 Faces
    • Nov 22, 2009 Forget Not .....
    • Nov 20, 2009 A little something .....
    • Nov 18, 2009 Every leaf .....
    • Nov 13, 2009 What is it?
    • Oct 30, 2009 Have a Happy Halloween & a Super(natural) Samhain
    • Oct 25, 2009 Crazy Little Log Cabin Quilt
    • Oct 4, 2009 Mellow October Sunday
    • Sep 23, 2009 Progress Report
    • Sep 17, 2009 Thursday Thoughts
    • Sep 14, 2009 Last Batch of Old Bag's Old Bags
    • Sep 3, 2009 Progression of a Portrait
    • Sep 2, 2009 Whimsical Wednesday
    • Aug 21, 2009 I Want an Embellisher!
    • Aug 9, 2009 Echoes
    • Aug 4, 2009 Bag Lady Takes Another Walk Down Memory Lane
    • Jul 24, 2009 The Horrible Truth
    • Jul 18, 2009 Remember to stop ... and smell the roses
    • Jul 9, 2009 Stir Some Memories ..... as only music can
    • Jul 2, 2009 Metalsmith Class Draws To An End
    • Jun 28, 2009 Best Wedding Cake Topper Ever
    • Jun 23, 2009 Starry, Starry, Starry .....
    • Jun 20, 2009 Happy Father's Day to Doug!
    • May 30, 2009 Bag Lady takes a walk down Memory Lane
    • May 10, 2009 Happy Mother's day
    • May 3, 2009 Back from selling jewelry
    • Apr 27, 2009 Getting ready to sell some jewelry
    • Apr 15, 2009 A Most Interesting and Gorgeous Fiber Art
    • Apr 11, 2009 Isn't It Romantic . . . .
    • Apr 4, 2009 Forget-Me-Nots
    • Mar 19, 2009 Button, Button .....
    • Mar 12, 2009 Lost and Found
    • Mar 6, 2009 Family Portrait
    • Mar 5, 2009 Before and after
    • Mar 4, 2009 Playing with wire
    • Feb 27, 2009 Between Earth and Heaven
    • Feb 18, 2009 What I Make From Dryer Lint
    • Feb 11, 2009 The Aussie Fires - Comfort and Sorrow
    • Feb 6, 2009 Go Fish!
    • Feb 5, 2009 Have you seen this ad? It is wonderful!
    • Feb 1, 2009 Flying Geese - Flying Away
    • Jan 19, 2009 Lost and Found
    • Jan 18, 2009 Sweetheart Necklace
    • Jan 7, 2009 Sweet Home Scenes . . .
    • Jan 4, 2009 What's in a name?
    • Jan 1, 2009 * 2009 * May All Our Wishes Come True * 2009 *
  • 2008
    • Dec 25, 2008 In the wee hours
    • Dec 24, 2008 Happy Christmas Eve
    • Dec 21, 2008 Calling all angels
    • Dec 17, 2008 The textiles are languishing . . . . .
    • Dec 11, 2008 True to form, we didn't get the tree - yet
    • Dec 9, 2008 Time to get the tree ..........
    • Dec 6, 2008 Did I just photograph a spirit?
    • Dec 5, 2008 i carry your heart with me
    • Dec 3, 2008 Wednesday Wandering
    • Dec 2, 2008 Two Angels at the Tree
    • Dec 2, 2008 Beautiful
    • Dec 1, 2008 American Sign Language Matchbooks
    • Nov 28, 2008 Black Friday - Let's not go to the mall
    • Nov 26, 2008 Baby Dreams
    • Nov 23, 2008 Lazy Sunday
    • Nov 22, 2008 C'est finis
    • Nov 21, 2008 Some new cuffs
    • Nov 15, 2008 A border for Comfort
    • Nov 6, 2008 Foray into the land of pearls and crystals
    • Nov 2, 2008 Family Weekend "on the hill"
    • Oct 29, 2008 And the winner is .......
    • Oct 22, 2008 Make-Do Pincushion - 100th post give-away!
    • Oct 17, 2008 The show I almost did
    • Oct 13, 2008 Time to take care of me
    • Oct 8, 2008 Comfort
    • Oct 1, 2008 The universe really does pay attention
    • Sep 25, 2008 Thursday Tease
    • Sep 23, 2008 CUFFS!
    • Sep 13, 2008 First etsy sale
    • Sep 11, 2008 Doll Day
    • Sep 9, 2008 Sewing, sewing, sewing . . .
    • Sep 4, 2008 Purple & Green
    • Sep 4, 2008 Velvet & Stars
    • Aug 21, 2008 Cat Under The Apple Tree
    • Aug 18, 2008 God bless the moon . . . .
    • Aug 13, 2008 Fly Away Home . . .
    • Aug 12, 2008 Janet Bolton's Charming Textile Pictures
    • Aug 11, 2008 Red, White and Blue
    • Aug 9, 2008 The tactile pleasure of thread . . .
    • Aug 7, 2008 Sometimes I'm a Doll Maker
    • Aug 5, 2008 Sometimes I'm a Bag Lady
    • Aug 4, 2008 Diamond in the Square
    • Aug 1, 2008 Something sweet
    • Jul 31, 2008 Still working on the booth
    • Jul 29, 2008 Time to think about my booth
    • Jul 27, 2008 Amazing quilt - the epitome of "piecework"
    • Jul 25, 2008 Little brown rug
    • Jul 24, 2008 Happy Birthday - To Me
    • Jul 23, 2008 Remembering a jacket
    • Jul 19, 2008 Nola in a bowl
    • Jul 15, 2008 Believe in yourself
    • Jul 10, 2008 Pieces of Dreams - Ten
    • Jul 8, 2008 Count your blessings . . .
    • Jul 5, 2008 Make a wish
    • Jul 4, 2008 BOOM! Go see some fireworks.
    • Jul 2, 2008 We miss our babies
    • Jun 30, 2008 When in doubt, post a picture of flowers
    • Jun 25, 2008 Beekeeper's Journal
    • Jun 24, 2008 Making connections
    • Jun 23, 2008 Got lace?
    • Jun 15, 2008 Happy Father's Day - to Dougie and Adeline
    • Jun 14, 2008 It's Flag Day
    • Jun 12, 2008 Still unpacking boxes
    • Jun 10, 2008 Busy unpacking boxes
    • Jun 5, 2008 How will I ever get organized?
    • Jun 4, 2008 So precious . . . . .
    • May 29, 2008 Home, Sweet Seductive Creative Other-Worldly, Home
    • May 25, 2008 "For love of country, they accepted death." -James A. Garfield
    • May 25, 2008 An embarrasment of riches!
    • May 23, 2008 "The voice that passionately seeks life's purpose."
    • May 21, 2008 I hope you remember to dream
    • May 18, 2008 Best thing about spring? Nature wears her bling.
    • May 16, 2008 It looks like a Van Gogh painting
    • May 15, 2008 My Penny Pocket Dolls
    • May 12, 2008 Sewing Pockets
    • May 8, 2008 Pinkeeps
    • May 5, 2008 My three-column blog!
    • May 1, 2008 Back in the olden days
    • Apr 28, 2008 The Question
    • Apr 6, 2008 The Old Piano
    • Apr 4, 2008 Star Birds
    • Mar 23, 2008 Starry, Starry
    • Feb 2, 2008 The Sewing Ladies
    • Jan 26, 2008 Paper Cutting by Doug
 

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