Beginner's Delight

   
 
Making bracelets for someone special.  Thinking about how much more easily the textiles take shape in my hands, how I fret over the jeweler's bench, so worried I will not do it "right." But the metals and the stones seduce me. I can't resist them. And when I do complete a piece, I feel such satisfaction that I got it to look like my dream of how it would look. There is that pleasure in being a "beginner" again, and succeeding. :-)

   
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Feeling a Little Lost

I have been fooling around with weaving strips of cloth, a la Jude Hill and Heike Gerbig.  And I'm hoping to take Jude's upcoming Cloth to Cloth 2 class, unless I get locked out. So this may be a bit of subconscience preparation for that.

I'm not at all sure what I'm doing with the stitching on this piece. I started out thinking I wanted all the stitches to be in the white-cream-taupe range. Lately I've thought maybe it would be interesting to add some very pale pink and icy blue. And every time I look at it, I think about how I actually really like the big, red basting stitches!

I haven't worked on it much yet and some of what little I've done is no more. For example, I've done some stitching and then ripped it all out - twice! This is because I am  having a hard time choosing the right thread weight. The piece sits in the family room - I like to sew while watching TV, so I don't feel like I'm wasting my time.  I keep whatever I'm working on and all the associated supplies on a nice big bread board which sits on my lap and becomes my work table.


I'll be glad when I finally get cracking and do some meaningful work on this little baby. Right at the moment, it seems so lost.
 

Simon's Cat



I think I am in Cat Mode because I am missing Beezer. So, my cat posts are a memorial to him. Nola is major missing Beezer, too. She's confused and upset. I think she wants to know when he's coming back. He's never been gone from her life before. I comfort myself with amusing cat videos, and I comfort Nola with lots of loving. And Nola sends it right back to me. Not a bad deal, at all. :-)