March saw me working in the studio most days, but not really doing sewing for myself.
There were two baptismal towels to be embroidered and made:
Apologies for a not very sharp picture.
And a bigger appliqué project I had been working on. Prior to March I had been design, planning and layout. Apparently this is not my skill set, and it took me a long time. Like my writing, I suppose I had to come up with too many ideas and winnow them down, then make the design to complex, and winnow it down again.
Finally I was ready to work:
Everything else was handwork, mostly simple hand appliqué. There were a few small decorative elements. Not too much, that was supposed to be a little special detail.
I actually found the process of doing the work far more appealing than the design and layout phase. I am reminded how happily I can sit with a needle and thread (or yarn) in my hand. Had I not had a deadline, I would have even found the process relaxing. Had I not had a deadline, however, I probably would not have been doing the work.
Ahh the contradictions inherent in being human.
But I did finish, and before my deadline as well.
I’m not sure I would do it again, but part of me enjoyed the process. I’m not very good at the whole process, but I suppose that is something, like writing, that requires constant practice. I’ve not been doing too well with the writing practice either of late. There is need for improvement, and the desire, so eventually I may pull it all together.