A 'blob' in the woods
Good morning.
It's a beautiful day here in the north country; sunny, warm (well relatively :-)) and a weekend, so many can relax and enjoy the bright morning. I hope this entry finds my stitching friends sipping a cup of tea and contemplating their project for the day.
I am off to work shortly (in retail there are no weekends :-)) and am sipping a diet pepsi trying...very hard...to wake up. No...the shower didn't do it. The biggest challenge of midlife so far is a disruption in my sleeping patterns. Which is why I was stitching at 2 a.m. and want to go back to bed a 9 a.m. Talk about backwards! Ah well...life's an adventure and there is a beautiful quiet that goes with those early hours of the day.
Because of getting packed to move, my stitching time is very limited. However...I was not going to load boxes at 2 a.m., so I did work on my 'Babes In the Woods' shoulder bag. (Indigo Rose). This is not my favorite project. Why? It's not the pattern. I love Indigo Rose designs and think Catherine is an enormously talented designer. However, stitching inside a handbag, for me, is an exercise in frustration. I even tried the sewing rather than the stick and stab method, however...I didn't like the evenness of the stitches. So...back to stitch and stab. And back to very slow progress because on every third or four step I end up having to untangles something from my loop of thread.
Having said this...I am very driven to finish this piece because I think the result is cuter than...well...cute! Here's the way it will look along with my first project scan. Next time I will take a digital picture, but at least you can see I got my first babe done.!
It's a beautiful day here in the north country; sunny, warm (well relatively :-)) and a weekend, so many can relax and enjoy the bright morning. I hope this entry finds my stitching friends sipping a cup of tea and contemplating their project for the day.
I am off to work shortly (in retail there are no weekends :-)) and am sipping a diet pepsi trying...very hard...to wake up. No...the shower didn't do it. The biggest challenge of midlife so far is a disruption in my sleeping patterns. Which is why I was stitching at 2 a.m. and want to go back to bed a 9 a.m. Talk about backwards! Ah well...life's an adventure and there is a beautiful quiet that goes with those early hours of the day.
Because of getting packed to move, my stitching time is very limited. However...I was not going to load boxes at 2 a.m., so I did work on my 'Babes In the Woods' shoulder bag. (Indigo Rose). This is not my favorite project. Why? It's not the pattern. I love Indigo Rose designs and think Catherine is an enormously talented designer. However, stitching inside a handbag, for me, is an exercise in frustration. I even tried the sewing rather than the stick and stab method, however...I didn't like the evenness of the stitches. So...back to stitch and stab. And back to very slow progress because on every third or four step I end up having to untangles something from my loop of thread.
Having said this...I am very driven to finish this piece because I think the result is cuter than...well...cute! Here's the way it will look along with my first project scan. Next time I will take a digital picture, but at least you can see I got my first babe done.!
I know, I know...not much more than a blob. But can't you see the potential!!
I'll add more later, but for now off to work.
Blessings!
posted by Julie | 3/04/2006 09:25:00 AM
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