what to do when projects are finished???
searching for fresh ideas - all the old books - forgetting why and getting lost re-reading old favorites
The Trickster's Hat by Nick Bantock
subtitled A Mischievous Apprenticeship in Creativity has great ideas on how to restart the creative engine
to keep my fingers and mind working while looking for the restart button
I started stitching tiny silk scraps - it's crazy, they slip and slide in all directions
my usual threads were all too heavy
so I dug out an ancient spool of orange silk thread - it works and looks o.k.
it was so fiddly I decided it was finished as a tiny sample -but - it felt wonderful
so I'm proceeding slowly to make something small
what next? back to blue and white kantha stitching, using 4' squares and alternating the stitch direction
I always stitch on a thin background fabric
these old pyjama pants will do, made from charity shop linens and indigo dyed they are past their usefulness
when I cut things up I save the seams and use them to tie up bundles
I know, this could be a Scrap Happy blog but I'm already working on that
and I think I know what this will be
the weather feels like we have gone straight from summer to winter
I'm going to be busy raking leaves
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