,Why, I hear you ask, well anytime I begin a sewing project, it's like the start of a new journey, filled with excitement and great expectations,
with the beautiful completed work or destination, the reward for all my careful planning and executions. But alas!, life, as well as my sewing journey can be tough, fraught with challenges, frustrations, wasted time and effort, not to mention resources. At this point I'm usually filled with despair and disappointment and the option of giving up and throwing all into the bin becomes very tempting. However, what stops me from quitting the work ( and by the way, I have used this technique for dealing with other issues) is the vision of the completed work I had before I even began, in other words, seeing the end from the beginning. I step aside, take some deep breaths, go and do something else and come back to it when I have fresh insight and guidance to proceed. I am often amused, (that is after all is said and done), how seemingly simple projects give me a run for my money! For instance I may decide to create a nice little evening clutch bag. Then I say "this will be quick and easy". Well next thing I know I'm ripping out seams many times over, oh did I mention my hair as well! Anyhow, sewing teaches me patience, humility, perseverance as well as learning to find solutions to problems where I would have hitherto given up. Life always has a way of teaching us hard lessons--even if it is through the people or passions we hold dear. Recently, apart from having to cope with life's goings on, my sewing machine just up died right in the middle of an important project, and when I was not prepared financially to have it fixed. So in order not to feel defeated I decided to work on another one entirely by hand regardless of the fact that I had also chosen to incorporate some leather. Sore fingers not withstanding, here is the finished product. So when life hands us lemons, let us try to make lemonade.! Materials used include, soft leather, black sequined fabric and lace. Oh and I should mention the green lace is much better looking in reality, the camera did not do it justice: ))
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Dee
28/1/2018 06:34:25 pm
Beautiful reflections to go with a beautiful bag. Gifted hands!!!
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