the other day i had a sudden urge to make a pillow and embroider something on it. it struck out of nowhere, particularly considering that i don't regularly sew things and really haven't ever dabbled in embroidery at all, ever.
but instead of making a pillow, i got terribly wrapped up in the art of embroidery itself, and set to work experimenting on little things. and then bigger things. the fruit of experimentation:
three cheers if you can guess who it is! don't feel bad if you can't, though. i don't think it looks too much like him. emma says it looks like elijah wood, which it most certainly is not. oh well.
i don't really know what to do with it, though. i wanted to embroider it on a shirt or something, but i didn't exactly have one at my disposal when the inspiration struck. it's on a large piece of card stock. hm.
i must sheepishly admit that it took me all day to complete. i cleaned the house a bit and did paperwork for my dad, but otherwise, this little project occupied my day. i enjoyed it immensely. i do believe that embroidery and i have a future together. so exciting! and embroidery floss only costs twenty-three cents. an infinitely less costly hobby than photography, i must say.
1 week ago
6 comments:
i think you mean dabbled.
you are very right. sometimes my fingers don't like to say what my brain is thinking. those b's and p's, you know. although, if you think about it from a very different and slightly skewed angle, dappled would work too in this case.
im thinking jeff tweedy?
and you are endlessly brilliant--i find it hard to experiment and create with no one pushing me. you just do it. that's amazing and probably means you'll be at least semi-famous one day. :)
-k
yeaaah! it's good ol' tweedy. i'm impressed with your guessing skills.
hmm--i think i'm the opposite of you. i have terrible trouble when i'm pushed into creating things. (this is not a good thing. i'm certain of it.)
You are an excellent artist.
My problem is that I play with something for a while but then I get inspired to try something else -- I'm not consistent in anything, except perhaps reading. I took embroidery in December, decorated one purse, and haven't touched it since. I like the purse thought.
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