Well drat. I finally got busy on my straight and narrow challenge piece again, only to notice that I cut the leaves too small and I need to pull them off and make bigger ones. I got stuck about a month ago on this project when I finished embroidering the vines and started playing with flower ideas and realized I had forgotten about leaves. Duh! So I finally got my act together last week and drew a bunch of leaves and cut them out and played around with placing them until I liked it. Last night I started needleturning them, having myself a lovely evening of mindless sewing and Michael Vick watching. I finished a couple of leaves and held up the quilt and dammit, the leaves are too small. The proportion is screwy and they look skimpy.
Here's the thing: I love the designing part, drawing and trying different fabrics and compositions. But part of why I love it is because it is so challenging and engaging. It requires focus and brain-engagement. And sometimes, like after a long day at work or during my lunch break in the middle of a long day of work, I don't want to do brain-engagement. I want to do mindless sewing, because it's relaxing and comfortable and it makes me feel good. But now I need to do some brain-engagement to fix these leaves before I can continue with my mindless sewing. And it's really more of a mindless sewing kind of day. Therefore, drat.
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