Which brings me to thoughts on hand sewing. Over at SewDaily.com, there's a great blog entry about hand sewing. I agree whole heartedly that hand sewing is a completely different "animal." I get into the zone when I have a needle and thread in hand with my thimble tight on my finger. I can take my time and plan, cut, sew, measure, re-measure, and get back to the cut and sew part over and over again.
Rose from SewDaily.com mentions that hand sewing is quiet. Maybe that's part of what I like. It's me an my needle. Anything else is superfluous. I tend to hand sew while watching TV when I'm at home. It's almost a diet aid as I never eat while I sew. You want that quilt done? Then there will be no kitchen raiding! That's not really quiet, but it's my time.
She also stresses portability. I've found that to be one of the most wonderful aspects of hand sewing. I always have a hexagon or Cathedral Window project going - they both use small pieces of fabric, they both require hand sewing, and they both have prep work that can be done before you travel and pack your sewing tote. For now, it's hexagons. Always hexagons.
On a side note, I did go dish towel crazy! I ended up making five of them. I did one with hot air balloon fabric, with leftover red/white/blue binding, with an open cutwork piece I got at a yard sale, the one on the dish towel blog entry, and another one I can't remember. CRS syndrome. It was a fun thing to do. I had an old towel and never began to think about how many dish towels it would make. I just sort of started cutting and sewing. Sometimes, you just gotta do something off-the-cuff like that.
Happy sewing. I'll be traveling for the next several days. I have my hexagons all packed and ready to go with my little portable sewing kit. I'm hooked/doomed/addicted - however you want to classify it.
Hi Donna - I saw your comment on my blog and I wanted to reach out to you directly. Since you use blogger, you can follow me by adding me to your followers list. I don't use another reader. I use my blogger followers list to read the over 200 blogs I read. I can read this on my iPad or on my computer. I just log into blogger and my list pops up.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even realize that there was a feed source at the bottom of my blog. I've never enabled it. It was probably part of my blog template and I just didn't pay attention to it.
I hope my suggestion helps! And thanks for stopping by and reading my blog so faithfully!
Thanks Carolyn. I'll figure it out. I am a member of your site, but haven't found a follow thing. If all else fails, I can bookmark it and come by once in a while ;) I love your sewing adventures. They encourage me to sew more!
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