Eight months ago my life was totally consumed with painting!! The ACEO's were still selling reasonably well and even the larger paintings were worth spending my time on them. Then came the house move that changed it all!!
Because of the time it took to get my computer and internet up and running, I thought this would be a good time to take a break for painting. Of course I'd start again the moment the internet was connected. Famous last words!!
It's now been six months and I still do not have any interest in painting!
It'll urge will come back, but at the moment I've found a new way of expressing my love of art/craft.
I seemed to be drawn towards doing embroidery from a few directions. Firstly, I LOVE going through second hand stores/ Opportunity Shops. While going through a box of oldish magazines in my favorite OP Shop, I came across a dozen or so Patchwork & Embroidery books. all 20c - 50c each. I started flipping through a couple of them in the shop and from that moment on I was HOOKED!!!
Then came a conversation with a friend who is always sewing something or other, she's an incredible seamstress!! She was showing me the handbags & pincushions she was making. I loved her design for the cushions and thought I'd make one for myself. So I headed off to buy some wool felt and went about making myself my very first pincushion. It turned out ok, but with all of those embroidery books staring back at me it just seemed to snowball into what I spend most of my nights doing.
I'm making and selling hand sewn and hand embroidered pincushions on ebay. I'm getting wonderful feedback for them and I'm enjoying myself immensely!!!
I can not see myself doing anything but these little creations and other sewing projects for some time!! :)
Samples below.
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