an hour later and the eyelids are growing heavy sooner than expected. some stitching done, though, mostly couching down some meandering midnight threads across the snow field.
i'm using vintage crochet threads that i had thrifted years ago (because they looked good in an old hand-carved wood bowl) since i like the way the stitches stand out more, being thicker than quilting or sewing threads. i very quickly discovered that you definitely want to use short lengths when stitching with vintage threads...and especially so when using a thread that wasn't even intended to be used for sewing, since longer lengths tangle horribly and break more easily as the fibers are upbraided in unintended ways... yes, it was a "duh!" experience...
now i must make my way to bed.
good night and namaste'
i like to keep my threads short anyway, less knotting. more work maybe but who cares?
ReplyDeletejude....true enough. i thought it would be much more uncomfortable, breaking so many "rules"...but it is actually quite liberating! of course, i still keep looking over my shoulder for the quilting police and the embroidery secret service. i'm quite sure they are watching me and gathering a team together to come and arrest me!
ReplyDeleteI´m kind of a long thread person (there´s a saying in German: langes Fädchen, faules Mädchen = long thread, lazy girl), despite the tangle (the later the night, the worse it gets, not to mention the heavy eyelids...;) - thanks for your comment on my December piece - I´ll be back...
ReplyDeleteCame to visit via Jude and Grace. Looking forward to seeing what you make. Lot's of joy to be found in breaking rules....
ReplyDeleteyou know joe... since i have been following jude and her consorts, i haven't heard mention of the quilting police or the embroidery secret service even once. i think we are in another zone here! there is certainly merit in that other world for some... but the spirit is very free over here.
ReplyDeletenamaste!
deborah, thanks for the welcome! and now i have another blog to delve into. already started this evening and enjoying so much. garsh! one wonders how anyone gets anything done with all the glorious blogs to explore?!
ReplyDeletenandas, perhaps there is merit in such conformity and strictures in that other world...i once tried to believe they held some for me as well...though the bridles and bits never quite fit and were always creating creative sores that i had to hide from the world and nurse in the dark. the newfound freedom is amazing!
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