Sunday, August 05, 2007
not really a post about vacation
I have not packed.....Not sure why, but i haven't really really felt that anxietty induced urge to organize my crap....
Not even right now, when i type this...hmmmmm weird....
Next week, not only will it be family vacation week, but it will be my SIL's birthday, and then my mother's birthday is this month an dmy brother's...
yesterday was my two year divorce anniversay and my brother and SIL's 11th wedding anniversay...August is an event packed month....weird...
And up to a few days ago i thought it was LL's birthday too...lol..but that was in july...(slapping my forehead...)
normally, i would have stressed over getting gifts together, packing the minutia of crap we will need into tubs and all the other business...this time, not so much...
I haven't even gone and had my nails done...which dearly need a makeover...and i am hesitant to go tomorrow,because sunday is the day after the nail techs go clubbing at the only place that is open on sunday....that means crazy nails and pain....and having to listen to them rehash the night's craziness....ugh not fun...plus they are still hung over...yikes...not good tohave your nails done by someone still seeing double....
i just want to sew.....I havebeen sewing the last few weekends, and i realized how much i have missed it...i love it...and hopefully i will make it a regular part of my life again....i have purchased several patterns i hope to whip into actuality....and have found more for boys clothing that are very cute and not 'homemade' looking...that is the trouble with boys clothes and sewing...there aren't very many available patterns that can be whipped out and turned into something special without looking too cutesy wootsey...kiddo is out of that stage....it is all boy now....
as i have cut and pinned adn sewed and reloaded bobbins, i remembered why i loved my sewing class in high school...and i remembered my grandmothers, one making patterns on her onw, the other hand sewing and making quilts....both showing me how to hand sew, crochet, and create from scratch, things they HAD to do...things i WANT to do...
I have already started a scrap bin...one in which i wil lstockile my "strings" to eventually make my own sort of crazy quilt....and hopefully one day, either have a duvet that i have made myself and be proud of, or a new blanky for kiddo....I have dreams of taking his outgrown clothes and scrapping them for the same things....it is lovely to dream...dream dream dream....
I have taken clothes i have bought and revamped a few items..making necesary adjustments...and revamped a pattern to work for me and not for the model on the package that is not like me at all...
This is creativity, the kind that i grew up with, the kind of homegrown creativity that seems to be dying in our culture....i know so few people who sew...in today's ready -made clothing society, handmade clothing is such a thing of the past, it seems.....or at least from what i can tell...most of the people iknow who do sew are into making purses or applique on those fuzzy blankets or towels....
where did the home sewers go? Where are they in my commuity?
How wil i make this a part of my own artwork?
These are the questions i have been asking myself lately....back in college i took an arthistory class that required me to find a curent event about art today...it ws not easy...without the help of theinternet, there wasn't much in our local publications...but i finally came across some artists who were incorporating the craft skills they grew up with into their fine arts....i fell in love with the idea, but felt like i could not do this if i wanted to get and "a" in my studio classes....i wanted the "a"....
But, now, i feel hopeful that i am at a place inmy life where i feel hopeful and confident in this incorporation.....i like that.....and i just want to immerse myself in it...
not really a post about vacation
I have not packed.....Not sure why, but i haven't really really felt that anxietty induced urge to organize my crap....
Not even right now, when i type this...hmmmmm weird....
Next week, not only will it be family vacation week, but it will be my SIL's birthday, and then my mother's birthday is this month an dmy brother's...
yesterday was my two year divorce anniversay and my brother and SIL's 11th wedding anniversay...August is an event packed month....weird...
And up to a few days ago i thought it was LL's birthday too...lol..but that was in july...(slapping my forehead...)
normally, i would have stressed over getting gifts together, packing the minutia of crap we will need into tubs and all the other business...this time, not so much...
I haven't even gone and had my nails done...which dearly need a makeover...and i am hesitant to go tomorrow,because sunday is the day after the nail techs go clubbing at the only place that is open on sunday....that means crazy nails and pain....and having to listen to them rehash the night's craziness....ugh not fun...plus they are still hung over...yikes...not good tohave your nails done by someone still seeing double....
i just want to sew.....I havebeen sewing the last few weekends, and i realized how much i have missed it...i love it...and hopefully i will make it a regular part of my life again....i have purchased several patterns i hope to whip into actuality....and have found more for boys clothing that are very cute and not 'homemade' looking...that is the trouble with boys clothes and sewing...there aren't very many available patterns that can be whipped out and turned into something special without looking too cutesy wootsey...kiddo is out of that stage....it is all boy now....
as i have cut and pinned adn sewed and reloaded bobbins, i remembered why i loved my sewing class in high school...and i remembered my grandmothers, one making patterns on her onw, the other hand sewing and making quilts....both showing me how to hand sew, crochet, and create from scratch, things they HAD to do...things i WANT to do...
I have already started a scrap bin...one in which i wil lstockile my "strings" to eventually make my own sort of crazy quilt....and hopefully one day, either have a duvet that i have made myself and be proud of, or a new blanky for kiddo....I have dreams of taking his outgrown clothes and scrapping them for the same things....it is lovely to dream...dream dream dream....
I have taken clothes i have bought and revamped a few items..making necesary adjustments...and revamped a pattern to work for me and not for the model on the package that is not like me at all...
This is creativity, the kind that i grew up with, the kind of homegrown creativity that seems to be dying in our culture....i know so few people who sew...in today's ready -made clothing society, handmade clothing is such a thing of the past, it seems.....or at least from what i can tell...most of the people iknow who do sew are into making purses or applique on those fuzzy blankets or towels....
where did the home sewers go? Where are they in my commuity?
How wil i make this a part of my own artwork?
These are the questions i have been asking myself lately....back in college i took an arthistory class that required me to find a curent event about art today...it ws not easy...without the help of theinternet, there wasn't much in our local publications...but i finally came across some artists who were incorporating the craft skills they grew up with into their fine arts....i fell in love with the idea, but felt like i could not do this if i wanted to get and "a" in my studio classes....i wanted the "a"....
But, now, i feel hopeful that i am at a place inmy life where i feel hopeful and confident in this incorporation.....i like that.....and i just want to immerse myself in it...
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