Yesterday I went into the studio to work on a project that has a deadline. I have been contemplating a design decision for a bit and decided on a course of action. I could not delay any longer so I made my cut and sewed my first seam.
You know the old adage, 'Measure twice, cut once'? Well I should have 'pinned and flipped twice' and then maybe I would have cut once. My first cut was in the wrong place. Get out the seam ripper and reverse sew what I just sewed. Re-cut, sew, figure out how to fix the first bad cut, repeat. I think I had to reverse sew every seam I put in at least once. Some twice. Not my finest hour or two.
I don't know if this was a case of my subconscious saying 'I didn't like the original design so I am going to change it without telling you' or just one of those days when I should have picked up a book and just read all day. I did get to a point where I left in what I had sewn.
I will be back in the studio today to continue on. This piece is an original design. I have my design sketch and my basic color palette. I have tweaked some of the design areas and will be using some unconventional materials so there is a fair amount of problem solving that still needs to be done. I am hopeful that my problem solving switch is in the ON position today. It was definitely OFF yesterday.
What sort of trials or successes are you experiencing during our national indoor recess?
You know the old adage, 'Measure twice, cut once'? Well I should have 'pinned and flipped twice' and then maybe I would have cut once. My first cut was in the wrong place. Get out the seam ripper and reverse sew what I just sewed. Re-cut, sew, figure out how to fix the first bad cut, repeat. I think I had to reverse sew every seam I put in at least once. Some twice. Not my finest hour or two.
I don't know if this was a case of my subconscious saying 'I didn't like the original design so I am going to change it without telling you' or just one of those days when I should have picked up a book and just read all day. I did get to a point where I left in what I had sewn.
I will be back in the studio today to continue on. This piece is an original design. I have my design sketch and my basic color palette. I have tweaked some of the design areas and will be using some unconventional materials so there is a fair amount of problem solving that still needs to be done. I am hopeful that my problem solving switch is in the ON position today. It was definitely OFF yesterday.
What sort of trials or successes are you experiencing during our national indoor recess?
Work in progress...most of the time.
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