I think my favorite thing about creating is the ongoing opportunity to learn.
I am happily still plugging away at this mermaid. I have finally taken the plunge and begun sewing things down.
For weeks I’ve continued to work on what I could while I figured out how I wanted to stitch things and how they would be layered. As I was finishing up a third hibiscus it occurred to me seemingly out of nowhere that I had reached critical mass on the design wall in the shape of little yellow pins.
Something was going to have to get sewn down or putting it all together at the end was going to be very difficult trying to keep all the pieces organized.
I took my photo with the last hibiscus so I could go back to what I’ve accomplished so far and I started taking pieces off the wall. Here is my plug for why documenting is so important. I will go back to these images over and over while I sew things down to figure out the best way to layer them and how I saw it. It takes the guesswork out of the work. And, I’m going to be away from it again for a few days so remembering my intentions will be much harder.
I am still not sure of a lot, but what I am sure of now has stitching over it. Learning to let go and trust the creative process. Making and remaking until I get it right.
Here’s to the ongoing continuation of the forever work in progress.
#alwayslearning