Changes, even good changes can take time to adjust to. Moving unsettles everything. All the sewing supplies are packed away and scattered throughout the rest of the household items. We're renovating our house while camping out in an apartment across the street. We have half a house worth of stuff crammed into a tiny apartment.
I was sleeping on a nice air mattress bed until it molded, now I pull the sofa bed out each night and sleep there. Looking on the bright side, I was able to borrow a card table and set up my machines. I cannot tell you what a sigh of internal relief this brought me.
Check out the rest of the room. Every time we go out to the moving container I discover more treasures and drag them home. Bits of me slowly coming back together.
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| Bet you can't guess what project is up next in my sewing queue. ;) If I ever finish gluing... |
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| My hanging ironing board doesn't mind chilling with my bath towel. |
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| I literally stopped in the middle of a project to snap these photos because of that glorious sunshine coming through the window. It's amazing how much light can cheer you up. |
With new people, experiences and jobs, spotty internet and cell service, being able to pick up needle and thread and gain confidence in creating has been therapeutic. It hasn't fixed all my problems or made all the anxiety and confusion go away or shortened my to do list but it has given me brief moments of peace. It has allowed me to create beauty out of the chaos.
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| Eye candy for now... my silk dresses. Left is a new TNT pattern. Right is a Japanese pattern. |
And while I haven't gotten up the courage to photograph my latest creations I had no problem filling my pockets with sewing paraphernalia and traipsing out to the backyard scattering buttons and stabbing pins in trees for some fairy sewing photos.
In a time when I feel quite blown about in spirit I'm grasping at the threads I DO have in an attempt to keep me anchored. So hello Sewing Machine. Hello Sewing Friends. I'm glad you are here.
8 comments:
In all of the tiny spaces that I have lived in, there has always been a sewing area. Sometimes, it's just a corner of my kitchen table, but that is enough. Thanks for reminding us that it is not the size of our sewing room, but the satisfaction of what we create that matters.
Thanks Angela! You are so right!
Love the fairy sewing photos! Glad your space is starting to come together...I can imagine that helps it feel like home. :)
Thanks Susan! I had a lot of fun taking them.
Isn't it lovely what sewing and being crafty can do to help with anxiety? I get anxious too and find that I just totally switch off and concentrate on my project, so I can forget my worries for a little while. I'm so happy your sewing nook is coming together, there's nothing better :)
Oh yes! Theraputic sewing has never been more evident in my life than now.
By the way, do the comments I leave on your blog posts come through? I always get emails saying I've been rejected because of my google name...
Hmmmm, I'll have a look into that - I'm pretty sure I've approved recent comments from you! So I think they are coming through...
Glad I could be an encouragement! Hope you get something set up soon!
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