I've spent much of the past year trying to come up with a hobby to keep myself busy and keep my mind active. I thought about photography but that's a lot of junk to carry around. And I am not all that good at it. Oh, I know you get better as you practice something, but I am one that thinks there needs to be some sort of innate talent toward that thing to begin with. I am probably wrong about that, but for now, I still believe it. I thought about just having my blog as my hobby again, but that didn't seem very relaxing or soothing. Then I got interested in art journals. I saw blogs about them, checked out books from the library, sought out the cost of supplies and then I realized just how much paper and "stuff" and space I'd need to work on the darn thing, what with glues and paints and markers and such. Suddenly, I lost interest. And I still had no hobby.
Yesterday, I was browsing through my blog list and came across a lovely post about hand-embroidered pillowcases over at Pleasant View Schoolhouse. If you haven't visited Anna's lovely blog home, you are missing a beautiful place filled with lovely inspiration. Anyway, Anna posted about some pillowcases she embellished with embroidery. I was inspired. I did a little bit of embroidery as a teenager. My aunt used to embroider a lot and I have a few of her handmade pieces. Embroidery is portable, fairly inexpensive since it's really just the hoop, needles and thread. So many free patterns are available online and from lovely ladies all around the blogosphere. I'm eager to get started. But I also need to remember to be patient with myself.
If any of you have tips about embroidery, feel free to pass them along.
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I didn't know many people still embroidered by hand. So many sewing machines have special settings for it now. I hope you get on well with it Karla.
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