taking a moment really quickly to thank you all for your kindness and support. the images are now being shared on parenting.com. (my website was overwhelmed with the amount of people and had to take a two day break. pfft!)
i truly feel like there has been a door opened to this platform i have been dreaming of. it’s always been in the back of my mind- that all i want to do is reach one woman. that all i want to do is reach young women before it all starts. and, with your help… we’re doing it. we’re changing the way we want society to feel about women. changing the way we judge ourselves and others. thank you… for opening your mind and seeing that possibility.
i didn’t expect to start now. i just asked my husband to take a picture for me…. i just happened to be wearing massive knickers at that moment. hahaha! oh. totally keeping it real over here.
ahem!
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i’m revelling in the fact that i’ve gotten a project done! well, one teensy tiny little easy portion of a major project anyway. but still, progress.
having my hands full of baby all the time. i mean, all the time. (i’ve been typing this for the past hour and a half.. and now with one hand)
i’m starting to juggle finding that little sweet spot moment when you can do something for yourself. that feels productive. that has nothing to do with folding a mountain of clothes.
clothes just get dirty again. pfft to that!
so what i’ve found is that i need to start playing in other creative mediums. it’s hard for me to get my paints out- it just doesn’t work.. but- digital drawing on the tablet while she naps… no mess, no fuss. can stop or start at any time. and yesterday, embroidering while nursing her, swaying her, and putting her to sleep in the ergo. yeah. how cool is that?! i’ll go ahead and say that i was burning calories too, because i was moving around. hahaha!
i’ve had this idea for a long time coming- a quilt with a story for claire. while i was pregnant i began embroidering one piece, a baby surrounded by a blue orb- like how i dreamt of her.
a week after her birth, i did her footprints (they didn’t do it in the hospital after her birth like most people get). i didn’t have an ink pad, so instead used a tube of watercolour paint on the bottom of her foot, and pressed it to my sketch book. all about improvising.
anyway, i knew i wanted her footprints for this quilt idea.
such an easy project to do- even if you don’t consider yourself artistic or crafty.
how i did it:
lay piece of muslin cloth over your design- i used a watercolour pencil to trace it. i would have used any pencil.
stretch fabric in hoop
thread needle with embroidery floss
follow. the. lines. (i used a split stitch)
really really.
pop your baby in your carrier. stand up and rock and sway and nurse if necessary- all the while threading needle in and out of hoop. ta-daa!
took about ten minutes total, and i have a piece of her story, handmade… for her fingers to trace along years and years from now.
another idea i’m loving and planning on doing at some point is this embroidered family hands piece.
nothing stopping this mama from creating. just have to play in different mediums.
what are you working on these days, or what projects are you lusting to try?