Not only am I working on tapestry design and making, I have also enrolled for a Dijanne Cevaal online workshop, the Traveller's Blanket. (It was on the front cover of Quilting Arts Magazine recently.) This is not just a technique workshop, it is about having a story to tell and then using that story to influence how the blanket develops. So there is a lot of thought involved - as well as the actual dyeing and sewing. My story hasn't started yet, there are just nebulous ideas floating around - in with all the other ideas, very confusing.
I am actually looking forward to the sewing, it will be hand sewing that I can do while watching tv (as long as it isn't sport). It is not really the weather to be holding a blanket on your lap but autumn will be here soon and the weather will be more conducive to it - I hope.
And then there is the attempt to do some daily doodles and lino cutting. And the fortnightly playday group.
I miss the textile design course I did, the discussions of how people are developing their ideas, how they are going about making the pieces, etc. I think it focussed me as well as gave me other ideas and approaches to think about. But our assignments usually worked in conjunction with each other and I didn't have too many ideas floating around (well, not all that often). Although I enjoy the challenges of the different groups I am in, I need to compartmentalise them, or reduce the number I am trying to develop at one time.
2 comments:
...as long as it isn't sport - LOL! We are soul mates, Mary. I can't STAND all the sport on the media.
Hi Gina,
I'm not altogether against sport on tv, I do watch some AFL (when my team plays interstate) but not much else. And you can't watch sport and sew, you have to look up too much to see what is going on.
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