Accept
I struggle to accept I am only human. It is very much a glass half full vs. empty thing for me. When I am practicing yoga the teacher reminds me it isn’t about succeeding at the latest “arm balance” pose being demonstrating, but working towards that pose. OK. Still with my 71st birthday on the horizon, reaching 71 is much closer than doing a side crow. It is a struggle, but I am able to accept I will never reach side crow. Although, I do continue to do much of the prep work needed to head that in that direction.
Sue
It is much harder for me to accept that I can only accomplish so much in the studio from one week to another. Why? Beats me. Perhaps it too, is an awareness of my age. How many years do I have left with the space, mental facility and physical stamina to create. Does that mean I am giving up? Absolutely not.
I squeezed in a couple hours on Thursday to work on Sue. Not all art work shows clear visible progress. There is a fair amount of prep work needed. This week I focused on getting Sue ready to be removed from her temporary background and on to her permanent one. Most of the work happened on the backside. In order to do all that intense thread painting I had adhered layers of tear away stabilizer behind the areas to be stitched. Anything not covered by thread needed to be removed. I picked out some stay stitching since it was interfering with tearing away the stabilizer. Finally, I very carefully cut out the background section encircled by Sue’s knees and arms. Hopefully, the side by side “slider” image allows you to see what I have done.
Rainbow Scrap Challenge
There is nothing like a new color of the month to boost my energy level. This month’s color is purple. It just happens to be a favorite of mine. Although, as an artist, I accept every color these days.
If you look at the blue print in the above image, you can see what March calls for. I began by making the purple “fabric” from my scraps. Since this is my fourth color (I did the dark blue in 2023) I finally have the fabric making down to a science. I even managed to cut the 36 purple half square triangles I will need. Finally, I squeezed in time to sew four of those to my already, nearly complete dark blue to be combined with purple blocks.
Not too shabby for a week’s work. I can accept that.
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