And that was May.
May always feels like quite a long month to me, but not this year. The days continue to fly by and even though the days are getting longer here in the northern hemisphere, there never seem to be enough hours.
As always, a few stitches every day.
It’s been mostly winding/processing thread (and orders, thank you) and checking in with the various Making Zen groups and posts this month. Next month I hope to make a little time just for me.
Of course we can’t ‘make’ time. It’s all the same time. The same twenty-four hours in every day, perpetual motion as the minutes pass and the world turns.
It’s very easy to get caught up in the minutiae of daily life, and sitting with needle and thread for a few minutes every day is very calming.
I calculated that it’s 1,247 days since I started this practice. I guess that’s a lot of stitching.
I sometimes wonder where these annual stitch calendars will end up. I was half-joking when I said in my Making Zen chat with Kate that I might exhibit them when I’ve got ten years’ worth. Only another six and a half years to go, if that turns out to be a thing.
The other side is important too: the side we don’t see, the side that forms the foundation and stability for daily work. The side that shows where you went and how you got there. It doesn’t need to be tidy or neat. Beneath the surface I suspect we’re all a fairly chaotic jumble of thoughts and feelings. It’s a kind of map, I guess. I think of these things as maps of time.
Looking forward to meeting June tomorrow:
A warm welcome to all of you who are new to the blog as a result of Making Zen. Nothing much happens here, but if you enjoy a few quiet moments now and again then you’re probably in the right place. If you’re thinking of beginning your own daily stitching journey, please do take a look at my online class Intuitive Daily Stitching. Learn at your own pace, and watch as many times as you like.
And if you enjoyed my Making Zen workshop, you can take those ideas and techniques a bit further with my Stitched Samples for Sketchbooks course.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend.
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I’ve loved my daily stitching and have only have 3 months left to finish 3 years. I look back over the stitching I’ve done and can’t believe I actually did it all, they are so eclectic.
I’m thinking of doing a travellers rug (by Origidij) but at the moment I’m mulling over how to go about it. Maybe a daily stitch on a template of fabric, then attach that to the backing and then embroider around.
You’ve been my inspiration on this stitching journey, thank you. I’ll always need your threads, they are my favourites to stitch. Here’s to our future projects.
All the best for the next 6 and a half years.
Suzie Gerrard
Melbourne, AUS
Thanks so much Suzie; really it’s amazing how quickly the time passes. So glad you’re enjoying your daily stitch practice. I started the traveller’s rug too a couple of years ago but I’m afraid it’s languishing in my UFO pile 🫢 Proof I guess that there’s never enough time… but good luck with yours, that sounds like a great plan
And as always, so very pretty. I think a 10 year exhibit is a wonderful idea.
thanks so much, Norma. Here’s to the next 6 and a half years!
10 years would be a thing! And I’m sure that it would show how no two days are exactly the same even though taken as a whole, there may be some days appearing very similar. So, no pressure there eh!
ha! settle down for the long game and watch this space 😀
I think they are for Having Done, in a sense, aren’t they? Although a ten year exhibition would be quite something to see, too…!
I might even have finished Placidus by then…
Ha, let’s see where the years take us…