Somewhere in the middle

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I’ve been improving my skills with the needle over these last two days. The design was something that I decided to freehand after learning a few basic techniques. It’s not perfect and I prefer it that way. I’ve also noticed that when I’m getting to learn a new craft, I like to jump into it somewhere in the middle. I pick things up fairly quickly and I know myself well enough to understand that I need a lot of stimulation to stay interested, which explains why I set the toughness bar a little higher. 

Not gonna lie, working with tulle is a pain in the ass. There were some stitches that I couldn’t use because the strings of thread would clearly show through. I wanted to keep the design as clean as possible so there were several tests that I had to do. I also had to find a balance with the amount of strength I was using and slack I was giving. If I pulled too hard then awkward gaps would appear and then I’d accidentally make holes, leading me to check off another techniques that I couldn’t use on tulle.

Here’s a snapshot of my first practice run before I got serious about internally mapping a design. I was brainlessly working while keeping an open ear to the little humans running around the house. Multitasking at it’s greatest?

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_{I plan on tucking these precious articles of fabric away to to map my progress, similar to how I track my growth in other areas of art. Maybe I should start putting dates on them.}

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