It dawned on me yesterday....the reason for this, the reason for my embroidery obsession and to some extent my titivated book obsession....
I just want to embellish, simple as that. I want to embroider, to adorn.
There doesn't have to be an end product, the satisfaction is in the stitching, the embellishment of cloth and paper. My little books are a vehicle to hold and protect that hand work.
This is what makes me happy. This is who I am creatively.
The images today....the creation of an embroidered sleeve to secure the pages in this little book. Is it essential? Probably not. Is it a reason to embroider more for this little book, to take that embellishment further? Yes.
I'm always looking for the next 'extra' thing I can do to my work. Can I embroider the reverse? Can I make a little pocket to hold this embroidered cloth?
That begs the question, do I know when something is finished?
Never would be my answer. If it can be embellished more, taken further then it will be, it has to be. There is no need for a 'finishing line'. Do what makes you happy Karen.
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A little book of sewing.
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