As I've mentioned before, had it not been for Ellie I probably would not have started sewing in 2014. The main two reasons I started were:
1 - I was home more and was in need for a little "hobby" to connect with my brain for a few minutes in a corner of the house :).
2 - I had two girls now - the thought of matching dresses did it for me!
When I started out I had two big goals to shoot for. One was making the girls' Holy Communion dress. The countdown clock still shows a little less than 2 years on that one thankfully. The other goal was to make a summer blanket for our bed that was very lightweight and 'breathed' in the hot months.
I started this massive project - a king sized quilt with 394 appliqued flower petals - back in early spring. I wanted to get it done by the summer and thanks to a husband who has summers off and keeps the children distracted from the aforementioned corner of the house - I finished it last week!
As always I find great meaning in sewing. Making mistakes (one really big one on the back that took 4 hours to pick apart and start again!), slowing down, attention to detail, doing a simple task in an almost meditative state....all of these things give me peace and help me look at daily challenges with raising children differently. I try to slow down with them and enjoy the little things as much as possible.
Here they all are - they celebrated the completion by running around with it then all lying under it when I told them I was finished!
