March 29, 2021
If you weren’t an author, what other art would you likely pursue?
Some of you already know the answer. I’ve mentioned it here several times. I may even find time for it again once I’ve retired from my day job and have the time.
I love doing various kinds of needlecraft. Embroidery, crewel, needlepoint. I tried knitting and crochet back in the dark ages, and never caught the urge to get good at them.
But give me a needlepoint canvas or crewel cotton fabric and let me go to work. I’ve created some heirlooms.
I’ve also embroidered baby quilts for my kids and grandkids, as well as several nieces and nephews. There are pillows and tablecloths and various other projects out in the world that I’ve given away. There was a time when I did projects for a local gift and handicraft shop. There’s no way of knowing where they ended up.
Frankly, I’ve run out of room to display additional examples of my work, and I’ve put aside doing more. But I miss it. I’m itching to find a project I can do without taking too much time away from my writing. But I tend to go for large and complex designs. Like this one. It’s one corner of a tablecloth that took about five years to complete. With the stitches I used, each flower petal took about half an hour to do.
I wonder what type of art our other authors do? Come with me as I find out my following the links below.
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March 29, 2021
If you weren’t an author, what other art would you likely pursue?
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Very nice work. I do cross-stitch, that fabric is so much finer.
Back before my eyes got old, I could stick a needle through the same hole in material as I embroidered. In fact, I had to learn not to do that when I was making French knots. (The directions say to get as close as possible to where you brought your thread through the material- they forgot to mention it couldn’t be the same spot!)
How clever! I couldn’t do anything like that. Don’t think I’d have the patience, even if the eyes were good enough.
I love the almost mathematical part of Needlepoint. Plus, the holes in the canvas are big enough to make it easy on old eyes.
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Wow you are talented. I find so many authors/poet etc have another talent up their sleeves. This proves me right. Congrats. Lovely.
Thank you, Jane. I’m not sure I could do the tablecloth anymore, but the needlepoint is still a possibility.
Sadly fingers do become stiffer and eye-sight not so great but I think these are gorgeous.