Sewing Right Along...

[sakon76]

Seven flowers done, one more to go. Took the embroidery with me to the CGW Christmas party yesterday for something to keep my hands busy. It rather surprised me what percentage of the people who commented on it had remarks more or less amounting to "oh, I could never do that." I guess I'd just had a train of assumption going from "costumer" to "sewer" to "more likely to know embroidery," particularly given a slight skewing of the group toward historical costuming. I don't know why, as most of the costumers I know from cosplay aren't that big on hand embroidery either....

I have a purring lapwarmer. And the kitty has a heated sleeping pad. Thus is balance maintained....

Comments

[spiderlove.livejournal.com]

See, I fail at sewing, but like embroidery, when I have the time. I'm not very *good* at it, but I like doing it. <3

[hoshikage.livejournal.com]

I totally could do hand-embroidery, I'm sure. I just don't want to. :D

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Anyone can do hand embroidery. It's not at all difficult. It's just that so few people do and that somehow people think it's hard. It's the thinking it's hard bit that I don't get. All I'm doing (for this piece at least) is coloring inside the lines. Using thread and three (basic)stitches: satin, outline, and French knot. So I don't quite get how it's difficult.

In your case, it's much more time-efficient for you to use that nifty machine you've got for it. ^_^ But for me, it's arguably not so much about the destination as it is about the journey.