Picking up new things to try.

I love to keep my hand busy. I always tend to have 100 projects going at the same time. I guess it's the old adage of "idle hands are the devil's workshop" My husband hates the amount of UFOs (un finished objects) that run the house. I have come to realize that I am obsessed with thread arts. Most would see my stashes of thread, yarn, and floss and faint in the floor. I feel it's the zeal of learning an art form that hardly anyone does anymore. If you are ever around me for any length of time I am always doing something. Been with Zach for almost 8 years and he told me the other day.. "you know you have never uttered the words I'm bored or there is nothing to do." I am proud that i am NEVER bored.

I get so saddened by the sheer amount of woman my age who have hardly to no home skills what-so-ever. If you handed them 5 yards of fabric, a pattern, spool of thread, and a sewing machine and told them to make there own dress....I think they would cry. It just baffles my brain sometimes. but, I have to remember I come from a LONG LONG line of domestic Goddesses. We are MacGyvers of the sewing and thread arts world. (trying not to toot my horn-but I have got skills) One of the things that I was taught was never stop learning. If there is something you don't know how to do..ask or read. And with some of my work that is what I have done. B/c no one in my family knits and I learned off of You tube. So in that spirit i am learning some new skills. I have learned to Tat. which is easy and fun once you learn.

and I have learned to do an embroidery technique called Chicken scratch. It was very popular in pioneer days. It's making a comeback with people who love retro things (me)

I love the Joy of learning some new thing. I want to share so bad. Some women around here don't care. I am willing to offer lesson for free to anyone. They give me excuses like I don't have the patience to learn or sit down...but, they are watching stupid reality TV all night long. I just don't understand it. But I do have a glimmer of hope. The Local fabric shop asked if i would be interested in teaching Embroidery classes...so who knows. The only people I can get interested in crochet are men. Which is awesome. Men have the neatest and tightest stitches. I just wonder if this recession that we are living in and won't be out of for a long time if home arts will be back in everyones home. I hope so. So many people don't know what joy they are missing.