What new skills do you want to learn?
Every week we will be posting one question to you guys in the hope to start an exciting thread of conversations on sewing, life, parenthood and of course linen. Our aim is to share and mix knowledge, to create a platform of solving obstacles together and generate new ideas to try out, we hope you will participate and enjoy.
As seasons change and my children grow older I find myself more aware of how little time there really is, and yet the list of things I would like to achieve in life keeps growing. Aspirations are healthy. And yet unproductive procrastination and endlessly growing lists of possible dreams is useless. There seems to only be one solution and that is simply to start and be proactive one step at a time. At the moment I am really interested in the art of rug making and its intricate ancient techniques. As I have children and mostly work at night, I find that youtube has become my main source of collective knowledge and inspiration. I learn better by watching, rather than reading instructions. I am also a runner, and with running I have learned that success rests on firm consistency of doing what makes one most happy, even if your trials end in errors at first, whenever I pursue, the feedback of positive energy I receive is worth the effort. Ease comes with time and a level of deep emotional satisfaction for small achievements. I find this to be one very important ingredient in the inevitably conceptual question of what makes one happy. My other secret skills to learn are driving (yes, I know. I live in London and we have excellent public transport, plus I walk everywhere), playing guitar and chatting away in Spanish.’
Do you have a list of skills or techniques you are longing to learn? If yes, how do you go about learning them? Is this at all important to you?
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Deb Bolcko
I’ll post here also….I’d love to learn how to make waxed bread bags! I make bread each week and a beautiful waxedlinen bag would be much more attractive than a plastic bag….and better for the environment. These would also make great gift. Bags holding a wonderful loaf of sourdough bread!
Amelia Vaughn
Hello! I was so glad to see this blog. I hope to stimulate some more interest here, as I could use the comments and suggestions myself. I am hoping to begin some small and very portable workout towels for my yogi daughter, incorporating a yoga embroidery with my embroidery machine. I’m very excited about it and hope she will love it as much as I hope. I look forward to her towel having the wonderful linen smell rather than a danky old terri towel.
Janet Bockman
I really want to learn to sew clothing with linen but the way it shifts around and ravels frightens me terribly! I just completed a dozen big bath towels, about two dozen linen washcloths of various linens and six sets of bedsheets, plus the pillowcases! I did a French seam in my sheets but had to teach myself how to do this. My husband helps me by laying the linen on the floor, measuring and then cutting for me to sew. I have a bad back and cannot get down on the floor. So much I would like to sew but I feel my knowledge is rather limited! I would appreciate any help or assistance I could get.
Janet in Arizona
christine ravish
I am compelled to make things. I sew for the love of the process, the beauty of natural fibers and the delight in a finished project. All things made with our hands have value, whether as a learning experience, a utilitarian object or as art.
If you are hesitant to try making things, just jump in and try one thing, with no comitment beyond that. If you don’t like the results, repurpose it. If you don’t enjoy the process, try another technique.
I pormise that when you find it, it will bring you joy. Sew On! Christine