My life feels pretty busy at times, but I do try to fill my time with something that is just for me anyway. At the beginning of the year, I participated in the #stitchbookchallenge2024. Ann Wood introduced this challenge and you can read all about it on her website ann wood handmade. Basically you create 20 pages by stitching each for 15 minutes for 5 days. 100 days later you have 20 pages you sew together in a book. I had a little laps during our spring break trip (we went to New York) but otherwise the 15 minutes were very doable. When I read that Tobia is doing the 100 day project again and it really inspired me. Have you done something like that? Would you? It was a highlight of my day and helps me relax better than any meditation would. I guess it is a form of meditation now that I think of it. I love doing things with my hands and it gave me some stitching practice. The saying ‘practice makes perfect’ really rings true in this case for me.
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I’ve never done anything like that, but I think your accomplishment is great! Do you sew by hand or with a machine? I don’t know how to use a sewing machine. When I was a kid and very into Little House on the Prairie, my mom and I both sewed some quilt blocks, but we did it by hand and mine was horrible. Hers was very good.
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I do both but this was done by hand. I like to sew but it takes time and patience. I sometimes sew clothes and I made one quilt. That felt like it took me forever. Maybe with company it would be more fun?
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That is so cool! I love how it’s just a few minutes a day. I think I might try something like this to brush off my sewing machine and get back into the rhythm of using it. I’m definitely bookmarking that page you linked to!
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The time commitment was really not bad at all and it reminded me of how much I enjoy doing something like that.
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This is beautiful, Meike!
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Thank you, San!
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This is so beautiful. Ive loved already when you shared on instagram. Stitching is not my fortitude or where I find joy but it is so lovely to look at. Great job. And you made a 100 days. I am still not done with my project and am not sure I’ll finish this time around.
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Not finishing is completely fine I think. I was really impressed by the word pages you did last year. We all do what we can and I am sure even without finishing this year you did learn something from it, right? I can’t even count the times when I thought about a project that I did not finish in the end because time got the better of me.
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Definitely true. I realized during this project that I am not as invested as last years. I like to draw but combining poems and collage is more exciting. I guess I just have to officially decide I am done.
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I would completely understand.
You do have my support on that 😉
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