Celebration of New Zealand's wonders...........

Yippee I finished something out of my little book!! It just so happened that my New Zealand friend was having a birthday, I found a beautiful New Zealand tablecloth and New Zealand needs to be recognised for it's beauty in amongst all the tragedy that is occurring. So my friend got a bag made from a New Zealand tablecloth for her birthday, hopefully it will cheer her up!

Pillowcase Princesses

What a stinker of a day! Yesterday was bad enough but today is awfully hot and humid, typical February weather I suppose! I managed to stay coolish yesterday by sewing and watching trashy movies with my sister and mum. I didn't venture into the One metre wonders book as promised but instead made 3 pillowcase dresses for my nieces. I'm pretty pleased with them as it was my first try. The princesses look gorgeous in them (they make great models as they would look great in sugar sacks) so I'll try to post a photo. Now the trick is to not rest on my laurels and continue sewing today. I think I'll have a go at something out of the book, maybe a shopping bag or cover for my sewing machine. Hopefully I won't melt today and my next posting will be about how I managed to keep up the momentum and create another masterpiece. Until then......

looking for motivation

Found some gorgeous books in the city today, unfortunately my budget is squeezed tighter now that I've decreased hours at my 'regular' job so I could only justify the one purchase. 'One Metre Wonders' is jammed full of inspiring little projects that seem like good little kick-starters. Great ideas that lend themselves to being extended if you want. Mmmm maybe I'm spruiking the book a little too much but it definitely was motivating. Says she who hasn't been near her machine for 3 days.... I'll pick something from the book, make it on the weekend and include some photos on here, that's a promise! I'm looking for inspiration from anywhere so if anyone has got some ideas that would be fantastic.

Introductions first............

Hey I've finally made it! Who would have thought that I could get myself this far without at least one phonecall to some tech-savvy friend or relative to guide me through. I wouldn't say that I know what I'm doing or anything but the instructions are fairly clear so I didn't really have an excuse. I'm trying very hard to get this done today but really good avoidance opportunities keep coming up so it's taking me a very long time. I think that I'm the absolute Queen of Procrastination, even when I'm excited and happy to be doing something I still have to procrastinate. Old habits die hard!
I suppose I need to explain what I'm doing here.... Life so far for me has been pretty good, a few hiccups here and there but in general I've had an interesting, fun life. However, just recently I've noticed that things have got a bit stale and I haven't felt that exciting buzzy feeling that comes with leading an adventurous life. I've thought long and hard about what's changed and I've come to the conclusion that it's me.
I don't mean that I've changed in any obvious way, I think it's more like a refining process. I could say it's a mid-life crisis but I won't because then I sound old. I think that the phrase 'identity crisis' is less age specific so I think that I might go with that. I want to live the life that I dream about, that I've always dreamt about but never lived. Much to my surprise it didn't just happen because I wanted it or dreamt it and no knight in shining armour came along and swept me into my land of make believe.
So to cut a long story a bit shorter, I'm at a crossroads and I've decided that I have to give myself the opportunity to try to lead the creative life that I've dreamt of or I'm going to go crazy.