Feeling Unstitched

Since this all began

I've been stitching windy gusts around my windswept tree

happy to have work at the stage

when rhythmic stitched meditation can take over.

After a day's stitching

an important part of my process

is to pin the piece on a design wall

take a quick look and react.

Usually this means trying out bits and pieces of cloth or thread colour

and leaving them there overnight

to react to them first thing in the morning with fresh eyes.

On Monday night however

my immediate thought was

Oh, my goodness, I have to unstitch all that wind!

.....

I went to bed.

Next morning my reaction was just the same.

So I started unpicking.

How much unpicking you may ask

....well....

I started first thing Tuesday morning

Handy Hubby then decided he had to

vacuum all the rugs

and then

shampoo all the rugs.

He did that by lunchtime.

I unpicked for two days!

The Rusty Pups thought it was pretty boring.

I found it quite calming.

Once I have made a decision like that

I commit fully.

I should tell you why....

That Monday night

it hit me that my beautiful elegant tree

was being overwhelmed by those messy winds.

When I started the wind was an important part of the story

Now I am relegating it to background noise!

So today I will start calming the wind down

and feel secure in the knowledge that I have done the right thing.

Perhaps my windy stitching didn't work

because

for the past few weeks I should have been

with these two little monkeys

whom I haven't held in my arms for ages now.

Usually I get to visit them at least twice a year.

I wonder when I will see them next

in these days of uncertainty.

I know many of us are wondering the same thing.

Love my little honeybunches

See you on FaceTime tonight!