About 20 years ago, I went in Melbourne Australia on a train and ended up coming home with 4 watercolour books.
I had being using acrylics which I loved. But with acrylic I was ruining all my clothes. I know , I know apron paint clothes etc etc. But that isn’t who I am. I have learnt that I have go with my inspiration. Anyway, I taught myself theough those books to watercolour paint.
I also learnt that the image in my head of how “I” wanted whatever I am working on was never how the peice wanted to be.
It has taken me a long long time , to be at peace with this. Good old perfectionism pokes it head in and says” omg! What a – insert insult here” but even in my quilting I have lumps and bumps. Nothing lines up. I have known my whole life that I couldn’t create , the way others do. Like those amazing quilters who have everything so perfect. Aren’t they just so talented and a gift to us all? I used to be so ashamed of doing any kind of art and it had rhe lumps and bumps. Splats and spills.
That is my art. My art is here for those who create just like me. Who see the lumps and bumps and just fall in love with it. My quilts are so toasty and homey
How do you cope when perfectionism comes to visit? Do you stand to attention or challenge it?
Perfectionism can prevent the creative flow of want ever you are working on.
My blue fairy quilt was made as I healed from domestic violence, I had to move back in with my parents and the stitching was quite meditative.
One part of my fabric work that I truly love is i use a combination of second clothing/fabric and brand new.
I love upcycling and giving new life to a old piece of clothing and turning it into and soft toy.
Until tomorrow!
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Love
Kol
Kol's Fabric School 