Oh, those misses, I seem to be having my fair share lately. Not so much throw-in-the-trash misses, but projects that haven't turned out how I wanted.
At first I thought about not blogging it, but it’s all part of the process, so here it goes. I’ve had the idea of this bag in my mind a while, so with my chic chic dress momentum, I dove in. My goodness, I agonized about the fabric choices, but with my little stack in hand, I thought I had a winner. In a stack, these fabrics looked lovely together, really.
But on execution, uh, not so much. After I made this bag up, I couldn’t help but think about those jeans I wore in middle school with the acid washed panels. Man, I thought those were cool! But I’m no longer in middle school, and it is no longer 1985. In non-bag form, denim never once crossed my mind about this fabric. Perhaps if I had stuck with one tone it wouldn’t be so bad. I don’t think this bag is awful, just not what I envisioned. Oh well, live and learn
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***I know that I am super critical, and after putting it away for a few days and looking at it today in natural daylight, I don't think it's that bad at all! I might even use it if I don't decide to put it in my shop.
Immediately upon completion I felt a little defeated, so I went up to my sewing room, just to be. I ended up piecing some fabric scraps that I had laying on my sewing table for another project that started as one thing, then turned into something else which I can’t talk about because it’s top secret – got it? Okay.
And then I played around some more, pulling more fabrics which eventually turned into this bag, which I’m totally digging. Okay, I love it. Patchwork, rich tones, dots, a few pleats – totally me, and it felt good. This would be the hit.
Through making these two bags I learned an important lesson - I can’t force it. I’ve been doing a lot of forcing lately trying to get my groove back. Yes, I think all of it was necessary. And now I'm no longer forcing it, but riding the wave....until I get distracted by another creative idea or crafty endeavor. Nope, it never ends!!
Happy weekend, friends!
