Really annoyed that I’ve left my camera at work over the long weekend… I’ll add photos to this later.
Despite thinking the stitching for the footprints was going to take weeks, I finished them 2 days ago. Quite like them, but because of the colour of dress and thread, I’m unsure whether the footprints in the sand reading will loom too large. It’s one of those things you don’t see fully till it’s done. I’m on the lookout for another adult garment (probably dress, but haven’t ruled out the father figure as yet) so that I can try doing shoe prints instead.
If I make another adult piece, and make it less nice, if I hang it with the yellow dress it will change it hopefully, if part of a pair.
I think I was super-motivated to get the dress finished because I had this little white baby dress with a boot print on. I sat all day yesterday stitching and this is now finished(tendonitis also looming). I think this is much more satisfactory as it’s not so nice as “footprints in the sand” dress. (I have to stop calling it that.) Well, it’s nice (must use thesaurus for alternative to nice), but when you get up close it changes. I like that balancing point…. How long do you look at it for, how close do you get before you go….”urghhh”? I feel when I hang these pieces I should observe and make chalk marks on the floor at the point where “aah cute!” takes a turn for the worse.
I’ve started eavesdropping on conversations between parents and children, and jotting things in a notebook as I sneak round the corner. I might start whispering into a dictaphone.