Handsewing for my soul.

Yesterday, shane took olee to science world after his nap time and so I had alittle time and energy to indulge in some sewing. It was so amazingly satisfying and felt like I was feeding a thirst that burned to be quenched. When was the last time I felt that? I was thinking back and realized it had been 6 whole months since I had sewn anything!!! 6 months! Where did that time go? Well, the first 3 were spent on the couch nursing my nausea and exhaustion from the 1st trimester, and the last 3 were spent preparing for, going on and recovering from our big trips to Isreal and Saskatchewan. With a very limited supply of energy going into creating a new baby within me and taking care of my 2.5 year old, the energy left for sewing and creating was hardly there. So all that said, I was very thankful for the time and energy I had yesterday to be creative and throughly enjoyed it.

I also remembered how much I love to hand sew. Last week I made a new curtain for “Our room” aka mine and shane’s room that we just aquired a few weeks ago (as it was our office until then) and now will relish the peaceful uninterupted sleep for 3 more months until it becomes “the baby and my room” as shane will probably end up sleeping in the living room again! Anyhow…

I decided to applique a felt animal onto the curtain as I had done previously with olee’s curtain and finally after much thought chose the kitten. I love cats and even more kittens and so thought it was befitting for my room/sewing room/baby’s room. It respresents playfulness, joyfulness and an inner tranquility that I need so much in my life right now.