Hefty Hems and Letters

 A day spent in my sewing room started with a simple project:  a shower curtain, made from Blaze Ori. 

I call the bottom a hefty hem.  I made it 2.5" in height.  A bigger piece needs a bigger hem.  A skirt, top, casual dress doesn't need as hefty a hem.  One inch will do.  Curtains?  Hefty!

And then I moved over to my desk, that was my mom's.  And write a few letters to friends.

I have 3 women in my life who exchange regular notes/letters with me.  This is a great joy in my life.  Especially as over the summer, I've acquired love letters from my grandfather Fred to my grandmother Julia, in 1928.  And have read, and read, and read them.

And although my correspondence with these 3 women, whom I each admire in different ways and they make be a better person, is not as frequent as a text or email could be, I love the slowness and deliberateness of our words to each other.  We don't have to blurt things that pop into our heads, like we can do with social media.  

So, I sit at this desk  and write, and think of my mom, and find great joy in this moment.  And think about creativity, and that it's not just in one art.  Sewing, writing, reflecting - all embrace the creative soul:

Photos of ones I love.  Pincushions.  Notecards

Journals, notebooks....can't have too many!

This desk where I sit

Letters and notecards written to me. 
Blank paper waiting to be filled.