sanity

I find when I am stressed or depressed, I like to sew.  Currently it means making clothes.  Black dresses in particular.  But I really do not need to make myself anything.  During the winter storms, I spent a lot of time at my sewing machine.  That treadle machine I purchased when I was 18 because I always wanted to live off grid.  It always works.

I ended up making three dresses.  I hand sewed most of the hems so to make the process last longer.  Letting creative last longer.  I made the black dress that was wandering around my head.  I sewed the red jersey dress I had already cut out and it had been sitting to be sewn for six months or more.  I made a linen dress as a gift for a friend.

All of these helped my state of mind.  More so then crocheting.  I need to cut out squares for quilts but I will also say that is not really were my head is either.  Lots of little bits.  I may play with some bigger bits into scene quilts.  Just ideas.

I am off to my Dad's.  More doctor visits are need pre-op.  But it is forward moving.  I should check the weather.  I was walking this afternoon and wishing I was in the shade.  The weather changes fast here.