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If embroidery gives you pleasure, just keep doing it. It may be you need to practice to get your skills back where they were but even if they don't come back fully, just have fun!
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Don't be so hard on yourself. The embroidery I did years ago is different than what I do now. Then I took such tiny, tiny stitches, however, I believe my work is still beautiful, just different. I think that if I invested in brighter lighting and perhaps a magnifying piece, I could do that again, as I know my eyes are so much different now, things change.
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I think this message from Aileen is really beautiful and oh so true! Maybe that is what old age is for: to celebrate our past triumphs and expertise and share our wisdom with others. Embroidery is hard. Life is hard!
embroidery is hard. really hard. i am relatively young and i find myself so very frustrated by how tired my hands get, how strained my eyes feel sometimes, how disappointed i can be in my own work. be gentle with yourself. and if the best days of your fancy needle work are behind you, choose the best pieces and treat yourself to a gorgeous framing job, and celebrate your own good works. |
If ten years have past then you are entitled to be a little shaky. Do it for the enjoyment and not for perfection......
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I use crafters gloves. Sometimes I just wear them during the day. I take them off sometimes when I sew or hand embroider. It helps a lot. Luann Also available at amazon and overstock and walmart.
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Dotha, You are MUCH TO CRITICAL of your work. I also do embroidery and yes we do see differences in our work, but a LOT of things have to do with this. How much or how little you have been doing it at that time. I have found that if I'm honest with myself, my work is still as good if I don't embroider as long at any one time. Between my neck, back, hands and eyes taking brakes keeps my work looking the way I like it. So PLEASE STOP being so hard on your self.
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So very weird to run across this post just now.....because I too just found this morning an embroidery piece with trapunto that I did back in the late '80s, early '90's. It was a pillow top and I never made it into a pillow so I was able to inspect both sides. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I mean it was so good I looked at it for several minutes asking myself...."Did I do this on a machine?" But I know I didn't, I did not have a machine and I distinctly remember embroidering by hand. Sigh, I was a lot younger then and it did make me a bit sad. There is no way I can sew that beautifully today. And sadly I didn't even realize way back then that I was that good! Age.......Blech! :D
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Dotha could it be you are just out of practice as far as your embroidery? Because the quilt that is your avatar is stunning.
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Originally Posted by Tartan
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We all have to learn to work within our bodies limitations as we get older. My mother has Macular Degeneration in her eyes and I am hoping that isn't in my future. My arthritis limits how long I can work at any task now. Growing old isn't for wimps but it beats the alternative.
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Originally Posted by Quilter 65
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Just keep doing it if it gives you pleasure. Some of our most treasured notes are from a grandmother who was nearly blind. The lines are crooked, cross each other and no i's were ever dotted nor t's crossed as it that would cause her to lose her place. The heart is what matters. At any age, our talents vary.
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