Comments on: Welcome in STITCHES Blog Tour! https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/03/welcome-in-stitches-blog-tour/ find joy, be inspired, create beauty Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:43:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lyric Art — an invitation: the NC Artists Exhibition https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/03/welcome-in-stitches-blog-tour/#comment-11565 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:43:44 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=281#comment-11565 […] You can read a little bit about an “adventure” I had in creating this piece here. […]

]]> By: nanaandpapa1 https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/03/welcome-in-stitches-blog-tour/#comment-1588 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:01:48 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=281#comment-1588 It pains me to trash a project so I'll do almost anything to keep it going. There are also times that I'll just "let it be"
I have a quilt that brought $1400.00 at a charity auction and no one knows (well now they do) that there are carefully placed appliqué covering a spot where sunlight faded the computer printed fabric.

]]> By: Sue Roper https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/03/welcome-in-stitches-blog-tour/#comment-1587 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:58:19 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=281#comment-1587 If I make something I'm not happy with and don't know what to do with, I usually put it away in one of my UFO boxes and keep learning and playing with other projects, then I find that when I stumble across it again much later, I have new skills to deal with it then!
suziegirl123@hotmail.com

]]> By: thesewinggeek https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/03/welcome-in-stitches-blog-tour/#comment-1584 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:20:58 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=281#comment-1584 Creative design change. When I make a mistake and I need a solution because I am too far into a project this is what I do. Find a solution and call it a creative design change. Sometimes I have to admit defeat but I try to think outside the box. I think this is what all creative people do. It is hard for a "A" type personality not to be perfect but it happens. I do find setting something aside for a day or a night is a good tactic. Sometimes I get a friend to look at a piece to see what it is missing. I have a friends who I gather with to have "craft night" I am a fabric person, one is a weaver and another is a potter. We support each other and give advice. Mostly we listen to each other and we find our own solution.
I would love your book. I have looked at it 4 times when I have been in Chapters our Canadian version of Barnes and Noble. If I don't win I think is time to buy it!

]]> By: Jan from Wyoming https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/03/welcome-in-stitches-blog-tour/#comment-1583 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:24:16 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=281#comment-1583 If I have made a mistake, I often let the project sit for a day or two. Often I am surprised when I look at it again, that the mistake isn't that bad and I can either leave it alone or figure out a way work with it. Sometimes, if the mistake is really bad, I leave it be and move on to something else.

I am glad to participate in your drawing. I have always wanted a copy of your book, and would be thrilled to win!

I can be contacted at janfromwyoming@bresnan.net.

]]> By: SuzanneG https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/03/welcome-in-stitches-blog-tour/#comment-1582 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:28:31 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=281#comment-1582 Hi Lyric, I used to be worried about perfection; my children taught me that a flexible approach to life is much more fun. I honestly believe that most mistakes are opportunities for learning, reaching, creating! Too much control & planning can sap the "life" right out of life.
I hope to make your "Sketch-In" on the 18th; I can pick up the book then – if I win or if I don't!

]]> By: Cass https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/03/welcome-in-stitches-blog-tour/#comment-1581 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:51:12 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=281#comment-1581 Mistakes are just a reminder to lighten up! I've made some doozies, but in the grand scheme of things, they're not going to cause the world to stop spinning. I usually look for a way to fix it or work it into the design first. Add quilting, couching, funky embroidery, beading, paint, whatever. If that does not work, then I "retire" it or make it available for use in other pieces.

]]> By: Samantha Conklin https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/03/welcome-in-stitches-blog-tour/#comment-1580 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:57:56 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=281#comment-1580 I try to remind myself that this is supposed to look handmade and little imperfections are welcome.

]]> By: Sue Andrus https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/03/welcome-in-stitches-blog-tour/#comment-1579 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:30:57 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=281#comment-1579 Mistakes??? Yea, I've made my share…. once I cut a slice in the top of a quilt that I was showing while doing the finishing touches…. I did a Wonder Under fix- fused a bit of the same fabric underneath, holding things together, added fray check to keep the cut edges smooth, and now I can't find it myself because I don't remember where the boo boo was. Paint is also good for little spots that seem to appear out of nowhere and won't leave any other means.

]]> By: janice https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2011/03/welcome-in-stitches-blog-tour/#comment-1578 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:58:05 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=281#comment-1578 It depends, I often let it sit, sometimes I tear out stitches, and sometimes I just toss it.

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