merrileemakes: A speech bubble saying "I am getting a little frustrated a *lot*, yes" (frustrated)
Since I had my sewing machine out after making the handwoven tops I decided to do a bit more sewing with handwoven fabric. But then, catastrophe.

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My partner and I don't really do Christmas because of our combined childhood and family trauma. But I suspected she'd gotten me a little gift and I was struggling to think of something to gift her in return. Then a pre-Christmas chat at [community profile] everykindofcraft prompted the idea to make her something.

Partner had mentioned that she wanted to do some cross stitching over the holidays, and I've always wanted to make a cross stitch project bag. So that's what I did!
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merrileemakes: a painting of a stained glass tree, with branches spread infront of a dark sky broken by radiating sunbeams. There's green hills in the background. (tree)
I have a problem and I decided to try and solve it with sewing.

The problem is this.

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merrileemakes: a painting of a stained glass tree, with branches spread infront of a dark sky broken by radiating sunbeams. There's green hills in the background. (tree)
I decided to do a bit of sewing. I've come to the realisation that I don't actually like sewing. I like having sewn things, but the actual physical process? Not so much.

I've been trying to figure out why sewing isn't something I enjoy, and I think it has to do with not getting into a flow state. This graph is a great representation of what you need for flow.

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Source: Research Gate

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