It’s no a secret that my new blogging / sewing venture is best described as mildly successful. But simply so much fun (at least for me) that I decided, for now, to just keep doing it! In fact, I decided that in this blog I will elaborate why I share my words with you…
Firstly I’d like to point out that blogging makes me feel a little bit like a dentist who decided to perform heart surgery. (Obviously not half as intelligent or important) Why? Because I am writing in a language I only started learning in my teens. On this note I would like to give credit to my clever sister in law Jo, who HAS to proof every word before it goes public. Occasionally (pssst… in every blog really) she makes a few corrections.
So I decided to make up for my linguistic short comings by writing about something I am familiar with, have knowledge of and am passionate about. Which brought me to the three F’s: Fibres, Fabrics & Fashion. I believe it was my second blog in which I admitted to get a lot of information from Google. Honestly, Google is actually guiding me through life and so far it is doing a pretty good job I think. However all those slightly boring fabric facts I put in my blogs are in fact knowledge I gained many years ago. I just use Google to make sure that I get the facts right, the translations correct and my memory does not play tricks on me. However I do feel a bit like the “fabric version” of a trainspotter so future blogs might be about things other than fibre lengths (cotton is between 1cm and 5cm long, anything smaller is lint!) and shapes (silk is very smooth, almost perfectly round!).
Then there are all those other words in between all the fabric talk. They are just random thoughts from my head really. There is a lot going on in there and after doing an intense filtering process I usually find a few words that are acceptable for the public.
And then of course – how could I not – every now and then I just have to share a little bit about my children. Because out of all my creations they will forever be the best – and the only perfect ones. (Credit to my husband as well. The kids were a bit of a collaboration).
As for the sewing (that sort of gets advertised through my blogs)… I still remember the very first time I got to do some sewing. My mum introduced me to her Bernina sewing machine. An old mechanical one (the best ones Bernina ever made) that only did the basic stitches. I got to make pillow cases. I loved it so much I believe I may have covered most of the couch with my creations! (That was in the 90’s… and the cushions were accordingly hideous). After that I was taught a bit more at school, then had a job where I had access to all the beautiful crafty fabric things imaginable… But really, it was just a bit of passion that helped me learn and improve my sewing skills. As with everything I try to learn, I think of the clever words of a former French teacher of mine: “On apprends nager dans l’eau et pas a cote de” (or something like that). Which means as much as: “You learn swimming in the water, not next to it”.
Lastly – I never thought that I would ever write these words – I have to give credit to Jim Carrey, the Yes Man. I am anything but a fan of his movies (I find that he overdoes the funny a bit and I don’t quite get why his face does what it does) but ‘Yes Man’ inspired me to give things a go… Like blogging… Thanks Jim.
And honestly the older I get the less I worry about what people might think of me (it’s so liberating) which gave ma that final bit of courage…
Thanks for reading,
a bientôt
Andrea