tomorrow night I'm going to South Side Brown Owls in which they are doing embroidery as the theme. I thought it might be a help if I brought a long my old work book, which include handstitched samplers, from my days at studying at the Embroiderers Guild. I was 19 at the time and at the start of my crafting "career".
when I pulled the book off the shelf, water came gushing out and my heart sank. This wasn't a good sign. When I opened it up, my heart sank further, my whitework ruined, pages wet, with runs and stains, and many of my samplers stained with colour runs and for the book itself. it had been a casuality of a new leak in my roof.
Luckily not all were affected. The second half of the book seemed to go untouched. But without the other ones, each week we did a different stitch, the book feels incomplete.
While I am very aware compared to the huge losses the people in Queensland, NZ, and parts of Victoria, this is small, but I must admit I was/am a little devastated.
This was something from my past, a marker of where I started, that i would never do again, from different phase in my life, when I was just learning the ropes. I had hoped to pass this one to a daughter or son, niece or nephew. And now I feel unsure.
that said, i don't feel I can bear to throw any of these out, knowing the work and story behind them.
I know I'll get over it, move on, but for now I'm a bit sad.
you know?
11 comments:
Oh Jess, I don't know what to say. It's part of your history and I can completely understand your sadness. It looks like a whole lot of work and a wonderful treasure.
It might be too early for this. but perhaps the new colour runs and the smudges are a new chapter. Things change, time moves on and thease leaky bits tell a new story of their own. x
So sorry for your loss. It can be hard to accept at first when things like this happen. Thanks for sharing--it just helps us feel closer to you, because we've all dealt with losses too.
Jennifer
Oh Jess!!!
That is just awful - I hope you can dry the pages out. And maybe delicately handwash some of the stitch samplers? That is such alot of work and history there.
Big big hugs to you Jess.XXXX
I totally understand - I would be devastated too. I hope you can save/clean them somehow. What a treasure. Nic x
Oh Jess, I'm so sorry! You absolutely must not throw it out though. What a wonderful treasury to have. They look amazing. Hope you can salvage them. Kx
Oh no, I'd definitely be sad too.
It is possible to hand wash the worst affected pages, so that you could at least dry them out and keep them?
Gosh, Jess, these are beautiful - I hope you can save them... no wonder you're feeling a little devastated xo
Jess, this might be a silly suggestion, but can you napisan some of them? Just a thought. I would be devastated too. xxx
Oh, Jess. Such gorgeous, painstaking work! I know you'll figure out a way to salvage them...
xo,
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No wonder you're sad Jess. I know just how you feel, I left some visual diaries in storage while I went OS and when I retrieved them the same thing had happened plus I was allergic to the mould in the pages. So they had to be photographed (not by me) and destroyed. I was devastated. I just had to throw myself into new journals. But maybe you can save yours somehow. I've my fingers crossed for yours. xx
oh jess this would be enough to make anyone sad. i think there are some wonderful comments here too, washing and keeping it letting this add a new dimension and chapter. i wanted to comment to say what a wonderful book just from what you are sharing with us here it looks amazing. i hope you had fun at brown owls xx
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