Desire to be perfect.

Hello all. It occurred to me this evening as I was putting together an apron, and taking it apart, that we all want everything we do to be perfect. I had a small slope in my hem on this apron, so took out 44 inches of hem and redid it. It was about 2 inches long of slope increased from the baseline MAYBE 1/4 inch. Was this overkill?? HELL YES. So now, there are holes where the old hem was and I spent 40 minutes picking out loose threads. That was when it occurred to me, who in the world would have noticed that slope? Well, I would have. But that is because I look for imperfections in what I do. You know what that leads me to do? Under price what I do and devalue my time. (Devalue MIGHT not be a word, but I like it!)

Anyway, I think most people who "craft" do this. Yesterday I was looking through a BHG mag and an advertisment had a sewn coushin and I could see how the fabric was angled wrong on one corner. WHO CARES?? Did the overall room still look incredible? YES it did. Did the aforementioned apron still look adorable with the slope?? I am going with yes. But I spent 40 minutes fixing a little imperfection.

I think Van Gough started with all mistakes. Certainly upon first seeing his art people did not think "wow, that's incredible". But I beat myself up over tiny mis-stiches.

So the point to all of this? For the people who say " I could never do that". I REALLY think you are wrong. I think the fear of not being perfect in our creations truly holds us all back. Sloppy is one thing, but a small imperfection only you can see or some OCD freak like myself would see is another.

So now, if you see my stuff in person, and it looks sloppy, let me know. But if you see it and you tell me that looks great, FOR NOW ON I am just going to say thank you with a smile and not point out to you where the mistake is!

I am posting a few things I completed this week and hope you enjoy them. Next week look for a couple more cupcake skirts and I picked up a new to me Amy Butler purse pattern and a SUPER KICKA$$ fabric from Sew To Speak this week. It is killing to do the other stuff I have to complete first.

Take Care. And really, why not try something new?