One of the online forums that I participate in was recently discussing whether people design their own embroidery or use other people’s designs. Many people were saying that they like to design their own – including me.<\/p>\n
Then, one member posted that she did not have a creative bone in her body and she was grateful that designers produce designs (especially kitted ones) as it means that she is able to do embroidery.<\/p>\n
I responded:<\/p>\n
Clapping and cheering! We love people like you, [person’s name] and are glad that you are part of the stitching community too! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Two people then responded that they had never though of it like that. Well, actually, neither had I!<\/p>\n
But it is true that having other people who enjoy stitching my designs is lovely. I am pleased that I can create designs for people to use, who wouldn’t otherwise feel that they could do any embroidery at all.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, I feel that I have rather an esoteric and unimportant career – writing embroidery books and teaching people how to do embroidery. I mean, in the scheme of things, it seems rather superfluous, when compared to teachers, nurses, garbage collectors etc.<\/p>\n
But then people remind me how much joy embroidery brings to their lives, and that without people to teach embroidery, it is a skill that would eventually die out. This warms my heart, and makes me feel that what I do isn’t a silly waste of time, compared to so called “important” jobs.<\/p>\n
And as it happens, I love what I do. \ud83d\ude42 I can’t think of anything else that I would rather be doing, apart perhaps from cartography, but that is a topic for another day…!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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