An old student of mine called a few
days back to wish me...We celebrate teacher's day on September 5th
here in India.She was talking about my initial stages as a designer
(?!) and teacher.I was partly happy to hear her version of 'me' but
felt embarrassed most of the time :)
I met a friend on saturday at a coffee
shop and we ended up talking about 'me' again,sounds weird isn't it?
My friend asked me if I remember when I'd sold my very first
design/kit and all those memories flooded back into my thoughts very
quickly. I sold my first kit in September 1993 (20 years!) Like any
teen-age girl I bought a pair of gold ear-rings with that money,still
have the ear-rings with me:)
I didn't have PC,printer etc. back then
so I hand painted the design onto the fabric and all the instructions
were hand written by me ,wish I'd taken a picture of my first kit.
I came back home ,searched my journal
and ended up re-stitching an old peacock design to celebrate.I wish
all of you are here with me having a piece of cake ,sharing my little
success and happiness...
I just followed my notes without
changing much just to remember the past,only addition is
beads/spangles .
If I'd stitched this peacock for the
first time now I would have reduced the red color.My mother suggested
that I should design another peacock for kutch embroidery,make it
into a DIY kit or digital download,any suggestions?
Please feel free to comment ..
Happy stitching!
Anita.
