Just about a year ago I enrolled in a sewing class.  It was a one-day, basic sewing skills class taught locally.  I had no idea what to expect but was willing to give it a try.  So, I dragged my (generally not very craft-inclined) self to the studio on a hot Saturday morning and hoped for the best.  It was wonderful.  What was supposed to be a five hour class, rolled on into very late afternoon as the other two students and I struggled to finish our projects and the instructor kindly guided us and encouraged us without once mentioning the time. By day’s end, I simultaneously felt weary from the effort of trying to execute new skills, and worn by the heat thrown from the iron in a weakly air conditioned room, but energized from the experience and inspired.

It’s hard to narrow down what made it so wonderful:  The challenge of learning a new skill.  The thrill of creating something – a tote bag, which certainly bore the signs of newly acquired and not yet honed skills. The camaraderie of the small classroom, as three women with no prior sewing skills spent the day earnestly trying to learn from a gracious and patient designer, sharing stories over lunch, and laughing at our mistakes (at least among the students) and cheering each other on.  And I’ll admit, walking out of the studio that evening, I was damn proud of that tote bag, mistakes and all.

I learned so much that day, and found a new pursuit.  And I’ve stuck with it and continue to learn with each new project. And the more I sew, the more I realize how very much more there is to learn still. And yet despite all the useful, technical skills the instructor imparted that day, the lesson I come back to most frequently was about breathing.
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The conversation had wandered over lunch and the instructor was actually talking about knitting at the time, and described how she felt one’s personality was so often directly reflected in her knitting.  She relayed how her anxious friend holds her needles so tightly, body tensed, and makes close, tight, little stitches, and her laid back, gregarious friend makes large, loopy stitches, and so on.  And she reminded us to breathe when we’re at the sewing machine.  Breathe, relax your shoulders; after all, this is supposed to be fun. Good advice for sewing, and life.

My 'learn to sew' tote bag, now a scrap holder

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