June-Listen to Your Creative Self

Listen to Your Creative Self 

     I have wanted to learn how to do crazy quilting from the time I was in high school (a few years ago at least).  During my selection for the June journal project Listen was chosen as my token for my bead journal theme. The decision was made to incorporate my crazy quilting lessons with the bead journal project by listening to my creative self and putting together two of the things I love to do.  The results are pleasing. 

 Here are some details of the stitches I learned and you can see the movable time piece that was included.  

Here is more detail of the piece. 

     The month of June was a time to let my creative self, who'd been begging to emerge, come out. When we purchased our new home there was no indication that I'd have both a beading studio AND a sewing room.  My sewing room was going to originally be my "walk in closet".  But because this was a year for simplification (January project) I had given away a ton of clothes which left an open room.  I now have a beautiful sewing room.  It is amazing how that space has awaken my creative self.  I find I am listening to the voice that says "the whole thing doesn't have to have beads on it to be part of the bead journal project".  And listening to the idea that learning is part of the journey.  

    I still don't have enough time to enjoy what I do however, I'm learning to listen and trust my creative self more.