I’m thinking a lot about color and pattern today. For about two years now, I’ve wanted to make “Writing on the Walls” from Anna Maria’s Handmade Beginnings. See a peek of it here. I’m not sure how, but I’ve managed to hold off on it for a really long time. I was going to embroider both Layla’s name and our new baby’s [Adelaide] name in the Fall of last year, but I didn’t do either once we miscarried. And then I saw on AMH’s blog that she was going to be coming out with a whole alphabet of embroidery letters. I knew then that I would use those for this project, so I’ve just been waiting on those to come out.

I ventured to Michael’s on Sunday to get several canvases at a steal. So as I wait on those letters, I’m playing with fabric to figure out just what I want to use as my background fabrics. Of course it will be Little Folks, as that is what fabric I used in Layla’s quilt, and I’ve been collecting enough of it to use for all of our future children that I’m hoping God will bless us with. Ah. I love looking at my Little Folks box…

Here are some of the fabric combinations I’m playing with:

I’m not sold on any of these, and I know that I won’t settle on one until I actually have the embroidery letters in hand, and I’m ready to go. Because that’s how I roll.

I’ve decided that I need to stop waiting to start projects. In some way, I find that I’m actually procrastinating. I’m waiting to settle down before decorating the house. But realistically, I know we will be renting for a long time, so I just need to bite the bullet and make wherever I am beautiful and mine. I need to make wherever we are home. And, it needs to be a priority. Also, I have no clue when or if I’ll ever be blessed with more children, so I need to focus on the one precious little one that I have, and make her awesome stuff even if she never has a sibling. I have no idea why I’ve been waiting around. I mean, that part of my procrastination is such common sense, its ridiculous.

So here I am. I’m out to fix this quirk in myself. And when I get the urge to make something, I’m going to do it, and I’m not going to feed myself lame excuses that only lead to discouragement and a lack of productivity. I’m enjoying life and what I do!

Thank you for listening to my pep-talk-to-self. Maybe it will even help to push away those nagging excuses and do what you love!

-Meredith

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