You know I love borders but only the look, not the creation. This one could not be more forgiving and simple, yet I have spent hours trying to locate the error causing me to be off in width, length, and alignment. Why? Just move on! Is it necessary to locate the errant stitch? If that happens, would I remove all the others because of that little bastard to correct it? No, it does not change the body nor is it noticebable. Then why does it create such a drive to find it and any others contributing to the shift?
All it takes is a few in millions to throw off the balance, destroy common sense, inflame emotions, and become a controlling force that consumes. I've let it go before, time to do that again.
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11 comments:
I love your second to last sentence :)
Incredibly wise and insightful....you should wax philosophical on us more often. But, yeah...I share that affliction of having to know where the error is. I used to spend way too much time searching for insignificant (i.e., a few cents) errors when balancing my checkbook. I wish I had that time back.
Marly, I totally understand the need to find a mistake. Even if I don't intend to fix it, it drives me crazy to not know where I went wrong. The thing is, no one else would know I goofed, or care!! I've spent plenty of time looking for a few cent errors while balancing the checkbook, too! I hope you're feeling better. Cherie in WI
I just stitched a large bird on a sampler, and was off by two small rows...UGH!!! I've spent the entire evening frogging the damn bird! I could scream!!
Happy Monday ! This month is almost half over.
I, too, like your second to last sentence. If only !
Can't handle being off one stitch when stitching letters and they don't line up on the bottom. Always rip them out and start over.
Blessings for this new week.
Charlotte in Va.
I would probably be searching for it, too, Marly even though I honestly think no one would ever notice the little error if it's that hard to find. I find it a challenge to search and search and when I do find the error it's like a eureka moment :) Anyway--it's looking lovely. Take care now ♥
Much like looking at one of those "find the one item wrong in this picture game" when there are hundreds of images. No matter what, I will look until I find it. Time rolls on but it just has to be done. I have been caught up a few times in charting errors, and then I do get very frustrated.
Perfectionism!
Marly: I have to giggle, I have been where you are, I lost it with one project, then I had someone look at the dang thing, she said I was nuts, sure she could not see the dang thing but I could I just gave up and went with it.
This is a lovely sampler, I am looking forward to seeing it framed.
Catherine
I did not find a reference to a Rhoda Hutchinson in the sampler book by Campanelli, but I did see quite a few examples of the names of needlework teachers honored with a mention in a schoolgirl's sampler, so I imagine she could have been Elizabeth's teacher. Or perhaps her sponsor, who paid for her to go to a school that taught fine needlework. One girl from my own tiny (pop. 500) village went to a Moravian School in Bethlehem Pa. where her father paid $851 for her room, board, and schooling over the course of the 2 years she attended, a very hefty sum in those days (1815-1817), and to educate a female no less!
Let it go. You will adjust. This is such a pretty piece.
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