Sunday 17 June 2012

30 Days of Creativity - Days 16 and 17

As you may have noticed, I didn't get the bear finished on Friday. Or yesterday either, if I'm honest.

The setback of the wrong joints completely put me off the whole idea. I hate making mistakes. It irritates me beyond measure. I don't mind mistakes that happen while I'm learning something new - those are a natural part of the learning process. But mistakes that happen because I wasn't concentrating, was trying to rush or simply wasn't in the right frame of mind infuriate me. 

I knew it would be a little while before I could face working on the bear again.

So I spent Saturday procrastinating instead. 

In a creative way of course!

I made bread: a loaf and some rolls. Our bread machine is broken so I made it by hand - more labour intensive but just as tasty. I made some oat and raisin cupcakes. I made some paneer (indian cheese) and a spinach curry to put it in. I omitted to take photos of any of these creations before eating the loaf; filling and freezing the rolls; freezing the cakes; and eating the curry!

And I made a gingerbread man. I have plenty of time to photograph him, since he is inedible. 



I have plans for this little fellow, but more of that in another post.

Today I determined to overcome the annoyance and frustration and forced myself back to complete the bear. Grudgingly, I restuffed the limbs and closed the turning/stuffing holes. Feeling slightly less grumpy, I attached the limbs to the body and tightened the joints. I stuffed the body with only a few muttered comments and closed the final seam. 

At this point I confess to breathing a sigh of relief and started to put the whole sorry experience behind me.

Ears, eyes and nose followed quickly after that change in attitude and, after a good brush, the little chap was ready for his photo shoot. 

And here he is...



 ... I say "he" because they usually are, but I can't quite make up my mind.



I am sooooo glad this bear is finished and none the worse for the traumatic joint experience. 

I will have to make sure I take my time and concentrate properly on the next one.

What do you do when a project goes wrong? Do you find it easy to just unpick and carry on?

4 comments:

  1. Your projects always look so beautiful...it's difficult to imagine you making a mistake. When I make one in sewing....I try to take out the wrong stitches, then leave it alone for a while before I go back to it. Sort of air out my frustrations first. One of your oat and raisin cupcakes would have helped me!

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    1. I might have employed one or two of the cupcakes!

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  2. The finished bear is lovely. I don't often make mistakes (thank goodness) because they sit in a corner for a very long time for me to do something about it. I have a bear where I need to change the joints (used joints I have never used before and probably won't use again) which probably won't take too long to do, but he has been staring at me for over a year

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    1. That's usually the fate of my projects, when they don't go to plan - I had to work really hard to turn this round in 2 days!!

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