‘An anchor for my soul’ and ‘Afloat on the ocean of life’
are two lines from a song called ‘Land Ho!’ by British rock group, Supertramp.
This song really resonates with me for some reason and I find some of the
lyrics particularly poignant. I think we all need an anchor for our soul; a
calm centre of being – something that brings peace and contentment – something the
roots us (and routes us) in the world. Personally I don’t think this is
something centred around a person or place because these are things that
ultimately we have no control over. This is part of who we are and what makes
us happy. Sadly some people may never find that inner core of happiness, some
may never even know to look. I am lucky enough to have found my anchor.
Rarely does a day go by that I hasn’t seen me sewing
something. If I can’t actually get to my sewing machine, I am hand sewing, or
designing, scribbling and planning the next project. I even take sewing on holiday
with me. At the moment I am making boat curtains – much the same as house
curtains only these generally aren’t more than 2 foot long, but they are some
really odd shapes, and there are lots of them – the boat I am doing at the moment
has 26 curtains! That’s bread and butter sewing, the stuff I really love is
patchwork. I love the way everything fits together and take great pleasure in
making things as accurately as possible. I am not so good at random or spontaneous
stuff – I leave that to those who excel at such things. I particularly enjoy
foundation piecing which is an excellent method of reproducing complicated
blocks.
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| This pattern was from PAPER PANACHE in the USA |
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