This morning I learned that the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) is one of THE best places to craft. Seriously. Crafting turns the aimless waiting, glued to a plastic chair, watching the monitor for your number, into heart-sailing creative time! I suppose there are some limitations—obviously you wouldn’t bring a giant loom or sewing machine to the DMV, but a little handcraft, something that fits in your lap, is perfect.
Many of you are probably nodding your heads right now—especially you knitters and crocheters—you got hip to this idea a long time ago—I see people knitting and crocheting in just about every possible place. In fact, there was a knitter a few chairs down from me at the DMV this morning. But I am a drawer, and I find it challenging to draw anything too serious in a public place without a desk, although the DMV would be an ideal place for drawing people. Today, I discovered a whole new world of fun though, when I brought along a needle, thread, and piece of paper for a new embroidered triangle idea I’ve had in mind. The hour I sat waiting for my lucky number (B011) to come up, went by in a flash, and I walked away with more than just my new car registration paperwork:
I almost wished my wait time had been longer so that I could have finished this new sewn drawing, and I’m almost looking forward to my next (and hopefully last, for a while) trip to the DMV—now that’s amazing!
I think I will be doing some more of these embroidered triangles—they are so much fun, and I love the white thread on white paper. I’ve thought also of doing fabric, but we’ll see how it goes.
Here’s to crafting while you wait!
i love crafting while i wait places! i actually didn’t take my car in for a planned oil change last week because i’d forgotten my knitting at home (i did take it in this week, and remembered my knitting).
i also love the embroidery on paper – it’s funny, because both embroidery on paper AND white-on-white embroidery have been speaking to me particularly lately.
You know I’m a proponent! I even chose to hand quilt my last quilt because it made it more transportable!
This is awesome. if you take encouragement from blog comments, then I STRONGLY encourage you to keep doing this embroidery on paper. You have something cool going on with it.
Now that’s creative thinking! I usually just sit at DMV and drum my fingers
oh! i just left a comment in the post directly below this one, for this one…oopsa daisy. :)
I have always loved the idea of sewing onto paper! This is wonderful!
Yes, what Alyson said. KEEP DOING THESE they are awesome. Did you use regular thread or embroidery floss? Looks like floss. It’s thicker so you get a bolder line. But I suppose you knew that. I’d be interested to see what it looks like if you do black sewing too.