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Immersing myself in Surface Pattern Design
Why I felt drained and not inspired when I tried to work on my own sketches during the Immersion Course 2020. And why I want to change this when participating in the course this year!
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And then it is #100dayproject time again
How I brainstormed about a topic for my 2021 edition of the #100DayProject and prepared for #100DaysofSketching by making a glass of sketching prompts.
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My Creative Plans for 2021
What I plan for 2021: creative projects and goals for my blog, patchwork & quilting, sewing, surface pattern design and Islamic patterns.
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Happy New Creative Year!
How I use bullet journaling for reflecting on the past year and think about which goals I have achieved.
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Don’t Mess with my Compass
How I discovered Islamic geometry as a passion, what I love about doing it, and how I learn new pattern traditions through online courses.
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When Inspiration Strikes
When I created patterns intuitively instead of focusing on surface pattern design and why you need to let go sometimes to find inspiration and motivation for your creative projects.
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Why I Write this Blog
Why I write this blog, what I write about and for whom it is. How often I post and where you can find Me + My Craftroom on social media.
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When 100 Days Did Not Feel Like 100 Days
How participating in the 2020 edition of the #100dayproject helped me to establish a creative practice and start this blog.
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Me + My Craftroom
Why a creative space or craft room is important for being creative. And how having my dedicated sewing room helped me balance my life.
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That Time Patchwork Saved My Life
How patchwork helped me to overcome depression and sewing gave me sense of being after a burnout. This helped to create a better work-life balance and taught me how to lead a creative life.