Last Friday I sat at the computer and googled "Textile Design". I don't know why. A Diploma course popped up and intrigued, I had a look. It looked good.
Saturday morning the neighbours dropped in the newspaper for us to read, and I sat down with a coffee to discover "second chance" offers at TAFE and Uni courses. My mind twigged, and I scanned the pages to find the course I had been looking at had positions available.
My mind became so absorbed while sitting outside with the children playing in the sand, they could have created a three tier wedding cake and I wouldn't have batted an eye.
Today I have been ahming and ahhing about these events. On a whim I asked my lovely sister to print out the application forms for the course, and she dropped them around tonight on her way home from work.
My dilemma is this. Do I plunge in and take the chance at what feels like a dream opportunity? My confidence wavers. Can I do it? With two small children? Part of me wants to take the risk of feeling failure if I don't get accepted, and feel the potential fear of success if I actually do!!
This blog started as another whim that felt right and now has become something of a lifeline of creativity. I want to inspire others. I would love to pass on the excitement and enthusiasm I feel for being a mum, doing craft and sewing, all things decorating and colour.
Doing this Diploma feels like an extension of that. What a life it would be if I could design and produce my own fabric lines, and create craft/quilt patterns to use them with!
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