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· @kesityu.fashion ·
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Finding my way back to needlework.
![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmYvxVv9PdmAthEryeCCRvoC6g4VqyR6qtLiNYczAznH1S/untitled_15.jpg)

When you love something, set it free. If it stays or comes back you know it’s for real. 

I set all my sewing and slow fashion related projects on pause for a while. I had [other things](https://hive.blog/hive-177745/@kesityu.fashion/cycling-4-500km-to-istanbul) to focus on, which I find as exciting as designing fancy upcycling dresses. But I couldn’t do it both at the same time. 

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmbxgwwAs9C9okJTdX1PpscZaYNEocijo4W5PB4YMtrzM7/img_9051.jpeg)

At the beginning I didn’t really miss sewing. Here and there I caught glimpses of inspiration to [sew by hand](https://hive.blog/hive-127911/@kesityu.fashion/sewing-by-hand-a-slow) or [upcycle](https://hive.blog/hive-127911/@kesityu.fashion/1-project-8-countries) here and there a little bit. But eventually all these activities diminished to occasionally unpicking a brand tag from a new piece of garment or backpack I bought on my way. 

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmVmsVDY3er6hPKo1pWNj934NZtrjmwcntibSTxSHdgFYq/img_9257.jpeg)

Am I about to lose my drive and inspiration for creating slow fashion? 

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmQMPdwnWaovSRVmz2QNEWbYVjzB2QPJx1R9f6QFicNbVG/img_9309.jpeg)

It doesn’t look like it. 

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmbAmsqbkNKgdpNCy85kDxHnQwniBEESfSg1wGT4FQJUDP/img_9311.jpeg)

Because even if I set to side the creating part of my work, the ideas never ceased to flow. 

Every country I visited in the last few months inspired me some new fashion ideas. Every busy street became my personal fashion show. Where I could observe peoples ways to dress. Different cultures, customs, backgrounds. There are so many beautiful ways in which we humans can wrap our bodies. 

Since a few weeks I also got back into collecting things. Even if I am not really having any space for any more items in my bags. 

Turkish fabric that I got in Alanya. A piece of silk, a gift from my aunt. 

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmVrfMWtrQRt3jLgZjcGxBJwFTmXi411qQ7sYHSigCNrkF/img_9048.jpeg)

A linen dress from an Albanian secondhand shop. 
And plenty of photos, garments behind the shop windows. Sketches of the people that passed me. 

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmXvCHBadPAJ4MD2T6q7GsF51LNG7yKbGDaAPL5u5smfG3/img_9050.jpeg)

The ideas are buzzing around my head like a swarm of busy bees. Now I just need to figure out which one I should catch first. 

Slowly I am making my way back, occasionally unpacking my needles and threads just to store them back in my bags, unused, a few moments or days later. 

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmchRt5QuiojMqfBSaHikXFXgdMAnaYckQUvQA8d62qA2n/img_9305.jpeg)

I didn’t loose my interest but I lost the habit of sewing. 

It’s been at least three Monday’s now that I am playing with the thought of what to sew and what to write about. But I didn’t feel like I had anything to say or show for myself. Until I realized again, that all this is a process. There is no perfect result without the beginning of an idea, the brewing of a design and perpetual stitches all the way to the end. 

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmcwPLJK5PhQP9zHKJDPU2ZDMRwHZ68cEVE4rMpDu3jd78/img_8963.jpeg)

I am finding my way back, slowly. Finding my muse to take self portraits. Letting the silk scarf run through my hands, listen to the inspiration the fabric whispers into my head. Unpack my needles and threads another time until I will dare again to use them. 

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmdWVjQnNk1JYKgAYNDU8n3Jhhrkeg939UMr15fwGyQGKq/img_9272.jpeg)

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmTStH8r9cva1qhuH4fdkMKpzcCHF1qq8mJMXp2o9hPF78/_slow_fashion.jpg)

**Thank you all for stopping by once more, have a lovely Monday!**

*All photos and words are my own, taken and written by me.* 
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@afrikablr ·
Take your time, breath.
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@kesityu.fashion ·
I do😁
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@amiegeoffrey ·
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First of all, I admire your photography skill, it's so creative and I think I agree with setting what we love free if it comes back and it's truly meant to be.

There was a time I stopped sewing for almost 6months because I had a lot on my plate and couldn't merge the projects until one day, the fire came burning again, and I began to sew again.

Hope you have a good day!!❤
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@kesityu.fashion ·
Thank you😊😘!!!

Isn't it? And if it comes back, it is even better than before!! Glad it worked out like this for you too!

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@clareartista ·
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My work pace has been pretty epic-slow this past month, and it made me quite worried that I might be 'losing' my mojo... Everything has a natural rhythm though, eh? And I love that leaving a passion for a while - or even for a long time - can bring it back perhaps with even more energy and focus than before!! Now I got my new dress made, it feels exciting to have the time open to another never-before-thought-of un-design!!

All power to your creations dear friend! 

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@kesityu.fashion ·
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>can bring it back perhaps with even more energy and focus than before!!

Yes!! that's how I feel now, a lot less pressure as well, I am "just" excited about it:) 

>Now I got my new dress made, it feels exciting to have the time open to another never-before-thought-of un-design!!

Oh I looove those moments as well!! At times I have so many ideas that it feels like there are too many piling up before I could invent new ones... but then when I get to this stage of not having anything "ready to make" I love those moments of searching for completely new ideas and ways...:)

Winter also makes everything quite slow, which I really appreciate though!! 
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@glorydee ·
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I missed your needleworkMonday post @kesityu.fashion, now I know why, I think this moment happens to us all and you know what, it is when we get great inspiration the most, sewing is fun, but it can also be draining at some point, during this moment, I take the time off and let nature of other interest take charge, and like you stated, what we set free comes back to us, especially when it's meant to be.  Looking forward to what you make of those beautiful fabrics you got, can't wait❤,
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@kesityu.fashion ·
Thank you dearest!💜 it is a pleasure to read your reply every time!!😊

Definitely yes!! It is when the best inspirations happen! I think right now I could just burry myself in a sewing workshop for weeks😁 Glad you can relate!
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@lauramica ·
I think that's one of the things about traveling, that you can't take absolutely all your hobbies with yourself... but I'm sure that when you get back into the swing of things you'll do great :)
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@kesityu.fashion ·
Yes it is a bit challenging, but also traveling is kind of so inspiring that you'll always find a way!! (as you did too😊)
...I am already working on some little things now🙃
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@multifacetas ·
My friend, it's the same for me. Sometimes I don't get what to post, even though I have finished projects. Then one day, I feel inspired and I do everything with excitement. Happy Monday!
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@kesityu.fashion ·
Glad you can relate:) And yes writing about it is a whole other thing in itself, I agree!!
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@nickydee ·
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Seems natural that you need to "rest" after that incredible journey...

I think big experiences take as long as they take to be assimilated and settled and I love your patience to allow this <3

I find the same, btw. I have ideas "brewing" in my brain for some time before there's a kind of massive impulse to get them out asap! A creative explosion! :D

Sometimes it's really hard to wait, I find!

I also feel pressure from external circumstances to be productive, produce and achieve...

but this is not how *good* art is made, I think. Because *good* art is authentic to it's very core and that's what I believe resonates with people. The honesty of it. You can't fake that kind of thing. There's a big difference between art and content, that is. Not to be all arty (small a intended!). But that's also not how I *want* to make art - for producitivity.

So, in other words, I "get" you! :) Take as long as you need. I'll still be here waiting for your great creativity. I saw you from the get go, sister. You got "it". Whatever tf "it" is! <3
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@kesityu.fashion ·
❤️

>A creative explosion! :D

Totally yes!! Or like wine that you store in the basement and evenutualy it tastes really really good😁 (or sour, lol) 

And "the authentic" yes, yes, it's crazy how that works every time. Sometimes even before you realize yourself you drifted away you can already tell by the reactions... I find it wonderful how that works, the resonating:) 

...surely at times I wish I had ten "me" to sew everything as fast as I can think😂 but "producing" was so far never really inspiring

Always nice to have you stepping by!!
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@nickydee ·
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I hear you :)

When you're in full blast creative mode like that make a list!

I tend to think I'll remember the ideas and then they disappear back into the ether again :|

Of course... if you don't strike while the iron is hot the impetus to make the stuff can disappear as well. It's a creative conundrum :D

Same same. Always lovely to connect with you.

Have a creative day ❤️<div><a href="https://engage.hivechain.app">![](https://i.imgur.com/XsrNmcl.png)</a></div>
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