{"id":772,"date":"2014-12-29T16:19:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T06:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bindandfold.com\/?p=772"},"modified":"2014-12-29T16:19:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T06:19:30","slug":"2014-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bindandfold.com\/?p=772","title":{"rendered":"2014 Wrap Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bind<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve been on semi holiday for the past week. Semi in that I haven’t dyed anything, for work<\/strong>, <\/em>but I’ve still been around, posting orders, sharing things on instagram and cleaning out my studio.<\/p>\n

When I am working I often forget how important it is to stop and take a break. Now that I am on one (for a few more days at least!) I have been looking back over the past year, as well as wondering where the new one will take me. <\/p>\n

It’s a time of year when I am so tired, I become disenchanted with my work, and myself. I reach a point where I just think “no, I can’t keep going. I can’t do it. I have to stop.”\u00a0So I do stop and then I feel sad for having done so! I look back and feel that I have not succeeded enough.<\/em>\u00a0 The abruptness of a holiday sort of sends me into shock, since I am so used to being in a frenzy. Something to work on in the new year.<\/p>\n

\"Fustic<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is a list of the good things I did in 2014, both professionally and personally to remind myself of how far I’ve come.<\/p>\n

\u25e6\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I explored natural dyes<\/a> further than I had previously and began working with cellulose fibres
\n\u25e6\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I designed a new home wares collection<\/a> which I absolutely love, and is now stocked all over Australia
\n\u25e6\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I now have 18 stockists around Australia and New Zealand<\/a>, with more to be announced in the new year
\n\u25e6\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I learned to machine knit<\/a>
\n\u25e6\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I discovered a love for running and exercise in general, and in the process lost 15kg! I now run over 20km a week, every week.
\n\u25e6\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 I learned more about my craft through reading and experimenting with new fabrics, fibres and techniques
\n\u25e6\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I worked alongside and was cheered on by a wonderful community of makers, many of whom I have had the pleasure of meeting.
\n\u25e6\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I taught a number of Indigo Shibori workshops in Melbourne<\/a>, met some amazingly creative people; and had the pleasure of not only teaching them, but also learning from them.<\/p>\n

\"Bind<\/a><\/p>\n

Have you found yourself in an end of year slump too? Or are you ready and eager to jump feet first into the new year?<\/p>\n

Also here’s cheers to a happy new year!<\/p>\n

\"Forrest.\"<\/a>
Forrest Getaway June 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"domesticfrontier\"<\/a>
My haul from the domestic frontier pop up in August!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"forestbed\"<\/a>
Cozy Forrest bed. So comfy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"snow\"<\/a>
Mt Birragurra near Warburton. Sometime in winter!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Bind<\/a>
\n* Pics in this post are a small selection of my faves from 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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