So I tossed around the idea of how I will sign my work. Always thinking of making it look polished and professional, I considered the options of stitching the signature or signing it with ink. Now I have done a lot of needlework and had them finished in different ways for friends and relatives. That being said there was little need for me to put my name on it since they already knew me and they were not my own patterns. I did try to stitch my name on a piece that I entered in our state fair (which I did win a ribbon for) and it looked, well dumb, but it was on there and I wasn't going to rip it out as I had run out of time for submitting it. Now I think I will use my handy dandy fabric markers to sign the work but, I am going to have to practice it. Aida cloth is quite bumpy so having a smooth motion to it is going to require doing it over and over to get the right feel. Fortunately, since it is on a grid, getting it straight shouldn't entail as much work. So how crazy is it to think that I am more nervous about writing my name than designing and then stitching the pattern to sell? After all, I will get one shot at it and hopefully it will look like it is supposed to on there, no ripping out and starting over on this task. Oh well, like so much of what we learn and do, practice, should make perfect.
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