I took my Sublime Stitching Sugar Candy Skull badge out for it’s first outing this afternoon, on the school run and boy did I feel self-conscious. Ok it’s a fairly large in your face badge anyway, not exactly for shrinking violets but I had the distinct impression that I’d probably have felt more comfortable wearing it if I hadn’t made it. There was nothing much wrong with the embroidery, thanks to Sublime Stitching it was a great design, I was a little unsure about my badge construction (lessons to be learnt for next time) but I don’t think it was that, I was feeling self-conscious because I was worried someone would say “Hey that’s a great badge, where did you get it?” and I’d have to go “Um, I made it,”, whereas if I’d got it from one of the many designer boutiques in town that sell very expensive handmade stuff I’d have happily gone “Oh yes, thanks, I got it from ‘Very expensive boutique my husband would kill me if he knew I was shopping there’” I’d be happy for that, what’s up with me? I think it’s because it’s so not in my nature to say “hey look at me, how clever am I?”, lol I know I stick photos of my stuff here but this is far more ‘anoymous’. Any other crafters out there have this problem?
