Hello to all my readers. I hope you are coping with this horrendous wet weather that has been plaguing many areas of the UK for months, and particularly badly for the last three months.
Our garden is soggy and totally saturated, as are most people’s. However the polyanthus and primroses are always happy, as they seem to like our soil in any condition! The snowdrops have been and gone now but the sweet tete a tete miniature daffs are wonderful; seemingly flashes of sunshine, scattered around the front of our garden.
This month I have had very little time for stitching, as life took over, leaving little room for anything else. last week, was the first time I was working in my sewing room, for weeks and feeling ready to get started again.
I decided to create some small collages for cards, and started working on some ideas. When I say small, I mean tiny, really! The collages are built up on a base of approx 2″ x 1.75″. I am using colour schemes to bring a zing to them. I am thinking of them being used as special “thinking of you” cards, which could be sent on a variety of occasions, to suit a range of scenarios.
Several hours of decision making, preparation, and embellishment with stitch have been put into each one, and as they really make me smile I know it is well worth it. Above is a photograph of a selection of them; mixed media, painted papers, dyed threads, water colour painted images. I intend to have a range of different colour groups, and am just starting to assemble a couple of neutrals.
Finally I have done very little stitching on my scarf this month until the last few days. I am happy with how it is looking. The textures and colours are suiting me as is the therapeutic nature of the work, i.e. slow stitching. It is mesmerising, calming and restful. Just what I need.
2024 started with a nasty virus that really laid us low for the best part of 3 weeks. Quite a flurry of commitments have happened since, and I am going to take life as gently as possible, when time allows. No more rushing around to get things done in a hurry, but just seeing what I am keen to move forward, and balancing that with general weekly structures and routines.
Again, this is a short Stitching News as I am still negotiating my way around the WordPress system for compiling the blog, on my tablet. My laptop still tells me I do not have an account, which is infuriating, as it is accessible on my phone and Tablet, and I have had this account for 7 years. I have been investigating it all a little more, but am concerned that I may lose it on my tablet, as well, if I fiddle any more. I would then have to start all over again, and am not sure I have the energy to do that. I have not got the technical skills to understand the system sadly, so shall just have to do my best on my tablet until such time as I can get a more techy friend to help me.
Until next time, Happy Stitching!
Di
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