hi ho, hi ho

I got sick, got a puppy, changed meds brand, and somewhere amongst all that got some of my old energy back. Everything still hurts, but at least I don’t want to sleep all day. Not sure the energy is related to any of the above happenings, but I figured I should take advantage of it while I could and got stuck in. I was going to maintain radio silence as part of my efforts to keep the momentum up, but I’m feeling a bit lonely so here are some sneak peeks at what I’ve been up to. Sorting through lots of fabric, picking out pieces I lovelovelove, letting it talk to me, sewing, changing direction, going with the flow, experimenting, saying “what the hell, why not?”, thinking/daydreaming/remembering in that mindful meditation way that makes art exhilarating and sometimes therapeutic, handstitching in front of the teev, sketching and writing notes to myself, going nuts looking for the needles/thread/fabric I just HAD a moment ago dammit …

I also did the newsletter and had a houseguest and hosted a few of our allegedly-elite sewing days and have been doing show committee stuff and guild stuff (actually chaired my very first meeting the other day, which is pretty freaking amazing for someone who normally loses her voice – for real – if forced to do anything like public speaking). And of course I’ve also been yelling a lot at the insanely wilful squealy child and the cluelessly eager chewy-bitey puppy, because this is me we’re talking about after all. If any of my neighbours have stumbled upon this blog, I sincerely apologise for the screechy girlchild, barky pup and bellowy mum. She really is the most delightful child in some ways, but OMG so headstrong and so screamy. I’m pretty much over the school holidays, I tellyouwhat lol

FTR, the above are all roughly FQ-sized, and the below are F16ths (from the same FQ, actually, so you can see how hopeless my camera is colourwise!)