A long time away.

I have been away from sewing, blogging and almost everything else in the last six months. Oh well that's
life. I am hopeful that I will really pull my finger out and get moving again.  In truth I have been so poorly
with ME and have also had major surgery on my right hand.  It is taking a long time to heal but I was told
this when I had it done.  A few years ago I was suffering with an affliction which I found most debilitating. 
I had always been a very active person with not a minute of the day wasted. Suddenly I was experiencing
what I call a total switch off. It turned out to be ME after trying to get diagnosed for nearly 8 years.

This week I have just decided to get on with something which I have thought about for some while.  I really
like making braids using multiple threads of knitting yarn or sari silk waste.




The other things which I want to get going on are beads and buttons.  I will make these out of wood, plastic, metal, wire, cloth, in fact anything which will allow me to manipulate the materials into what I want to see. 

I see some lovely blog pages and would love to know how to use some of the ways in which others make
their blogs so attractive.  For instance my most favourite site of all is Ro Bruhn'sit is so colourful and full of interesting bits and pieces, visually stunning as well as the content.I have stashed away loads of quilt tops
which I want to get started on the quilting.  I  bought a quilting frame from Kenneth Lund in America and I
am desperate to get to use it.  With being so ill I have had to put off doing so much of what I love doing.



Some of the quilts which are waiting to be finished.

Some of the quilts have hand stitching on the top and some are machine stitched.  I am hoping for a much better future.