textiledelight

Long distance ones - not brill quality!

2011-06-21T13:09:00.000-07:00

Taking pics for a tabletop treasure hunt

2011-05-31T12:00:00.000-07:00

I thought it was about time I added some pictures- been out today taking photos to use in a treasure hunt I'm creating together with another woman. Not sure how we are going to do things but I spent an hour in the sun!!! walking around a route and taking pics. Mind u I will have to go onto the big computer to upload my photos!

What is this thing called "Joiner"

2011-05-12T11:13:00.000-07:00

Well - might look a little daft - a bit like a badly drawn photo collage - but in reality - Ive set it this way - a new thing Ive learned about in college.
Idea is to photo something in minute detail - put them together (hence "Joiner" I suspect!!!)into a new view of the desired object.
Another way of doing things - an example by the august Hockney = Blossom Highway?
Ill have to try fitting in a link!

My first Joiner!

2011-05-12T11:11:00.000-07:00

What is an URL and how do I find it?

2011-05-10T00:28:00.000-07:00

Well finally got around to looking at this page ! Wondering how to find my URL- as per my title! I will post this on my page and then I think I should see my URL at the top of the page!! Wish me luck!

2011-04-13T09:10:00.001-07:00

well - I have finally got around to accessing this again - where does the time/energy/will/memory go that allows me to access all these pages that i have set up - and then do not access for ages?
I must allocate a set time to keep up with the Jones's or whoever!!
Better be the Jones as we r in Wales!

2009-06-09T01:55:00.000-07:00

Mt God - is it that long since I wrote anything??? I never realised how long it has been - mind u have moved house after death of ageing parent and taking a bit of time coming to terms with new house - living with surviving parent etc. Life has its up and downs - kitchen not my own - and I never thought i liked the cooking that much! never realised I was quite so anal about cleaning either! Someone else making a mess in the kitchen drives me to distraction - but how to clean it without upsetting others?
Sometimes its great that another person is preparing food for me - especially if work has been stressful - but changing established methods of cooking is proving a bit of an upward curve - old style comfort food is not what I want - or need - all the time!
Taking things in turn does not always work either - parents have established routines which they don't like to break - so how often do I bite my tongue to keep life sweet?

I really must focus!

2007-09-24T05:58:00.000-07:00

Well - the title says it all! I am fiddling while Rome burns - a favourite pastime of mine! trying out new machines - ideas for tops - but not finishing anything.
I am going to force myself to become more selfish and say - it's my time now - everything else can wait.
House on market - garden tidy - so what stops me doing my stuff?
I must get some stuff finished to get on Etsy - otherwise I will feel gutted that I am so easily distracted.
Hypnotherapy working I think - feel a little less fraught, but battling with the positive side of what I want to do and getting on with it - and negative re. soooh little time, so much to do.
More work - less thinking about it - just get on.

Back to school!

2007-09-05T12:09:00.000-07:00

Well - it's here - start of a new term. Not a bad start - but it took me a couple of lessons to get into the swing of things - surprising how u get out of the habit!
Feeling fine - and after a session of hypnotherapy - the imaginery lump in my throat seems a lot easier.
Don't know what she actually said to me - but what the heck - I feel better!
Made a final decision - moving house to buy old family home and keep Mum happy and not worried about having to sleep on her own - just got to sell ours now.

Last Bank Holiday Action

2007-08-24T11:55:00.000-07:00

Just checking in before the August holiday starts - been in to school today to help with enrolling the new 6th. form intake.
It made me think - oh no - only a week to go and I'll be back to it!
This weekend is hopefully going to be a gardening project event, and then the rest of the next week is finishing new stuff to put onto Etsy site. I just need to force myself to be a little more organised and controlled with my time. I realise that in holiday mode - I actually like wasting my time! Probably because I can. therefore I will probably make more in the coming weeks than I have in all my 6 weeks of "official" holiday - how perverse is that?
Anyway - got 3/4 corsets to make and some ideas for simple bags to create. Got some organza type fabric I need to use up and seen some ideas I can adapt. Will post the pics as they go onto Etsy!

Gone back to momma!

2007-08-19T09:43:00.000-07:00

Well - so much for a motorhome!
After in depth discussion - it's been returned - we've lost money - but at least it won't be sitting on our drive reproaching us for not using it - all that money etc. etc.
A sensible action I think to sell it back - a shame hubby can't sleep in it - but what the heck. As long as he keeps to his premise that we can go to hotels for the same money it was costing us - and that he WILL take time off from work, I will go with the status quo.
Anyway, after numerous talks with others we realise that it seems a lot of people have agreed that if the idea didn't work - why torture yourselves with keeping on trying to use a motorhome. Possibly a sign of our growing maturity - that we agreed so easily to it going!
Oh dear - maturity and being sensible - not necessarily what we want to be.

Oh happy holidays!

2007-08-13T07:07:00.000-07:00

Well - back from France - very wet and very tired. The new motorhome went really well - but it is not for us!
Pete has spent the whole time coughing and wheezing - obviously something in the van - or the atmosphere of the campsites triggers off a latent asthmatic tendency. He used to be like this when we went camping with the kids - but of course you forget.
Anyway - I suspect its back to the drawing board for us - and back to Glossop Caravans with the vehicle.
It was hard work - French sites were poor, and we went to 2 recommended by the AA. We must be too picky. I have to say that Versailles was fantastic and I'm so glad we managed to go there. It was touch and go because never have I seen such rain and thunder and lightning. We went back the next day - early and queued to get in.
One tip for anyone going to Versailles - GET THERE AT 9 AM.
Chartres was atmospheric too. Paris and the Peripherique was diabolical and French road signage/directions are absolutely impossible to fathom - and I'm good at map reading usually! We turned tail and headed for home early.
Went to Canterbury Cathedral on the way back and I thought it was fantastic - even the sun came out for us.
A bit of a blow to find we'd been away in the one week we've had gorgeous weather here!
Typical.
Anyway - its back to thinking about ideas for sewing - and doing them too!
A few more days with Pete doing our own thing and then I'm going to get moving with the old sewing.

Well done Kate!

2007-08-03T12:04:00.000-07:00

I have got to hand it to my daughter Kate - she is a good organiser - of herself and others.
I took a corset to her yesterday for her to upload on my etsy site to get it started - and lo and behold, 24 hours later and there are 2 of my corsets up for sale!
I think they look good - even though I do say so myself - and all the credit is to Kate because she is trying to teach this old dog some new tricks.
It's just that it takes me so long these days to learn any new tricks at all.

Adding Links

2007-08-02T03:42:00.000-07:00

I did not think this would be so difficult!
Or possibly that I would be so dense in following instructions.
It has taken me about 10 minutes(or more) to add my first link to a site I think is a) informative b) interesting to wander through and c) gives lots of further links to similar sites.

I hope I've done the correct thing in adding this information for others to possibly view and I have only one more thing to add - "I wish I was starting out on my career now".

The Internet is highlighting, for me, such a vast array of interesting possibilities that I am beginning to fully appreciate any time my own children and pupils at school spend browsing. It should become a constant learning curve.
However - I do see that some guidance is imperative and that the down side could so easily be a waste of a person's time too. I have just spent all morning doing just this one piece - interspersed with reading other's posts on just 1 blog - there is never going to be enough time for it all.

Newly acquired pattern!

2007-07-28T12:07:00.000-07:00

This is to be my aim for this coming week!
Only just before my holiday too - but - bought a dress and jacket pattern from www.EvaDress.com last week and it's arrived, so of course I have to try to make it before I go away!
It's a Katherine Hepburn frock!
If I can work out how to do it I will add the link!
Here's hoping!!!

2007-07-27T11:27:00.000-07:00

Well - to sum me up - a great procrastinator!!
I live in my head, I think!
It is full of ideas, things to do, places to see or go to when I've got the time and I soooh want to be fully appreciated for my talents - real as well as assumed!
I thought setting up a blog would make me keep track of my thoughts, ideas and doings!!

First of all I think I'd better try to add some pics to show what I spend my time doing. I have a love affair with the sewing machine...closely followed by a love affair with anything else remotely connected with textiles.

It's an affair that has been in my life since I was about 7!

I cannot see it ever going away - it just gets bigger by encompassing even more aspects of textile work!

Oh crikey - Ive gone and done it!

2007-07-27T08:27:00.000-07:00

This is my very first attempt at a blog!!
I'm not really sure what to do now?
I will have to sit down, have a little drink, and compose my first entry that will be witty, informative, stylish, interesting -
or just plain crap!
Bear with me whilst I compose myself!