It's been far too long since my last blog post. In my defence I've not been well. I'd really hoped to be blogging at least once a week and sharing projects. I'm barely crafting these days which is not good. Things have not been good since last September when I got back from Wales. I'm taking things one day at a time and hope to pick myself back up and get back into a much needed routine again.
Last month my mum took me to the stitch and craft show at the NEC. We haven't done that show before. I picked up some lovely lilac material to make a kitty bed for KeishaBelle. Whilst wandering around there was a lady on one of the stalls who like myself still uses her beloved Frister and Rossman Cub. With all the new machines on the market it was wonderful to see that somebody else was still using a classic.
I've had mine since I was about 9 years old and made many of my own clothes with it at that age. It also came in very handy when I went on to do GCSE Fashion and Textiles and also GCSE Child Development. I actually found the Child Development project the other day. I made a mini curtain, quilt cover and applique bunny to decorate a child's bedroom. I also still have a mini straw hat that I decorated foe a project in Fashion and Textiles. I wish I'd had more confidence back then to have taken my creativity further. It's great seeing that one of our small band has gone onto great things though, (Check out
Jayne Emerson) we were a class of about 7 or 8 students. Our teacher was Mrs Carole Shackleton whose daughter Alison went on to big things and was someone I wanted to be like back then.
Happy crafting
