I'm Back

Oh dear, I have been remiss - not a single post since 20th February.  I should explain that I have been away on holiday and that slowed me down a bit.   I haven't been totally idle however, I've been updating my website which always takes longer than you think it's going to.   I've added lots of silk and satin cards - each one is a fabric collage which I have embroidered both by hand and machine and some of them are beaded as well.  Each one is like a mini work of art and, although they are fiddly, I really enjoy making them.  There are so many of them and I wouldn't know which to choose to picture here, so I'm afraid you'll have to look on the website.   

Last week, I made another felt bowl, which I am very pleased with - it is mostly grey merino with a snall amount of  black and blue,  and I've added some grey and white fibres also.   To finish it off, I have attached a small piece of grey slate which I picked up on a beach in Pembrokeshire - it works really well.   I've also, at long last, photographed the red bowl I made before Christmas, it is decorated with french knots in various shades of red and coral.

Since February, we have attended two Craft Fairs, one in Neston Town Hall - a new venture for us, which was very successful .   We will be going there again on 2nd April -  it was very pleasant and well organised.

While I was away, Liz went to one at the Park Inn,  St. Helens.   As usual, the staff were so welcoming, warm and friendly but, unfortunately, for some reason, there didn't seem to be many people about.    Very strange, last time we were there it was quite busy.   We'll be at Lark Lane, this weekend for their first Fair of the season.    I hope we'll get lots of interest - Mothers' Day is on Sunday, so perhaps there will be some last minute present buying!

I'm hoping, in the next few days, to download and print some of the (few) photos I took when we were away - I'm hoping I might have one decent shot of an egret and perhaps one of a surfer.  Neither are easy to photograph - the egret was very shy and the surfers move at quite a lick! 

With a bit of luck, I'll get in a walk in the Lake District in the next few weeks and that might yield some good photo opportunities.  In the meantime, I'm making a couple of bags - I hope to finish, and photograph them, for the next blog.