Looking through a window...

This is the view from our bedroom window... We are lucky to have a bank of Camellia trees right in front of the window and it is lovely looking out through the greenery which dotted with bright pink flowers.. I almost feel like I am sleeping in a tree house...In the morning there is a honey eater who sits in the tree and calls to its mate - the first few morning I felt like he/she was in our bedroom as it was so loud... A nice way to wake up though...

Not a stitch in sight - I keep looking at the little room which will be my stitching room - the only trouble is it is chock full of boxes still to be unpacked... But it will evolve gradually...

I am slowly coming to grips that this is my new home for a little while... It is a pretty little house with a lovely garden quite different from where we lived before... But I guess after 10 years living somewhere it take a a little getting use to living somewhere else... And deep in my soul I know this isn't the last move... But one cannot keep dwelling on what was - one has to take the challenge of change as it comes and get on with it...

So little time to do anything - the weekends whizz by and just as you get into the swing of things it is Sunday night again...

One thing I did get to do was get my hands on a copy of Mollie Makes - a new English magazine which has recently hit Aussie shores... Not all news agencies stock it as yet - but I was lucky enough to stumbled across one who is fairly local and intends to have it.. I haven't had much of a chance to give it more than a quick look at but from what I have seem looks very good...

Cute clip as well...



Until later

S x

Goodbye - Hello

...Goodbye 29...

Thanks for your memories and protection over the years...




...Hello 59...

I'm looking forward to the adventures you will bring...



Well, after five weeks of looking,packing, packing, more packing and some cleaning we have arrived... This weekend is the first one we have had that we haven't had to do something... Mind you there is plenty to do but we said that this would be our 'rest' weekend and it has been... I am feeling a little lost but I am sure I will find my way....

Until then

S X

Another bolt from the blue...

... The ink hadn't even dried on my new work contract WHEN I am dealt another blow from the Karma gods.. The owner of the house - which we have rented for ten years - wants us out so she can sell... I must have been an extremely bad person in my last life... We are house hunting...

Until we move I will be having a blogging break... Thanks for your patience...

Until then take care

Sharon xx

And the verdict is in...

Finally after months and months and months of waiting and wondering with associated anxiety I finally can get on with my life... I have a job!!!!! It is much better than I could even have hoped for... To have security and peace of mind again is just unbelievable...

Now on with the creating... Over the last few months I abandoned my 2011 plan and in fact lost interest in it all... Now with a clear mind I hope to make some headway....

Until later

S xx

it's nearly over...

... as of today the shop has a new owner... We have all met him and he seems a reasonable guy... However, and there is a however he may not want us all in our present capacity... What does that mean for me??? Not sure at this time - however - yep, another however I am quietly confident that I may be offered something - but I don't think it will be what I have presently.. But again it is a waiting game... He says that he will let us know by the end of next week what he has in mind for us... And so we wait again...

Until later

S x

Return to 'normal viewing'..

...Well, not much has changed since last I posted. We at the shop, are still in a state of flux - we continue to work on knowing that in a while - short of long - we will close the doors. What happens after that is any one's guess...

However...
It is time to return this channel to its 'regular viewing' - that is about stitching... Which I might add has been a little thin on the ground...

I finally finished my January - Year of the Rabbit - postcard for the stitchin fingers fabric postcard group. I have already received both of mine - yes, I was foolish enough to put my hand up for February Bug postcard too... Both of them are below - the bright bunny with the cheeky grin and delicate stitching is from Mary Lou and the beautiful bug is from Hopscotch... Each quite different from the other - each carrying the wonderful workmanship of their owner... It was just lovely to come home from the stress to find each of them waiting for me... I can't help but smile every time I look at that bunny's face...

and the bug just fills me full of wonderment... My thanks to both of these ladies and their works of art - I appreciate them so much...

Now my postcard was less about stitching and more about drawing - as I told you originally I had seen the design for the rabbit on the cover of a horoscope book earlier this year - it fitted perfectly with the theme of Year of the Rabbit. I 'light boxed' the design on to the pale pink fabric and did numerous layers of coloured pencil and then 'dry' watercolour paint... I was undecided whether to add words or more images when I saw another idea for flowers - these were in the shape of cardboard templates which I traced around then again used coloured pencils to colour - I deliberately allowed the colour fixative to 'bleed' giving the overall (hopefully) effect of watercolour painting.

The stitching part was minimal - the rabbits whiskers, facial highlights, the partial stitching around the middle flower, blades of grass and some beading in the centre of each flower. Because of the design I had to rethink of the way I was going to finish the postcard. I made a 'pocket' by joining the back fabric of the postcard to the front leaving one edge open - I slipped a piece of cardboard into the 'pocket' then turned opening edges in and glued them together... This way my original idea of the bunny 'poking its head' into the picture was achieved - almost like when you are taking a photo - only at the last minute- someone puts their head into the shot...

Mary Lou if you happened to read this - I deliberately posted your card here as I wanted to reassure you that it is finished and 'hopping' on its way to you as of tomorrow Wednesday 28th April... Heartfelt thanks for your patience...

If you click on each of the photos you can get a better idea of the details...

Now on with the bug... :-}

Until later, take care

S x

I see a light in the darkness....

...but is it just a b****y train!!! That is where my thoughts are at the moment... What we do know for sure that the shop will close - however whether it is for good or whether it will be short term we aren't sure - infact the way it goes - we will probably be the last to know.... I'm starting to look forward to my little 'forced march' holiday - however long or short it might be... Until later S x