I'm Still Here!!

Happy New Year! I'm still here, hovering somewhere in the background. I didn't want a whole year to go by before I added another post so here's a quick update.

Thank you to anyone who has read so far and for the comments of encouragement. I am determined to get to grips with this one day. I thought Father Christmas had granted my wish for a camera but it turned out to be an iPod, which was a great present but won't get me any photos on here anytime soon. I will be holding out for my birthday in March now unless I win one in a competition before then.

As for what I have accomplished on the crafting front since the last time; well I've made a knitting needle case, a sewing needle case, a quilted patchwork bag for my daughter, a felt pin cushion, a chef's hat for a friend's son and a crocheted bath mat out of t-shirts. Quite a variety when I look at it together like that. Alongside this I have been attending my quilting club for which I have made a table mat and coaster set for the Christmas challenge, a couple of blocks towards a quilt and continued with my hexagons for another quilt. These last 2 projects are going to be very slow and ongoing.

That list doesn't sound much for 8 months does it? There must be some more that I can't remember at the moment!!! Either that or I don't have as much free time as I thought.

I'm going on a skiing holiday in March with a group of 14 and am in the process of knitting a hat each for them. I've done 5 so far and they only take a couple of evenings each so should get done in time. (BTW - I will not actually be skiing. I went once and had a bit of a 'baptism of fire' which put me off somewhat I don't feel as though I'm missing out though and will enjoy the holiday regardless as I'm not the only one who isn't skiing).

Teresa x

Still No Camera

Well, it's nearly been a couple of weeks and I've still not got a camera. In the meantime, I've made a cute pin cushion, a couple of greetings cards and started on a little bag from a Japanese craft book.

If I knew what I was doing here I would post photos of all these and a link to the book which seems to be the blogging protocol.

Over the weekend, I also tried out a new recipe for muesli bars which was quite successful. I used to buy these from the supermarket but despite having a 'healthy' image they are packed with sugar and some with additives.

I've managed to remember to add a title to this post and a couple of labels. Next time, hopefully it will be a photo or a link.

Til then :-)

Well, it's been about 3 months since I created this blog and it's just taken me half an hour to work out how to get back into it. I think it would have been a good idea to keep a note of my blog name/log-in details etc!

I think the next step will be to get myself a camera. I know from the blogs I visit that it's the photos that grab my interest more than anything, although I do read the text too. And as I'm planning to try and find time to do more needlecrafting this would be a waste of time without photos of the results to show (don't hold your breath though). I'm hoping that this is going to give me the incentive to get on with some of the ideas that are bursting out of my head. It'll be slow progress though since I work full-time, belong to various other clubs etc and try to fit some exercise into the week too.

My dream would be to be at home full-time, crafting, cooking and trying to live as environmentally friendly as possible.

Till the next time (probably another 3 months time at this rate). 'I wonder if anyone will read this. How will I know if they do? I'm rubbish at this!!'