How embarassing to visit the sports injury clinic on Saturday with an embroidery related back problem. I hope they realise that sewing is a risky, adrenalin fuelled activity, and right up there with snowboarding or polo for instance. I bet they had a right laugh at me when I left. Anyway, now I am partly fixed I am ready to spend another couple of days with my wooden hoop, some threads and some sparkly lovelyness.
This is my work bay at college, the one with the cow print apron on the back of the chair, or ‘the messy one’ as Jessica observed. I am this messy at home too. I find it hard to work in chaos so I have no idea how this happens, it must be my alter ego ‘messy Jayne’, as I am sure I am tidy and clean and very organised?
I had my tutorial last week with my course tutors, and I got some really good feedback, they were impressed with my embroidery which was great to hear, so maybe I am on the right track after all. I have 5 Final designs completed and am working on the next 2 as I write, so life continues to revolve around work, and the Spring cleaning is cancelled until May. I have also limited myself access to Facebook, Ebay, Tripadvisor, and the whole Internet really, as it can cause me waste hours, and then wonder where the day went and why I have done so little work!
Proud to have made it over the 1000 hits on my little blog, celebrated by having a cup of tea and a hot cross bun. So, what else has happened, oh I entered a competition through Country Living magazine, for Kitchen Table Talent, and today I recieved a cheque for the work I sold at Indigo, Paris, which was half the amount I was hoping for and will not cover the cost of my Degree Show as I had hoped, but I still have the prestige of putting the sale on my CV I suppose.
Here are a couple of bright images to welcome the start of British Summer Time, at last, I am so happy to see where I am going for longer than 7 hours a day. But as we get nearer the end of the academic year and hand – in , I will miss seeing the friends I have made at college. I hope to keep in touch with some of them and hopefully share their success stories after graduation, as I will be allowed unlimited access to the Internet once more!!
Before I go, I have to share my newest musical discoveries with you:- Benjamin Francis and James Vincent McMorrow, both have a dreamy chilled sound, really great for summer evenings sitting in the garden while the sun sets and the wine gets poured… ahhhhhh.
Well back to the work room I go, call back next week and I will show you what I have been doing.
Thank you for reading x
Ahh, the joys of the 3rd year studio! It all sounds good Jayne, good luck with the Country Living thing, I looked at it but chickened out of that too! Hope the “sports”injury holds out till hand in!! xx
Kim, do the Country Living thing, it’s only £5, and you would be perfect for it !!