It's in the bag

Ready for a stitch here and a stitch there

The bag is always near by to be picked up and taken with me in the car or to any room in the house.

I keep a small piece of embroidery to work on in this pretty pink bag
Whenever I have time I sew a few stitches

It makes it much easier to do something creative when you can just bundle it up into the bag when someone calls in or you have a chore to do

Love the white embroidery on this piece of linen

Just place a hoop around the linen and it is playtime - anywhere, anytime

Just put it back into the bag when playtime is over

TIME

TIME

I don't seem to be able to find the time to get out my art supplies and create anything.

My supplies take up too much room. The room I was using as my creative space now has a bed and gets used by the grandchildren a few times a week so there is no way I can leave anything half done on my desk .

So I have decided to get back to embroidery as my main artwork.

This silver bowl holds what I will use for my next creation.

Linen, threads, a needle and an old watch to remind me to take the time to create.

This needle will be my saviour.

It will help me sit and relax yet still create

SUNDAY IN MELBOURNE

On Sunday we went to Melbourne (just over an hours drive)

We went for a walk along the Yarra River

Such a beautiful Autumn day

Autumn in Melbourne is always special.

DAY 12

Day 12 of being sick.

I am so sick of being sick. Just a couple of days after getting home from visiting my Dad I got sick. Temperature of 39.8 (103.6), body aches, the shakes, coughing, vomitting, blah, blah, blah. After a week I thought I'd better go to the Doctor. He says it's the flu and gave me antibiotics. Whatever flu it is, it has surely knocked me around. I am finding it really hard to concentrate on much and even find it difficult to go around blog hopping.

HOLDING HANDS

Got to sit on the couch holding hands with this little treasure on Wednesday.

Riley loves to have you hold his hand when he is tired and

sometimes you have to hold a foot too!

He had some fun building a house on the deck outside.

He even has a couple of toolboxes and knows the names of all the tools

SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH

I have got together a few bits and pieces to play with in the next few days. Hopefully I will be up to doing a bit of embroidery and finally do something creative.

Some vintage sequins amongst the treasures too

A few different types of threads

Gorgeous vintage glass and pearl buttons

Love these threads and buttons

A bit of linen, some vintage trims, buttons and various threads. At least it will be something I can just pick up and do 5minutes here and there on it.