Well, long time no blog…

What can I say? It’s been almost four years and so many changes have happened. First of all, my dearest friends Victoria and Sharon who I shared my love of dolls and miniatures both passed away. My eyesight changed to the point where it is very uncomfortable for me to do anything miniature. I moved from California back to Houston Texas to be near my family. I spent five months being basically a hospice nurse for my father before he passed away as well. In all the chaos, my creative mojo went south.

Not that I was doing nothing. I spend many many months just knitting, crocheting, and sewing furiously to keep my hands busy. The items I produced were hats, scarves, mitts, dresses, zippered bags, tote bags – some for family and most to donate to my favorite dog rescue in Canada for her fund raising efforts.

Some years ago I purchased a bunch of quilting classes on Craftsy (now BluPrint) and have begun to watch them again. I had also purchased Electric Quilt which is a computer program for designing quilt patterns. I had never learned how to use it…

So now I am watching and learning. To have some quilt handwork to do, I purchased some English Paper Piecing hexagons and so far have been basting the batik fabrics to them before sewing together. Will probably make yet another tote bag out of a panel of these rather than a quilt….but you never know.

To anyone who reads this who was following my blog for my doll and miniature work, thank you so much. If the last few years has taught me anything, it is that life is a series of changes. If you have a good run of stability, savor it for all it’s worth and accept it when it passes… as it must.