Another eventful week

I recovered from the family visit only to get the fluey cold going around, dripping nose, sore throat, sexy voice! I felt a bit drunk in the head...no alchohol either & even decided not to go to my yoga class, now for me, that's not well at all ;(  To compoud it all, when I went to the Chemist in my lunch break on Tuesday to see if they had any cream for a tick bite, they said go to Casualty!!!! Heavens! so I'm on Anti-Biotics for 2 weeks to hopefully avoid Limes Disease ;( The bite grew to the size of the bottom of an average sized coffee cup, about 3" across so everyone's pretty impressed. We'll see what the blood test says!

Despite being tired...still, I got a pennant finished - working from home I can down tools & rest up for a bit every so often.

Sample

Color's gone a bit odd - after 8 years we have bought a new computer. My DH had been installing & backing up everything for a few days - so clever! & today was the day we plugged in the newish moniter & keyboard with mouse to the new...laptop. So, the laptop will be the 'hard drive' & run things in my comfy study & the DH can unplug it & go anywhere else & use it as a laptop. Not at the same time tho.....

so far so good but a few things have changed over the years & I'm looking forward to speed increase while blog hopping - we've gone from 1/2 a Megabit to 4 so that should improve things ;)

Anyway the Fleur de Lys is using velvet from the kind Heloise - I had the incredibly bright idea to use some bondaweb - velvet is sooo wriggly! Drew a pic of the shape on the back - my Dad sent me a pic of the F de L from one of their many history books - stitched from the back, stitched  gold on the front, cut it out (kept the reverse, see sample) Ironed it to the square, so easy!!!! then stitched round with zigzag. I don't know why, I think of  bondaweb as cheating - I should have used it in the bigger book I made last week as it ruched up so much but I generally learn by my mistakes ;) I need to get on with some brooches, cuffs & notebook bits & pieces as  have a 3 hr 1/2 table at a garden party next week...

Heloise also introduced me to Roben-Marie Smith in a post a while back, I LOVE her work. I came across a utube video by her on how to make paper bags & as I ran out, well, I made some a la R-MS. My DH thinks I'm mad but so far the one or 2 customers have loved them ;)

Anyone know what's happened to my courgette, below? Apart from needing a feed it's produced beautiful flowers but only male ones. Not a female bulge behind any of them. In my little experience I thought each plant had both sexes; I remember getting the youngest to fertilize them once, he couldn't believe that a plant practically had body parts within the flowers! But not this one. Oh well, I can eat the flowers in my salad at least.

                                                                     I can enjoy these tho from the greenhouse.

Despite being rather weary I took my arty budy to have a look at an exhibition in the gallery/hall in Plockton where mine will be held in September. It's called Impressions & they're frinds from the art groups I belong to. Patricia Shone is a ceramicist - wonderful textured work, Laura West, Bookbinder I mean, real books here & Ann Coomber, sculptor. so smooth to touch.(couldn't find a pic link)

All 3 feature on the above pic

They've covered up the rather dark hessian lined walls with calico, I think, & what's more they've offered to lend it to me, thanks! Much lighter.

Last but not least  drew the giveaway.

Sustats has won the lacy booklet &

Stitchety Grub has one the colorful one.

They both make lace, too ;) Hope you like them, can I have your addresses, please?

Right, i have a tiny amount of energy left to go & catch up with some blog buddies, see you, x.