Sorry about the lack of blogs, I've had a rotten cold. Unfortunately cold and Menieres/Me do not mix well! But I'm on the mend now and although I'm still incredibly tired, I have at least managed to get off the sofa! So here is a brief catch up.
I have a list of things to make and do, a Halloween goody bag for my nephew, he wants a monster. Homework for creative textiles, although I have made a start on that this morning and a painting to finish as well as new a new one to start that I have just done the sketch for. It'll be Easter by that time, I knew when doing the course it would be difficult because of my illness, so far I have missed 2 weeks out of 4, not a good start and Jessie is worse still she has missed 3. She couldn't bring herself to leave the house on Tuesday, so I went on my own and here is the story to my getting home.
I got to the train station at Sandle with a 15 minute wait for the train, it was a lovely day so I sat and watched the world go by. The train duly arrived on time and I disembarked at Moorthorpe station shortly after, I have a 10 minute wait for Paul so I went in the cafe and got a hot chocolate. He picks us up on the way home from work at half four, so I sat and waited and waited. At 4.50pm I went outside to see if I could spot the car, no car, so I waited and waited. Now it happened that my mobile has been broken for ages, but as I go out rarely and am either with Jessie or Paul I haven't got a new one. Mine are usually just hand me downs from the kids anyway.
Now not only did I not have a mobile but the night before our internet and land line stopped working. Michael, my 20 yr old son had decided to move the router from the front room to the dining room for a better signal. He couldn't get it to work and so moved it back again, at which point nothing worked. Paul fixed it Tuesday night (a cable was in the wrong port!), but that did me no good on Tuesday afternoon. So no phone, no husband and stranded at Moorthorpe.
So I gave up and caught a bus home, I thought if Paul turned up he could just sit and wait! Unfortunately the Menieres means I now get very travel sick, the train isn't bad because we are only on it for 10 mins. But a bumpy bus is another thing! He had forgotten me completely, he'd called at his mum's on the way home and never thought twice about his poor wife. Just as I was walking up to our gate he was starting to back the car out of the drive. Having arrived home and found me missing, he suddenly remembered where he was supposed to be! I'll have to stamp it on his head next week to make sure he doesn't forget again. He didn't even apologise he just started laughing and put the car away, I'll bide my time and get my own back.
Anyway this morning with my cold finally subsiding I thought I better catch up with some textile pieces. We are learning about dying at the moment and I have bought some Procion dyes to use at home. These are permanent dyes so I have to be careful not to get them anywhere I don't want them to be. So there was me with an old pinny on, yellow rubber gloves and cling film all over the kitchen worktops. I mixed the dyes in old dishes and added in salt and soda ash, these act as mordants to make the dye permanent. I dyed several pieces of calico for use as backgrounds for future projects. I had some dye left so Jessie used it to dye a lace shawl and tablecloth she had bought from a charity shop. They are all wrapped in plastic and in a storage box now, you have to leave them to cure before you wash them out. So some time next week I'll put some photos on of the results. I didn't take photos today because I didn't want to risk getting anything on the camera. The dye does tend to travel about a bit, but our kitchen is old and has random bits of glue and glitter from previous projects here and there anyway!
I still haven't used all of the lovely things Carolyn gave me yet, so now I'm a bit better I'll have to start on those as well. She has some lovely new fat quarter bundles in, all with Christmas prints on, it's fatal being her sister because I just keep seeing things to add to our crafty stash. Pop in and see her new stock, I know she has talked about selling dyes before, she just doesn't have any spare room at the moment. She has pictures of her new fabrics on Facebook, Make Me Fabrics and visit her at South Elmsall market as well to see what other seasonal goodies she has in.
Well I'm off to plot revenge on my husband! Let Carolyn or me know what you are making, it would be nice to see a few photos or take them along to show her. Talk to you all again soon,
Love Louise xx
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