Paranoia has descended. I can honestly say that over the past week I have seen and cleaned more dirt than I have ever experienced in my life. In the past I have had kitchens fitted, bathrooms, I have had pipes leak through ceilings but nothing compares to the filth that descended this time. My house is over 100 years old. Many, many years ago it would have had coal fires for heating. That means soot was produced, thick , black soot. ......all of which was released earlier this week. So where has the paranoia appeared from? Downstairs was mostly unscathed apart from the kitchen which is directly at the bottom of my stairs. This room I am in now, where I keep my cloth and to where I moved all my other pieces for safety remained pristine clean throughout the work but a nagging doubt remains. I am inspecting everything. Is it REALLY clean? Is the white as white as could be? Then there are my hands. Because of the cleaning I have done and despite being scrubbed almost to the extent of them hurting they remain grubby, ingrained dirt, finger nails that won't whiten. So really...how can the white be truly white? It looks white.....I'm paranoid.
Despite all this I am totally and utterly in love with my new space in the sky...completely.....so as long as the white is truly white it was definitely worth the soot, the dust, the black finger nails and the hands which look like they belong to a farmer.
Last night I was still sorting out at 6 pm. I yearned to stitch and play and doodle. Dotty applique on the dotty piece of cloth saved me. Applique with added embroidery on top and a little paper doodle to accompany this piece.
There is still a measure of sorting out to do but the muck is consigned to history. I am having a weekend off sorting out and am just going to chill with needles and cloth and thread and pencils and nice, clean things.
I miss my girls too. Simply Stitch four is more relaxed, less pressure, less video, longer time frame of six months but I feed off those girls, they inspire me, they drive me on. I have a need to interact over there....they will be on my mind this weekend too.
(simply stitch 4 is a very slow paced, relaxed experience with no deadlines. As it is running over a time frame of six months I am not de listing it yet. In my opinion it will still be possible to jump in and become immersed in the experience at any point over the next few weeks. If you want to read more then just go here.)