Karen Ruane

extending pages....

My blue and white page has been added to. Added to with collage and embroidery. These pages are a joy to work with, only one drawback....I can't make a decision on the layout of this one. I look, I move things around, I look again, I move things around again. I think 'yes, that works, I like that', then I think 'maybe if I moved that one it would look even better'. I end up without a decision so I am leaving it a while. In the meantime there is more, something that really excites me, you will see that tomorrow.

Later today I am starting another page and taking pictures of yesterday's cloth which has now been titivated. But first.....ironing.......

the next page

More from my ledger, my second spread. This isn't finished....I was working on it last night and hope to show you what else I have done when the girls have seen it. If I am quick enought today I may get class up early again as there is something else I want to squeeze in to our schedule. You probably don't care about that though so I'm sorry to go on......embroidery, that's what you care about. Tonight I plan to cut that cloth up...yes, actually take scissors to it. It will then be joined in various places and you will see that...I'm sure that will interest you more than my thinking out loud about class schedules.

Do you want some boring life information, general day to day stuff? I went to the supermarket this morning, Worst chore EVER. It takes just as long to put it all away when you get home as it does to buy and pack it the other end...a gripe. I need to get over it........it isn't going to go away. Today I feel a bit yuk again all of a sudden, like the head cold is lingering. That doesn't make me happy in any way............... I will try and ignore it.

I want to have my hall decorated.......the entrance bit to my house, inside. It isn't big, it is long and very narrow. There are no stairs. I live in a tiny house where the stairs go up the back from the kitchen. My dilemma? I am sick to death of shoes. We don't wear shoes in the house, we leave them in the hall. I have shoe racks but the shoes multiply, nobody throws their old ones away. I have the least amout of shoes in this house. I am female, I live with two men. Work that one out. Do I want to get my hall beautifully decorated to have it looking like a dumping ground for shoes? At the moment that is my biggest irritation......I know, it could be worse. I count my blessings.

a look inside my ledger.....

I'm early again! I was early to class too, yesterday to be precise. Not sure what's happening. I doubt I have morphed into someone super organised overnight....it's a mystery. I am making the most of it while it lasts though.

This is my ledger so far...well not the whole thing, there is other stuff in progress and you will get to see it eventually. Painting is planned for later today....and embroidery...there is always embroidery.

my ledger

Just a brief glimpse inside my ledger today. As you can see I have had the pencils and paints out along with the coloured thread....sometimes I do use colour although it always feels weird. Yesterday was spent socialising so very little has been accomplished creatively since I was last here. Today will be laundry....it breeds in my basket. Either that or the neighbours sneak in whilst I am asleep and leave theirs.

Can I do a little begging now? and a lot of pretty please grovelling? If you have me in your link list please can you amend it to direct people here and not my old blog. I think my stats are being affected in a  negative way and you know how obsessed I am about stats. A zillion thank yous and a lot of kisses for doing that xxxxxxx

creating and painting

This morning I have been ''perusing' my ledger....some of which is hidden as the girls haven't seen it yet. I am actually finding it quite relaxing picking this book up and playing for a little while each day. It's like being back at school! Mind you....I didn't like it there much....this is different, I like this. I have also been putting together more cloth for the veil/festooned/holey/lace piece, just pinned for the moment.

This made me smile yesterday...really. Uttely charming? My Northern English  ''common'' voice,

(Synonyms:

ordinary - vulgar - usual - general - coarse - public)

I am so grateful...utterly charming...I will live off that compliment for years, thank you so much!

I won't be here tomorrow and I can see you all jumping for joy now. I will be spending time with my little brother who is coming all the way from Sweden to see me....

An Embroiderers Ledger

An Embroiderers Ledger, the online learning programme is starting again in September for the second time. Today I thought it would be a good idea to make  a short video about some of the things we will be doing, a few peeks at my own ledger and a little bit of chat about the class.

There is more information here and you can also go here to read more and register.

For the next three days I have solitude....a lot of time to spend alone and get through numerous things that I am really looking forward to.  Most of it creative, a little admin and titivating of pages etc and a lot of e mail answering. I may take some time away from here.....at the moment making that decision frees me a little to get more done, in my head at least.  That's not to say that I won't get through my list quicker than I imagine and be back tomorrow...who knows. But if I do disappear at least you know where I am, incarcerated alone, beavering away and loving every minute.