Monday 13th May

 First things first; make sure I cracked on with the crossstitch collaboration! The end is absolutely in sight, and I just need to make sure I keep going.

Today was the day for finishing the third border. I was doing fine until I discovered I had finished the first skein of green embroidery thread. No matter, I knew I had two more... somewhere...

After .tidying away my paints, filing  some stray paperwork, relabelling the ring binders with clearer writing, sorting a craft box, going through and tidying a basket of miscellaneous sewing materials, I discovered them and finished today's section. I'll be able to carry on with the final border tomorrow. 

A useful morning's works, I suppose... here they are, safely tucked into the little felt Corinne Lapierre sewing pouch that I made from a kit at the beginning of 2020.

It is a brilliant little kit, still available. A couple of pieces of felt (more than you need) plenty of thread, and even a tape measure and seam ripper!

I've had my eye on this book for a while. Somebody mentioned it recently on their blog, and I was between books so I downloaded it.

I am hugely enjoying it. It's a good read so far. I'm halfway through and have been reading it a lot yesterday and today. In fact one I have finished tapping out this blog I'm going back to it.

And did I mention tidying away my paints? I copied these techniques from a YouTube video '9 ways to fill your sketchbook ', fairly quick and fluid ideas to try out. I did enjoy doing them, and I've space for two more below these ones, which is why I haven't removed all the washi tape yet.