Dropped

I pressed the button and here we are..........."dropped", my first challenge.  How exciting!

To be honest I have no idea where I am going to go from here, but I guess that's the point, but my mind is already starting to buzz! 

According to the Oxford dictionary the definition of 'dropped' is to let or allow something to fall.  The Urban dictionary definition is "become good". So I reckon that's a start!

Got a busy day tomorrow, so I can't imagine anything will get started, even with the best will in the world. But I may have a quick nosey on the web to see what things of inspiration I can find. 

Wish me luck

A final thought for tonight, I've just listened to Rufus Wainwright and Ben Folds singing George Michael's "Careless Whisper". Oh my, very good.

Nearly there!

I think I am nearly ready to pick the first word for my first challenge!

I have spent most of this week tweaking the blog, with a little (or should I say, rather a lot of help) from Rebecca, who thought my first efforts were a little off the mark.  Only your daughter could be so blunt.  Anyway between the two of us I think it is ready!

At the moment, all the "Inspiration" photos are ones that either my family or I have taken, but I will in time include photos that I have found and have made me think a little!  I hope that you will find them interesting too.

Clouds on a Summer day

 I have to admit now I have a thing about Clouds, so you may notice a few included, as I continue to write in this blog.

Anyway enough waffling for now.  Rebecca has just text to say the next bit has been completed.  I would really like to take all the credit.................well, she is my daughter so I guess I can claim a little back!

Why do a blog? Well, why not!

I come from a family of "stitchers". 

My earliest memories are making clothes for my Cindy doll on my mum's Singer sewing machine, my Grandchildren are now doing the same, on the same machine!  

Once the children flew the nest I completed a City and Guilds in Patchwork and Quilting; ran workshops with a friend and set up a textile group with the same friend.

I have, over the past eighteen months re-kindled my love for dress making and knitting, which has lead to me having a creative block and abandoning any thoughts relating to textile art. So, I have decided it is time to do something about this! 

My challenge to myself is to produce work, no bigger than 12" square on a subject chosen at random from a word app on my smart phone and to record my progress here on the blog.  I am not going to restrict myself to a particular discipline, and sometimes I may only paint a bit of fabric, photograph a piece of inspiration or check out a new (to me) artist, who knows!

If anyone reading this fancies joining me in my challenge, I would be delighted.