nahcotta number one

busy, busy, busy. reality struck me today and left me feeling queasy. art work wise i've been basking in the knowledge that nahcotta gallery wants little ol' me to participate in the enormous tiny art show ii, but i realised that i'd better get my skates on cos they want the goods by the beginning of september, and i want to send them by the end of august to be sure of them getting there on time. in between that i've got a wedding sampler to make, an abc one for my son's pre-school, my website to redesign, and my dreams of getting an etsy store up and running seem to be receding by the day. i seriously need to start making some money from this gig, i can barely pay the broadband bill as it is, and that simply would not do. while i work (see the above evidence, a piece for nahcotta, possibly to be called 'dates for examination'- not entirely convinced i'm pleased with it yet) anyway, as i was saying, while (or should that be 'whilst'?) i work i've been daydreaming about the lead singer of maroon 5 (don't even know his name) in a not altogether appropriate manner for a 32 year old happily married mother of two. ahem. back to work, methinks.

rediscovered

i was looking through an old photo album on my laptop and found a pic of an old(ish) 12" piece i made for an exhibition at a museum in bury st. edmunds. this was the first small quilt i'd ever made and it was a 'challenge' piece for me and the members of the art quilt group i belong to - we all had to make a piece of work on the theme 'nature' (something i did not find hard, considering my obsession with leaves and flowers) and it's really this piece that began my current fixation with working to a 12" format. this actually sold at the exhibition for £75 (quite a princely sum for a few years ago) - a price i put on to put someone off because i wanted to keep it! ha, that'll teach me! i'd forgotten i'd taken this pic and i'm thrilled i found it, at the risk of sounding like a saddo, it was like seeing an old friend. actually, it was nothing like that, but i was quite chuffed all the same.
the sun has finally arrived this summer, but rest assured it's meant to pour all day tomorrow. thank goodness for that, 'cos god forbid we haven't had enough rain this season. (that was sarcasm, by the way) well folks, hope you had a top banana weekend and i expect i'll report back sometime tomorrow. bye for now!