Do you feel 2016 has been a tremendously chaotic and painful year for our world? It seems to me this last year has been charged with more hate, turmoil and sadness than in previous years.
Believe it or not, three months after having moved into my new house we are still finishing things. Hopefully that will all end by tomorrow, and I will finally be able to move on to other things. Like sewing, and all things Christmas!
Oh, yes… it’s been a long, long hiatus to be sure. Nearly a year now without blogging. The reason being: I’ve been building a house.
One of the most important things that have happened to me this year has been the time given to me to enjoy with my sweet granddaughter, Alexia.
You must think I’ve fallen off the deep end. And sometimes it has actually felt like that. Yep, it’s been six months since I last posted, and it’s time to catch up.
Yep. It’s certainly been a while since I last posted. The reason being that over the last few weeks building has been a very large part of my life.
You will recall that one of the sacrifices made after moving out of town was Thursday sewing with my sewing circle. Fortunately for me, a year ago precisely my niece Ana Lía decided to join me on those days, and I finally had someone to share sewing with again. We have had to suspend those […]
Well, ok… not quite there yet, but I have (finally!) organized my new sewing space.
A month after moving to my new place finds me pretty much the same: still kind of stuck.
After nearly two years after leaving Quito and learning to live in a colder climate high in the mountains, I have managed to uproot myself again.
You’ve seen me write about *our* Pedrito before. For the last year and a half he’s been handyman and jack-of-all-trades to my mother and me. More importantly, he has become family to us.
Okay, okay. So they certainly aren’t babies anymore. Alexia is now as tall as I am, and Julian is getting there…but they will always be my babies. 🙂
I am a self-learner. I taught myself to sew and to quilt. And I taught myself how to draw. I am learning how to dye my own fabrics and am dabbling with mixed media. I am a quilt designer and teacher, and design and publish my own line of quilt patterns. With this blog I would like to share the bits and pieces of my life.
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