Long awkward pause.....

That's what it's starting to feel like. I haven't done a post for over a month and it has started to feel like a long, awkward pause in the conversation. Everyone else is still talking and now I feel rude, as though I'm interrupting. So, excuse me! Can I join in?

It seems impolite to launch into new posts without a quick catch up with what I have been up to.

Mending....the plight of the vintage clothes wearer...everything from shorts to shoes, beads to bonnets. And many, many frocks. Seems like the mending pile is under control now.

Sewing:.....little gathered skirts for the twins from recycling old dresses. They are calling them “kinder skirts”

Kids crafts.... we have been collecting colourful plastic rubbish from the parks(as inspired by Betty Jo)and using it (after a clean) in pasting and printing and threading.

Reading...LOTS of reading.....catching up on New Scientist (one arrived today!) and, as it is the national year of reading as well as my New Year plan to read more, I have been submerging myself into some terrific novels. Yay for the Library! 

Painting.... mini Mexican makeovers. This will be an ongoing project around the house. Little bit at a time. This border I have painted on the picture rails in the hallway.

Holidaying...