tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post576057423736265888..comments2024-01-13T04:45:08.762+00:00Comments on artmixter: Funny...artmixterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088499758960154464noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-42993016389419874682016-10-06T10:43:48.321+00:002016-10-06T10:43:48.321+00:00Thank you both. Funnily enough, Shirley, I'm ...Thank you both. Funnily enough, Shirley, I'm just about to give away my polymer clay...takes too much energy to manipulate it. Fibro is awful... but I'm glad you're also finding the gains to be had from a change in direction. I've just premordanted some cloth, and bundled some paper with onion skins, birch bark and tannin... now to see what comes of it. Apologies not required. It's just good to be getting back into making again...and hopefully teaching, if we can find a couple more people for this course.<br />artmixterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088499758960154464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-32088246753672071052016-10-06T08:22:53.863+00:002016-10-06T08:22:53.863+00:00It's been lovely to see your recent creativity...It's been lovely to see your recent creativity, Marion.Bossymammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17200638216907803818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-31503595394056049412016-10-05T18:42:51.898+00:002016-10-05T18:42:51.898+00:00My life has changed completely since contracting F...My life has changed completely since contracting Fibromyalgia, so I understand to some degree what you're going through. I have also found positive benefits from the change in direction that my illness has made me take. I seldom sew and don't make quilts any more. I now dye wool, which I can manage as it's small scale only. I am also turning to polymer clay - I make buttons and am now just starting on jewellery.<br /><br />I often think of the time I spent with you and how difficult it must have been for you, for which I can only apologise. <br /><br />I am really liking your new work and looking forward to seeing more of your stitching.Shirley Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882110758374749571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-19944827832417125882016-10-05T17:27:17.644+00:002016-10-05T17:27:17.644+00:00It's funny how things change, Julie. I've...It's funny how things change, Julie. I've decided to stop painting; I'll also probably stop dyeing, too, as both use up too much energy. I did, however give away a floor loom that I was given a couple of years ago, just couldn't see myself weaving. Thoroughly enjoying watching your new direction, though.<br />artmixterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088499758960154464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-4954992119640137612016-10-05T17:15:58.772+00:002016-10-05T17:15:58.772+00:00Well done for finishing your Works in Progress. I...Well done for finishing your Works in Progress. I hope your workshops go well, it's just too far for me. I think acceptance and learning to pace yourself is half the secret of coping with ME and maybe that also contributes to having less depression, which the stress of rushing around trying to achieve everything might otherwise trigger. I am trying to declutter and reduce my creative directions at the moment too. Since I found weaving, fabric has interested me less and less. I never thought I'd say that!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.com