Well I think these plans are finally coming together. We have all the blocks done, and ready to assemble for the present quilt. It just needs the block joining and I can get it onto the frame. I chose a design that didn't need borders as I wanted to use an all over design for the quilting. This quilt is having to combine two very different design specifications in one quilt, and I hope we have managed it.
I've sent of the mother of the bride skirt today. I am surprised how much I like it. It really isn't my colour or my style of fabric, but I suppose it is a design of skirt I really like. I just hope she likes it as all she has seen is a small sample of the fabric. She hasn't seen any pictures of the skirt design at all. Scary. Still it will fit perfectly with the brides outfit, and I guess that is what most mothers would really care about.
I've finally found a scrapbook to put all your supportive comment in. I've had so much support from the Internet in the last year, and I want to keep making good use of it. On days when I don't believe in myself I can look through it and see that there are a lot of other people who think I can succeed. I found a purple faux suede photo album in the sale and I love it. It matches my quilt design notebooks so I think it was meant to be. Even better it has those peel and stick pages so I don't have to worry about finding a glue that will work. It's been great reading through the comments and has helped me with preparing my talk for Saturday. It is rather daunting going and talking to a room full of people for an hour, but I have lots of support, I won't let you (or me) down.
I am working on plans to get pictures back onto my blog. I can't switch to Wordpress right now as they don't have a tool to move the new blogger blogs over yet. They also don't allow blogging by email, which is what I do from my mobile phone. The do have moblog, but my phone doesn't. What I may do is host the images elsewhere and just code the html myself. I am working on it. I will also try and get my new works put onto my main site then you will at least be able to see them there. Thanks for bearing with me while I figure it out. If I get really desperate I may accept the terms I don't like and hope Google never notice my site. After all I am sure this is a very low traffic blog and if they are going to use any ones images it is more likely to be the more popular ones right?
Finally (for now) I still haven't found my 10,000 visitor. If they haven't come back here by next Monday I will post details of the 10,001 visitor and see if I have better luck with that one. Who would have thought that giving something away would be so difficult.
Oh, to be in the audience to hear you speak of your art and quilting! I would be thrilled. You do realize that it's easy to talk about something you love, don't you. Three Cheers!!!
ReplyDeleteI am certainly hoping that is how it will work. I have an absolute terror of public pseaking. I always have. At about 8 I declared that any job that required it wasn't going to happen. I was still saying that a coupld of years ago.
ReplyDeleteThen someone asked me at a quilt meeting if I would go and talk to their group. Imagine my horror when I heard my mouth saying yes. I am quite certain I didn't give it permission to do that. Still when I say I will do something, I do it. I now have four talks booked I think so I had better make a good job of it.
Given I talk like I write, or write like I talk I am hoping this will have been good practice too, and people choose to keep reading so it can't be too bad. :)
I love the idea of saving all your positive feedback in a scrap-book to remotivate yourself on bad days. You do realise though that it is no longer a matter of if you CAN succeed... you HAVE succeeded!!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your talk. I hear the first 4 times are the worst! ;)
I'm sure you'll be great, your writing style is easy to read and entertaining and your subject matter is fascinating so I don't think you can go far wrong. I do think there is a big difference between the usual 'public speaking' and talking to people about a passion which they also share.
Damn blogger... I want pictures. :D