Hello I am back

I haven’t written in my blog for quite some time. In June my husband contacted sepsis from pneumonia and it settled in his right hip replacement of 25 years ago. He spent 8 weeks in hospital while they removed his hip, scraped out the hip joint and put a temporary place holder in. When he came home He could barely walk and needed toileting, showering and dressing plus I needed to pick up all those little household tasks that don’t go away including those he normally took responsibility for. As a result my time in the studio has been limited. I did begin part time on a Level 7 Advanced diploma of art and creativity with the Learning connexion (distance delivery) and have been working on a coat with a long train. True to my ethos of recycling I have used repurposed cotton sheets from the thrift store and eco printed these with leaves stored in my freezer. I applied misty fuse to the back of the ecosyed strips before cutting out the leaf shapes to apply to a modified pattern that was created from two commercial patterns