Catching Up!

Catching Up!


Just catching up on my blog news, not too much to tell really, still pacing myself with the bears as my thumbs do not get much better and never will. I have had Accupuncture sessions on them which have helped just a little and continue with the pain killers. With the bears, instead of just working on one bear at a time I have at least 6 on the go at once so that if I am having difficulty with hand sewing I can change jobs and perhaps do some stuffing for a while or work on faces etc, this does help the pain and the bonus is I usually have a few bears all done at the same time. It is frustrating though as I do love making my bears and hope I can continue. Still doing the afternoon job but have this week off on holiday but instead of going away we are doing some jobs in the house to get ready for putting on the market for sale, this seems to take us forever as when we are tired after work, the last thing we want to do is decorating etc.
Anyway, I will leave you with a picture of Spangle and Razzle who are listed on Ebay this week ..... click here to see auction

Hugs
Pauline xx

A Nice Break

A Nice Break
We had a nice break in Suffolk last week visiting our Daughter. We stayed in a static caravan this time, the site was very relaxing with no facilities like swimming pools or entertainment, the only sounds we could hear besides other people coming and going were the birds and we could sit and look out at lots of rabbits hopping around but we usually stay in hotels and after a couple of days it sank in that we were not getting room service whilst we were out and so thought we had better start cleaning up a bit.

I have a bear fair looming in a couple of weeks so had to take some bears to sew up so it was just as well there was no entertainment on site, despite a few days out in the shopping malls and a few meals out in the evenings, I got quite a lot done and now just need to accessorize the bears ready to take to the show.

We would think about staying there again, we came home feeling a lot fitter than we usually do as we didn't seem to over eat like we do in hotels as really it was just like being at home, also our Daughter is a Dance Teacher and I joined in some of the early evening classes, besides all the kids classes, she runs 2 Zumba classes and 2 tap dancing classes for adults, I really enjoyed the Zumba.... hadn't tried it before and thinking of finding a class near home now to keep it up.

I haven't any holiday pictures from Suffolk to show as I didn't take any because we have been so many times to the area now but I will leave you with a picture of Chip, a miniature 3.5 inch commission bear just finished for a lovely lady.

Take care
Pauline

Machine's Galore

Machines Galore

I just thought I would introduce my latest baby, who is taking a lot of my time up at the moment, it's a Singer 99K, really old but working beautifully, I have developed a real obsession with buying sewing machines of late, there are now 5 living with me and I don't have the room. I now have a Singer 201K (also vintage), an Elna Club Computer, a Bernina Virtuosa and a Bernette (the baby Bernina), now this new Singer 99K, I don't need all these machines and this will have to stop I know but I do have my eye on an old vintage Bernina (just like the one I used at school years ago) and I think I may now have to use the "one out, one in" method and part with one before getting this new Bernina so that I stick with 5 and no more! It is interesting just how different they all are. I should be making bears as I have a fair looming in 3 weeks time but I am playing at making curtains/cushions, taking up new jeans, making boot cut jeans into straight leg jeans etc. and enjoying seeing what the different feet will do. However, I do have some new bears finished and just waiting for their accessories.. must put the machine away for a while soon and finish the bears. Will show some pictures in just over a week's time hopefully.

Have a happy week
Pauline

Time Flys!

Time Flys!

Don't quite know where the last few months have gone to! Can't believe it is February already, Christmas and New Year went by like a blink of the eye! Anyway, it is ages since I wrote a blog post but want to write more regularly now.

What have I been up to..... well we are wanting to have another go at moving house this year, we tried before but the housing market crashed whilst we had the house on the market and so we pulled out, that was 2 years ago, so we have been doing a lot of jobs around the inside during this winter to help it to sell, only the more things we do to make it nice the more I don't want to leave, if only one could put wheels on and move a house, that is what we would do because it is a different area we are wanting to go to which is nearer to my Daughter.

On the bear front, I was so pleased that Apple and Blossom won second prize in the British Bear Artist Awards in December. I have slowed down just a little on making bears lately, I have to pace myself because of Osteoarthritis in both thumb joints and a couple of fingers, diagnosed a couple of years back but has got increasingly worse just lately. I do however pick up the knitting in between as I can't sit with nothing to do, a few bear outfits here and there, a couple of cardigains for me (a long time since I did that). Anyway I will leave you now and be back with more news very soon. Hope you like the picture of Honey that was adopted a little while ago.

Hugs
Pauline xx