You are probably wondering where I am since missing posting for several days in a row isn't like me. I've been sick, courtesy of a tick that latched onto my arm. I have a sore arm, inflammation around the bite site, and both nausea and fever. I haven't really felt like stitching and I have not felt up to posting, either. Putting two words together and then typing them has been beyond me. But I am better, courtesy of the antibiotics, and I'll learn Monday if the blood tests show anything that means I need more antibiotics. It's almost certainly a skin infection, courtesy of the sharp tick teeth, but the blood tests are to make sure.
While I curl up in the comfy chair with a good book, you might have fun reading a two-part interview Mary Corbet did with the fabulous Austrailian goldwork/stumpwork designer Alison Cole.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2008/11/designer-spotlight-alison-cole.html
http://www.needlenthread.com/2008/11/alison-cole-on-publishing-needlework.html
Orna Willis has redone her website. It is easier to navigate but each nook and cranny has lovely things to see and perhaps stitch.
http://www.ornadesign.com/
Laura Perin has continued to post more great border ideas on her blog.
http://two-handedstitcher.blogspot.com/2008/11/border-bits.html
http://two-handedstitcher.blogspot.com/2008/10/bored-with-borders-yet.html
I hope to be back stitching this weekend. Sorry for the delay!
Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
