I am sure you are enjoying the little window of “free time” when we are allowed to exercise each morning outside our property. I don’t think the dogs know too much about social distancing, but I am sure they, and all the under 20’s are enjoying being able to move a bit more freely. Let’s hope we see the end of this horrible virus soon so life will get back to normal.
I don’t see us getting back to meetings for another couple of months. The government is being very conservative about gatherings of any sort and many of our members are in the “vulnerable” age group and will therefore have to be that little bit more careful. However, there seems to be a lot of work going on to get a treatment for this illness, and hopefully there will be a vaccine within the next year or two. I’m sure you have all learned a lot by being separated form “normal life,” and by the looks of the WhatsApp group, there is a lot of lovely embroidery going on.
Arthur Bales sent out a notice saying they are not allowed to sell anything other than face mask materials so I suppose that means all embroidery shops are closed for the time being. I’m sure our relative stashes will keep us occupied for a while. I have discovered that Elizabeth Leather and MaryHickmottDesigns sell embroidery designs which you can download and print on your computer if you are short of inspiration. Trish Burr has some free patterns available to download if you want something fairly straightforward to do. Pinterest, Inspirations magazine and Etsy also
have a lot to tempt you or at least give you ideas. I daresay you all have resources of your own which are keeping you busy. (I was wondering if we couldn’t place online orders with Janice Savage and Sue Clegg, and get them delivered in polystyrene containers under the title of “Food for the Soul”. They will be quite cold and therefore not breaking any rules. We can dream!!!)
Please look after yourselves. Now that Lockdown is easing up a bit, it’s tempting to be a bit more casual with the regulations. However the disease is still out there, and if you are one of the people who might get it badly, it’s really horrible.
I got this “periodic table of sewing” from a website called “www.sewfunny.com”. If any of you suffered with chemistry at school you might find it amusing and very clever. The site as a whole is mostly for quilters, but it does have quite a bit of embroidery humour too.
