Starllight walk

There is a link below to sponsor my team for doing a 9 mile walk around Swindon to raise funds for our local Hospice. One of our team, Jacky has terminal cancer and has had wonderful help from them. As she says, she has discovered that they are not just for death but for life too, and they have helped her to cope with her disease and to be positive and proactive. As you can imagine, a 9 mile walk is a hard challenge for me with my level of unfitness, so I'm hoping people will sponsor us, even if it's just for a pound.

Gina is fundraising for Prospect Hospice - JustGiving

Gina is fundraising for Prospect Hospice - JustGiving

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As I said - devastated

I didn't even get an interview. I really wasn't expecting that. It's hard to describe how I feel - I know I am now going into a boring repetetive dead end job, and will have to do very long days at it too. I asked for feedback and was told that it was down to not filling the application form ou with enough detail or examples, and because I used bullet points in places. This goes against everything I have previously been told about application forms which is that they should be concise and snappy and leave lots of avenues for questions at an interview. I feel that this job was the last throw of the dice for me; my last opportunity to get a decent career type job rather than just getting through the day doing mundane tasks. I feel so bad I am almost making myself ill, but I can't seem to snap out of it.
A good nights sleep, methimks and some valium to help.

Stitching Blogger's Question

Lee at Lake Stitcher has started up a monthly SBQ. Here's this months:

Suppose we say that there are two types of stitchers.

There are those who enjoy the “process” of stitching. They stitch for stitching’s sake and if something gets finished, so much the better, but it’s not necessarily the end goal. Primarily, it’s the application of needle and thread to cloth that makes them happiest.

Then there are those who are “project” stitchers. They move steadily through their projects, certainly enjoying their stitching time, but finding their greatest joy in the completed stitching.

If you had to pick one to describe yourself, which type of stitcher would you be? I imagine that we could all say that we fall somewhere in between, but really think hard about this and try to pick just one. And once you’ve decided whether you’re a Process or Project stitcher, tell us if your recognize that approach in other parts of your life.

At first I wanted to say that I was a Project Stitcher, because the reason I stitch is because I fall in love with a design and want to have it hanging on the wall in my home. Usually, it's because as well as being aesthetically pleasing, the design says something about me and gives me something to 'show off' about.
Then after a bit of thought, I realised that in fact, I don't really like some of the pieces I have stitched and they are gathering dust hidden behind various pieces of furniture. Some that immediately spring to mind are some purple irises by Silver Lining and a Chatelaine Christmas Sampler, that was a mystery or I would never have chosen it - the design is a mess. There is Lavender and Lace's 'Fairy Dreams', which looks dark and gloomy to me now, a Dimensions Angel which looks amateurish and some Hardanger where I don't like the framing. I do have Teresa Wentzler's Millenium hanging, and while I like bits of it, I'm no longer comfortable with the religious aspect of it. There are some others lurking around but I can't bring them to mind just now. The only piece I have in my home that I can honestly say I love, is Heritage Stitchcraft's River Thames and Mirabilia's Midsummer Night's Angel.Looking back, I sititched many of these because of the challenge. Fairy Dreams has an amazing over one face that is almost photographic, but I now find I dislike a mix of over one and over two in most designs - I don't like the contrast in detailing. The Silver Lining was just big and at the time we had some beautiful Irises in our garden. The Hardanger was just showing off that I could do it!
So I suppose if I feel like that about my stitching, I can't be a project stitcher as the finished item doesn't give me long lasting pleasure - just a sense of satisfaction that it is finished. So I suppose I must be a Process Stitcher - in love with the act of stitching rather than the end result. Surprising, as I sometimes have to force myself to pick up a needle!