Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-35175794-20181001052219/@comment-35243530-20181016143759

WOW!! I’m so impressed! I just found this thread, so trying to praise all of the work here would made far too long a post, so suffice it to say that I love it all! Missmuil (and I’m wondering about the origin of your name too, by the way - is it kitty related?), I would encourage you not to be so shy because you’re very good. All of the art here looks to me to be of professional quality and easily saleable.

I used to craft a lot at various points in my life. I spent my teen years teaching crafts at camps and making things for bazaars to raise money for various groups. I’ve gotten out of the habit, but maybe you’ll inspire me to get back into it. Unlike you ladies, I’ve no talent at drawing, so I aimed elsewhere. I do still sew - primarily because I can rarely find clothes to fit, so making them from scratch seems to me to be easier than properly tailoring existing garments. It also ensures that I get what I really want, in the fabric (pattern, colour, fibre and texture) I want it in. It was fabulous to be the only one not sweltering in polyester at both my childrens’ weddings! I so love natural fibres!! I used to cook and bake too, but I have a hate-hate relationship with my kitchen. It’s far too small and has no counter space. And even though I bought the stove, having moved in to realize there was no oven, just a cooktop (I mean really - what kitchen comes without an oven? My mind just saw the cooktop and leaped to stove) - it wasn’t the chef’s gas stove that I really wanted, it was an electric one that fit in the only available space for it. We decided not to renovate until the house was paid for. We’re almost there and so I’ve been dreaming of all the changes I want to make when that day comes! I want to turn our current, sunny and bright family room into my new kitchen. The current one is in the centre of the house and so has no windows (to match the no counter space and thus no storage?). I’m hoping the new kitchen will inspire me to get back into cooking - and so is my husband! - but it’s still a couple of years off. So in the meantime, I’m refining my dreams for the whole house. They say you can change the house, but you can’t change the property, and it’s so true! We’re on an acre and a half in a tiny hamlet. We took the yard, which Was really a weed field, and turned it into a manicured private park. Still working on that - we have a list of wants that include a water feature, a gazebo and a back porch that accommodates a hot tub. It’s good to dream.