Stitching with a Shimmy

Shimmying through life with needles and thread…

Archive for December, 2009

December 31st, 2009 by deRomilly

Thinking About the New Year…

This has been quite a month for me, as you probably noticed, I didn’t post a lot. My day job was getting stressful, and it culminated in a layoff at the beginning of December. The day after that, my 4 year old Dora-cat was in the Emergency Vet being diagnosed and treated for kidney failure. [...]

December 14th, 2009 by deRomilly

Universe is hitting me again! Help!

You remember a few months ago, when I said that when the Universe yells at you, you should listen? Well, I tried, really I did. I started focusing on cleaning the studio. I even found a patch of floor that I didn’t know I had. The shelves are still falling over, though, because they need [...]

December 10th, 2009 by deRomilly

Creating Artwork

My drawing skills have always been spotty. I can turn out a lovely piece of realistic work one day, and then anything I create touching pencil or pen to paper will be utter uselessness for a week. It has, if I’m honest, always been this way. It was enough so that when I was trying [...]