Monthly Archives: March 2013

Sew Busy, love my Nannan.

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Hadn’t realised it been so long since I last posted, but unfortunately Life sometimes overtakes.

Christmas was not the fun time ppl usually expect. My Nannan became ill & has since moved to a care home. My mom, aunt & I have had to clear her house. It was as if we were dismantling her life, all 89 years of it. I learnt a few things, laughed, almost cried. Nannan is still with us, just moved house.
In her house was the 1st piece of sewing I was ever aware of, a tapestry made by aunt, Linda.

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Tutankhamun has hung there for 38 years. Almost 39 actually, she made it in 1974 the year my cousin Paul & I were born.

In 2007 I added my work to Nannan’s wall, a flag iris. 2010 I got to add another, a budgie. For many years Nannan kept & bred budgies. This piece looks remarkably like her last one, Misty-blue..Renamed Misdemeanor.

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Nannan has taken the budgie piece with her as a reminder of
Misty-blue.