It's been a while since I've written about the TAFA in Caloundra.......at the moment we are doing some challenges......we are having a monthly and bi-annual challenge.......the monthly challenge for August is WORDS.......everyone who was at the meeting had to write one word on  a piece of paper and they were all folded in put into a bucket...then passed around and we had to pick one out...hopefully not your own......so my words for August is "obsession".......OK what am I going to do for this.......well I thought about it and decided to narrow it down to an obsession with textiles....that makes sense....friends were saying I could make something about chocolate....sex....drugs......as these are things that people have obsessions about.......noooo...... textiles sound more interesting to work with....so my obsession at the moment is circles.....when I am machine quilting and have to fill in backgrounds I just love doing pebbles or pearls as some people call them....I think of them as circles.......so this is where I am going to start with my challenge.....my obsession with circles using applique.....stamping.....freemotion quilting.......so I don't have very long to make my piece......as it is due on the 20 Aug and at the moment the painters have the Studio wrapped up and have started painting......by the time they finish I will be able to hobble down to catch up with my projects.......

The TAFA group had a felting class with Jo and they made hats.......here are a couple of photo of their finished pieces.......

The other photos are of Liz who makes beautiful clothing.......

from hand dyed the silk fabric and has hand stitches the whole piece.......I think it looks great......but Liz is a little unsure about wearing it herself.......

Happy Stitching - - - - -

Cathy

Well I'm up and about.....slowly does it........off the crutches and limping around.......last Friday I had a knee operation........they were just going to have a look but decided to fix it up the best they could.....because next time it will be a knee replacement.........after I heard the Doctor say that they scraped the underneath of my knee cap I didn't hear anything else he said........got home early Friday afternoon and pretty well stayed in bed until Tuesday afternoon......they only time I was out of bed was to go to the loo and have a sponge bath......Jens and I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner in bed the whole weekend...... Jens did a great job looking after me, considering he had the worst case of gout in his left knee.......we were both full of pain killers for a couple of days...lucky Jens could get out of bed to cook and make cups of coffee for me and bring me anything else I wanted.......I had a couple of falls on the crutches....lucky I was near the bed when I fell....the other time was not so bad.......have been doing my exercises and can lift my leg straight and up and hold it for 20 seconds......still can't bend it very much though.......after I see the Doctor in 2 weeks I will be able to start physio....yesterday after helping change the sheets I spent spent the rest of the day in front of telly doing some applique and I cooked some rissoles for dinner....Jens did the veges and served.......I might have over done it a bit as I slept for 9 hrs last night........I'm taking it much easier today.....went out side to catch a little sunshine and have a look at the gardens.....the weather is beautiful here at the moment.....bright sunny days and cool overnight temps around 7 - 21.......can't complain about that........so much has happened in the last 2 weeks....will tell you about it all over the next few posts.......until then....happy stitching.......Cathy