Doing it again

Remember I told you about the aches and pains caused by emroidering those ladies? Well, I've been in pain since about October, sometimes barely able to lift my right arm. Eventually, two days ago, I stopped being stubborn and went to my GP. She diagnosed tendonitis and gave me anti-imflammation pills. After only one pill, my arm started feeling better and now, 4 pills later, I'm almost as good as new and able to sleep through the night again! Well, enough said about being pig-headed about visiting the doctor! What is more astonishing is that I'm doing it again!

I started playing around with another of my monoprints a while ago, just doodling with the sewing machine. Then I decided to try and make something (i.e. a complete quilt) and pieced together some fabric.
And now I've ended up with a large piece that just needs to be embroidered by hand! The minute I started I could feel the same points in my shoulder and neck playing up. Then I realised that the table and bar stool combination in my studio was the culprit. All to do with incompatible heights, causing terrible posture and tension. Not doing the embroidery and putting aside the quilt is obviously not an option. So after trying out different places, I've opted for the dining room. It seems to be working. Have to finish this before I'm back to square one!

By the way, I'm part of a new textile art group called Voyageart. There are 13 of us from all around the world : http://voyagearttextiles.blogspot.com/. Very exciting.