Sunday, September 8, 2013

Playing with Stitchery

It's been another busy week and I missed playing along with the Made by Hand meme.
Here's a little taster of what I have in the making...







Sad times here in Australia with a political return to conservatism. As a good friend of mine 
so eloquently put it on fb: "It's going to be a tough next 3 years, at least for those of us 
fortunate enough to work in the arts, conservation, not for profit, aged care, education, 
community and government and small business/self employed, refugee & asylum support, 
legal aid and compassionate care sectors people! All we can do is continue to pull together 
and work smarter and in a unified and respectful manner!"

Hope you're having a lovely weekend in other parts of the world :)

8 comments:

  1. AAAH! iI feel your pain. We have had a conservative govt here now for 3 years. Hopefully by this time next year things may have changed, but somehow I doubt it. Education in the U.K has been destroyed in those 3 years, oh I could rant for ever about it and every thing else that has been dismantled. So I won't. Your friend's words are wise.
    However I love what you are stitching up here, whats it going to be?

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    1. Thank you Jane :) I know you understand. Someone told me the other day that there are 3000 children in London without a school place to go to... I was just speechless! I'm told it's better outside the M25 but not everyone has the ability to up-sticks and move to the home counties, do they? Thanks also for your lovely words about the stitchery - it's an arts piece on canvas paper.

      Kx

      p.s. Did you see Billy Bragg is playing at the Hammersmith Apollo next 1st May? Wish I could go :)

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  2. Oh Kylie, I know! What a heartbreak. It makes me feel like I'll have to stay in the US for the next three years with Abbott in power. What a deep, sad and distressing shame. On the upside, that neon stitching has me dying to break out the thread!

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    1. Hi Kate! You are so lucky to not be here!
      Thanks for your neon stitchery support :) Kx

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  3. Oh, wow, whatever the project is is looking lovely. Can't wait to see more of it!

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  4. we've been through it kylie, still going through it. the cuts have irrevocably damaged the arts, education, everything you mentioned in your post. that man is hideous, i feel for you. hopefully we'll kick ours out in the next couple of years :-)

    love your stitchery. so nice to play. x

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    1. Thanks Fran - It's good to know people outside Aus understand :)
      Glad you like the stitchery too! Kx

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