Realise it's a month since I last posted anything. I've finally finished Christmas and birthday presents for grandchildren, and now trying to get organised to do things for exhibitions and competitions in the summer. First we have an exhibition at Southwell workhouse (National Trust, near Nottingham) 1 May to 1 October (or something like that. Title of the exhibition (National Trust theme for the year) is "Identity". Supposed to be things inspired by the workhouse and its inmates. I have three proposed things - first my ecoprinted upcycled nighty-dress. Machine embroidered dress made from a pre-War cotton nighty, with ecoprinting and natural dyeing. The second is a collection of items that could have belonged to the Matron/teacher for the girls (who were supposed to be taught dressmaking, knitting and mending). I have an antique wooden box, which I am going to use to display some traditional/antique childrens' dresses, plus an antique (hand sewn) nightie, and I'm planning to make a smock that would be similar to what the girls would have worn as uniform, and have a half-knitted woolen sock... The third item I'm planning is a hanging showing the workhouse, which I'm going to do using an antique (and much-mended) muslin tablecloth as a background. So far I've just mended the tablecloth, and I'm waiting until I've visited the Workhouse (planned for next Thursday) before I try sketching the building and working out if I can add it to the tablecloth by breakdown printing. That's the first exhibition. WSD competition deadline "Handcoverings" is 10 May, and next MTF exhibition "A sense of place" is July/August at Nature in Art, and September in Nottingham Society of Artists.