During the course of this term at Uni, my health was not great and I ended up not attending uni very much, apart from the odd hour or two when I was up to it. Throughout this time I tried to keep up with my work as much as I could on my good days at home, and it was only really when the deadlines started coming that I realised I was behind and needed extra time to account for this and catch up properly, but also give myself the time to get better.
As term is ending, I was given an extra month to ensure that I was up to date with my work over the Christmas period. I know in the upcoming weeks I am due a few appointments too and I am confident I will start to feel better given the time over Christmas.
I wanted to make a brief plan of action over the holidays to try and finish what I need to, which is as follows.
Saturday 14th December 2019 – Moving out weekend, return to Carmarthenshire, unpack, sort Christmas presents out
Monday 16th December 2019 – Finish as many gaps in sketchbook as possible during the week, drawing, painting, textures
Thursday 19th December 2019 – Annotation of sketchbook and research file
Friday 20th December 2019 – sort out fabrics in preparation for stitch samples
Saturday 21st December 2019 – Stitch out samples – Free machining, applique, quilting
Monday 23th December 2019 – Check research file, look for more artists research
Friday 27th December 2019 – Look over feedback for patterns and redefine them
Thursday 2nd January 2020 – Watch some Mat Rhys tutorials to further redefine quality of patterns
Friday 3rd January 2020 – blog catch up day
Monday 6th January 2020 – Continue annotation of sketchbook and research file, check patterns and order fabric samples
Tuesday 7th January 2020 – Explore choices for fabric collection, what is my target market? Look through fabric samples and choose some that would be suitable
Wednesday 8th January 2020 – Sort out emails, finish stitching pieces, take photographs for blog and blog about recent events
Thursday 9th January 2020 – Check everything is done and packed, pack up everything ready to move back
Friday 10th January 2020 – Continue blogging
Saturday 11th January 2020 – Move back to Cardiff, research into paper printing shops nearby and get paper products printed
Sunday 12th January 2020 – Finish any gaps left in sketchbook and research folder
Monday 13th January 2020 – DEADLINE
Tahlia Paige 