Well into the New Year now and some work is beginning to come out of my workroom. I'm beginning a series based on city landscapes which I'm quite pleased about. More to follow.

We have a meeting of my local Embroiderers Guild (Oxford) tomorrow. I'm currently the co-Chairman. One great idea that my fellow Chairperson has introduced goes live tomorrow. Much to our delight we've got the vast majority of the membership interested. The idea is that those taking part are split into groups of six. Each person in the group has two A5 notebooks each. Every month you fill in a double page spread of both of you books and then pass one of those books to the next person in the group. The idea is to get people motivated and inspired, with the idea of our Branch exhibition in October in mind. Having kept a sketchbook for several years now, and being totally committed to and loving my stash of books I am now panicking about what to put in!! Of course previously the sketchbooks have been my property only and it's up to me whether I show them to everyone. I actually did, during Oxford Artweeks last year when I was amazed at how many people wanted to look at them. But this time is different - this time they're being passed around and so I want my double page spread each month to be PERFECT!

I'm being far too precious of course, the whole idea of keeping a sketchbook is to try out ideas and I must get over this. But I worry that if I'm finding this hard - when I've kept a sketchbook already - how hard are others finding it? I hope we don't get too many people falling at the first post. We'll have to have a go at maintaining interest/giving ideas etc. Anyone any ideas for some good websites to look at?