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Wip for today

My lovely stash of linen arrived today one lot via the postie and then about five minutes later another lot arrived by parcel van. On elot came wrapped in red paper with spotty sticky tape which was just up my street ( 'cos I love dots 'n' spots ) and the second lot wrapped in green paper with gorgeous Miffy sticky tape. How cute, I would show you but I was in such a hurry to get into the parcel it's not really 'showable' now. Sorry. But this is what was inside.

gorgeous goodies.

And now this is what I am making with the spotty fabric from yesterday.

Well she/he will be a camel when it's finished. Cannot decide on eye shapes yet. Will probably be a girl as I want her to have long eyelashes or can boys have long eyelashes? Anyway didn't get too far in making it as I had to stop to make dinner and then clear up and then sort children and phone calls and, and, and too tired now. there is always tomorrow. x

I must start posting blogs more!

I must start blogging more, I must get off my lazy backside and do blogging as I have just agreed to take part in http://lucylocketrecycledherpocket.blogspot.com valentine swap.

I thought it would be a good opportunity to make myself do something with a deadline, instead of floundering around in procrastination land. I spend too much time looking at other people's blogs instead of working. MUST try harder.

I have been busy moving my studio, which is why I have not been 'sewing working' because you can't work when you can't find anything, can you?

Here is my old studio

Here is my new studio: somewhat smaller, therefore trying to cram a quart in a pint pot.

But I can't do much work until it's tidy and I know where everything is. But I am working on it. I had to go and but a new kettle today as my old one broke,it is a gorgeous Alessi one, one of my boys said I had to have a 'cool' kettle as everything else in the kitchen was 'cool' except the kettle. It was a 'boring old' morphy richards, so I took his advise and bought this lovely species of kettle!!

He came home from school and agreed it WAS COOL! not bad for a young boy, like mother like son, good taste follows in the family. He has the good taste gene.

Anyway after i bought the kettle I decided enough tidying I should make something. On Friday I went to a craft fair and bought lots of goodies, paper, fabric crafty stuff and I bought some lolerly Amy Butler paper so I made this book.

Now I have started the blog again I will try my hardest to blog on a regular basis it will get my backside in gear and boy does it need getting in gear. So no excuses now and I have to get on with making my valentine swap.