Firstly, I wanted to show you a VERY exciting package that I found, waiting for me in the letterbox, when I got home from work last week.....
Look at all those stamps..... it must have travelled a very, VERY long way to get here..... what COULD it be?
The cutest envelope I’ve ever seen, and a parcel wrapped in pretty, stripy string.
And what’s inside?
A gorgeous, happy-coloured handmade card.....
..... and a beautiful crocheted coaster/doily/mug rug!!! Isn’t it gorgeous!?! Thank you soooo much to my lovely blogging pal Kate (from Signed with an Owl)!
Receiving such a gorgeous crocheted gift has made me want to learn to crochet myself more than ever! I discovered that a few of the lovely Stitch & Bitch ladies can crochet. So, maybe, if I’m good, they’ll teach me one day.....
Our first S&B session was FANTASTIC, by the way! I LOVED it! I’d only envisaged staying for an hour or so, but we ended up stitching and bitching (and eating cake) for 4 hours!!! There were 7 of us there (hello to Catherine, Saffron, Aileen, Claire, Natalie and Johanna, if any of you are reading). We were knitting, sewing on buttons, cutting out quilt hexagons, cross-stitching, and messing about with a VERY cool paper-embossing machine. What fun!
I started knitting a cowl, and did a bit of sewing on some make-up bags I'm working on. I'll do some show & tell soon.....
Sitting around chatting, drinking tea, eating cake, and crafting – it felt really old-fashioned and ‘proper’. Secretly, I was enjoying likening myself to the ‘Little Women’ girls!
I forgot to take my camera along – sorry! It would have been nice to show you what everyone was up to (and I’m sure you’d have been impressed by the cake assortment). I’ll make sure I remember to get some snaps next time.....
We’re already planning our next session – and a ‘field trip’ to the Creativa exhibition (Dortmund, 14th-18th March).
Carly
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