Back to 'Blogland' - yum!

OK, my two week 'sabbatical' from blogging isn't quite up, but I decided to return at the weekend, which is the time I feel most disposed to blogging! One definition of 'sabbatical' according to Wikipedia is: "In recent times, a sabbatical has come to mean any extended absence in the career of an individual in order to achieve something. In the modern sense, one takes a sabbatical typically to fulfill some goal, e.g., writing a book or traveling extensively for research." I'm liking this term, sabbatical - I think we all deserve one on a regular basis!

Well, I didn't write a book and I didn't travel (unfortunately!), but I did manage to step back from my blog in order to decide how to continue with it - well that's an 'achievement' in my book! After a week or so of 'dodgy back' syndrome, a couple of larger custom orders on the cards, and a close eldery relative recuperating from a fairly major operation, I decided to lay down my 'blogging pen' for a little while. (Just for the record, my offer of 'domestic help' to my in-laws, was met with much good-natured guffaws of laughter - I can't think why??!!!).

Anyhow, I was surpised at how much I missed my blog, even for that short period, but it's made me decide that I may possibly have to cut back on my posts or even just abbreviate them in order to make time to build up my stock and just get down to making, making and more making!! I've accumulated some lovely fabrics and other materials recently which I'm really looking forward to utilising - I will write up a post soon, as I had a lovely experience using Morag Lloyds new designer fabrics, which I'll show in my next post. You can see a quick preview of one of the pincushions I made using her super fabric (shown above) - such cute illustrations! This one's in my Etsy shop.

For this weekend, I'm going to drool over these lovely embroidery threads that came in the post yesterday and browse through my recent copy of 'Sew Hip' (I'm not actually going to do any embroidery, I'm just going to look at them!!) - Yum!

Have a lovely weekend!

(Perhaps longer, more meaningful posts on a weekly basis are the answer - ooops, I think I hear "zzzzzzz's!!")