weeks later…

It feels like I’ve been gone forever.  And this post feels a little bit like the first day back at school after the summer where you’re just not sure where you are in more and how you fit in and what to say without sounding like a doofus.

So the reason I’ve been absent lately is school itself.  I’d forgotten how tiring and utterly time consuming teaching can be but I’ve been reminded of it pretty quickly.  And I wish I could say that the sewing and *gasp* knitting hasn’t gone to the dogs because of it, but I’d be lying.  On Saturday I spent ages tracing a pattern I wanted to embroider on greaseproof paper so I could transfer it to pillow cases then lost all patience when it didn’t transfer properly.  Pillow cases and transfers have sat on the side ever since.  I have been working on that quilt though.  Honest. 

Last night we went to see these chaps,

and loved them.  We were a little less sure about the three people sat next to us dressed as Old Gregg and the Hitcher.  Especially when they offered us polos during the interval.  I’ve just re-read that last sentence and realise that it probably sums up the absurdity of the whole situation.  Ah well.

So, in summary: normal service will be resumed shortly.  This weekend I intend to do nothing more than send out overdue parcels, finish a project I can’t talk about yet and make something lovely that I can post pictures of here in order to validate my existence and this blog in some way. 

Oh, by the way, one of my embroideries is being shown on the Feeling Stitchy website.  Hop on over and ch-ch-check it out.  I’m off to lie down in a darkened room x