pink

I told you there was pink on my table. A pink smocking sample that I made to illustrate a point to the girls...Technically it's the last day of school today...technically. As usual I am not finished, I am not organised, I am basically useless. Please don't let that put you off though, we just go on until I catch up...Christmas then.

I bought myself some of these this morning, also pink. I could happily admire them for days and do nothing else except gaze....that's my weekend sorted. No seriously, my weekend will be busy, stitching of course and perhaps a little housework. A question....how good do you have to be for someone to gift you a maid?

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school

A few images for you today of what we are doing in school, no two week Easter break for us, not with our dragon of a teacher!! We are on smocking...of sorts....old pieces from me which I hope will inspire new pieces in the others.

Today I am wondering where the sun went? Glorious Spring like sunshine last week....snow tomorrow apparently! I kid you not...good thing I panic bought my petrol yesterday. Yesterday I went out to eat too...no cooking..RESULT!!! Thing is it's my little boys birthday next week but he won't be here, (sobs quietly, tears dripping on the keyboard) he will be in Amsterdam having more fun than my plans for pass the parcel and musical chairs would provide. So we went out for an early birthday meal and very lovely it was too.....he will still have cake though, when he lands back at some unearthly hour on the eve of his big day...and candles and balloons...

pleating, gathering, maybe even smocking....

Technically it is smocking it's just that I have bound the stitches too tight meaning there isn't much chance of any 'give' or 'stretch'...a good idea actually considering what I have in mind. It will work, I am determined. This silk will become part of the fourth one....the third one is finished and there is a little glimpse of that here too, just below.

I will be putting all four pieces in the shop sometime this week. I hope to have number four finished by Thursday at the latest so tomorrow I may just post a little gift for you, we shall see. I am aiming to have them listed before Saturday as I am off  'up north', just for the day, a trip of an hour and a half each way so not too far. When I get there I am hoping to eat cake....