Pancake Day!

No, my post today isn’t about pancakes, but its Shrove Tuesday today which meant pancakes for dessert! I am sitting here feeling VERY full, but all that sugary loveliness was well worth it.

Thanks for the encouraging comments last week by the way. I am still working tons this week, but I'm hoping to be out from under that particular work cloud soon so things are looking up.

In the mean time, I’ve been looking for something creative to do of an evening (or whilst travelling) that doesn’t take too much energy, equipment or brain power. If you have been reading the artsy crafty babe’s blog recently she’s become quite addicted to appliqué and it looked like the perfect tonic. So out came my scraps… and on went my thinking cap.

I’ve pulled together some of my favourite old threads...

Some of my favourite scraps...

Plotted a few ‘patterns’ (ahem – scribbles on greaseproof paper from the kitchen) ...

And then got sewing...

I've only made a small start so far, but its actually quite therapeutic. Results a bit later in the week!

Oh, before I sign off - I have a  quick shout for help...

I’m hoping to do the 10 on 10 photo challenge (I think its called that) on Thursday. Basically you take 10 photos (one an hour on the 10th day of the month) and share them with others. I saw it a month or so ago on someones blog and was so taken with it I even marked it in my diary. But now I cant remember where on earth I saw it!!!

Does anyone know???  I’d love to link to it! Let me know if you are joining in too – I’ll pop over and see what your day in pictures is like too!