The first month of 2012 is almost over and I've made practically nothing. I have hundreds of books and magazine with sewing projects marked, hundreds or even thousands of bookmarked webpages and pins on Pinterest*, a list of to-sew items as long as my arm yet I'm faced with "what should I sew"? An overload of inspiration maybe? Sometimes I just sit on the sofa, staring at the TV, but then the next day at work I wish I could be at home sewing!
Then I read about the most amazing giveaway at Very Berry Handmade and decided to resolve to sew! This weekend, I'm going upstairs, I'm grabbing a craft book/magazine and I'm going to sew... something. When I take a break, I'll get on Pinterest and find something I want to sew and just sew it! OK, so I want to win the giveaway, and this is the prize I'd choose:
Fat quarter bundle (10 FQ) from Erin McMorris’s Summersault from Backstitch, but I also want to get out of this creative slump I feel I'm in.
Now, you can't have a post without a photo, so here's a photo of the flannel I won on a giveaway at The Sewing Directory before Christmas.
Those piggies will be perfect for something for my mum, I'm just not sure what yet! If you're in the UK and haven't checked out the Sewing Directory, you should, it's a directory of UK based fabric shops and they run frequent giveaways.
I'll be back soon with a post about this:
And I might even get round to showing you the crochet project I've got going on. After the weekend, there should be (hopefully) loads of sewing posts!
Edited to add: ladies, I'm having problems commenting on most blogs - the pages just wont load. I'm also having email problems - I can't email many people and I can't email anyone with a hotmail address! These things come in threes, so I'm guessing Blogger will go down now!
*A note on Pinterest: I've read loads of blogposts recently where the authors are bemoaning the fact they can't join Pinterest as they don't want to join Facebook. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO JOIN FACEBOOK TO BE ON PINTEREST. I have a Facebook page, but Pinterest doesn't even know about it! You can sign up with an email address. If anyone does want to join, I still have some invitations left, so just give me your email address and I'll invite you. And if you want to follow me, I'm here.
