Oh my goodness I can’t believe it’s been this long since I posted, after a good start to the year. As it turns out I decided to buy my first home – and a mammoth move 2 hours north of Sydney. A few moving issues, and still not fully unpacked six months later, and my stitching mojo disappeared again!
My stitching mojo wasn’t helped by the fact I adopted a beautiful wee kitty who, after settling in, decided that she likes to sprawl all over my lap making stitching more challenging … something I need to work on improving in the new year. Smudge was the old family pet of a dear stitching friend that had to be rehomed due to no fault of her own, and she was 11 years old when I took her in – we bonded really quickly and she’s been an amazing companion that likes to follow me around and sleeps where she can see/hear me and is almost always found on my desk or on the floor by me when I’m working etc. She’s a total sweetheart that has captured my heart 100% since the minute she arrived on my doorstep ❤ I’ll add more favourite photos at the end of the post 🙂
In the early days, though, before she was superglued to my lap every night, I did manage to sneak in one finish back in April when I first moved into my new home – Lahaina Breezes by Laura J Perin was such a delight to stitch, even with those pesky rayon ribbon threads haha. It look amazing in real life with all the various textures, and I’m so proud of this one!
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I just made redundant last week after 24+ years with my employer 😦 I’ve decided to take a break for 6-8 weeks over Christmas before job hunting again, and I’m hoping it’ll give me chance to finish a lot of the unpacking and to get my craft space more organised, along with trying to get my stitching mojo back more regularly. It’s a juggling act trying to give time to all my different crafts, but hopefully not having to work will give me the mental energy to work out a plan for the new year and set some routines in place. I’ll admit the first thought I had was that I’m so grateful I have a huge craft stash for my three main hobbies (stitching, sewing and cardmaking), and that this is the reason I’ve been stashing all these years, just waiting for this day to happen LOL – it definitely does help me keep a positive mindset right now anyway, and I’m excited to re-explore everything that I already have instead of burning through the cash every month haha.
2025, the year of less spending but more crafting … I say, bring it on!!! But before than, here’s some more Smudge (aka ‘old fluffy bum’) spam 😀
Feather Stitching 
What a lovely catch-up, Anne ♥️