A dream about to come true?

I do believe in the power of wishing, and of visualisation, to help make things really happen (like it did here a few months ago). But sometimes some things just seem that little bit too big and too important to say out loud. I always have a niggling fear that speaking about the dreams you really really want to come true will somehow jinx them, and make them not come true after all.

That is why I haven't mentioned anything about our dream house until now.

(cute stitched keyring from the lovely Dear Emma) 

My man and I have been living together for some time, but in his place, not in our place. To his eternal credit, when I moved in he let me change a few things around (read ‘new wooden flooring, new doors, new paint on every wall, new furniture…’) and we have been happy here. But for a long time we have wanted a home of our own, that we chose together, with a little garden, space to spread out, and maybe even a nice big studio for me(!).

And then, all of a sudden, a couple of months ago, we found it. The perfect house for us, right now.

And then one serendipitous thing after another happened, which brought us closer to actually buying the house.  And guess what?  If all goes to plan, it will be ours next Thursday!

I cannot tell you how excited I am about this!

There is something very comforting about a house, with actual staircases. Having lived in a flat for so long, I cannot wait to go upstairs to bed! And downstairs in the morning, to make a brew and then sit in the garden having breakfast and chatting to the birds.

So please, wish hard for us that everything goes right and we get the keys next week, as is supposed to happen according to our dream.  And then I can invite you round for tea!

Sew girl sew!

Is it just me or she beautiful, this shiny new birthday present of mine?

In fact, she is so beautiful, I am too scared to plug her in.

I so want to make gorgeous things.

But I haven't the first clue how to use her.

I have a pile of fabric. And ribbon. And some buttons.

But I might break my beautiful machine when I try to stitch them all together.

So I bought a book, like I always do when I'm stuck.

And another, like I always do when I'm still stuck.

I now have eleven books on sewing.

But I still don't know where to start. 

It's like I need to know everything before I can make anything.

I don't know how much is enough.

Please help me!

Any inspiring sewing blogs, project ideas, mixed media artists using stitch, you name it, I want to know about it. Do you have a story about how you learnt to sew?  I want to hear about it!

Just a little bit more knowledge.

And then I promise to plug her in.

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And the winner of the last little giveaway of the magic artist's soap is... Louise of Dream Create Inspire!  Please send email your address (and any sewing tips!) and I will send it to you sharpish