fiddly...

i don't do 'fiddly' along with gingham and purple.

that is fiddly 'little' things...

of course we have learnt dearest readers that i do indeed do gingham and purple

therefore it only stands to reason that i now do fiddly little things.

my work is all about the fiddly stuff,

piecing it together,

patching away,

until i am rather happy with the results

and that is fine and dandy,

for it is fiddly on a big scale.

but when that fiddly becomes 'itty bitty' fiddly

then i turn into a rather 'not nice' person.

i had no choice but to do some 'little' fiddling, for a bag of button making kits found me at the new thrift store on saturday,

they had potential to become such pretties that i succumbed, knowing as i handed over my pennies, i was on a rocky road to 'crossness'

yesterday i sat down,

armed with my scraps of fabric, vintage wallpaper and a cup of tea.

after a while it became obvious i needed something stronger than tea.

and so began a marathon in patience and time

this morning i continued along my road of 'fiddling with little itty bitty' pieces

but this time i was aided by a packet of cadburys mini eggs,

sent by my friend Debbie, for such emergencies as these.

having stepped back to view the end result i am most happy with how they look,

in fact i wish to keep them all to myself and never let them go

but alas i cannot do that, for they are destined for my shop window this Thursday

along with some 'just say it like it is' everyday card sets

and other goodies which i shall bring you tomorrow.

yes, it would be quite true to say, this week i am all about my shop update,

but my heart is all about the 'purple and gingham' that sits beside me as i stitch with Miss Ethel...

i tell the purple and gingham, to have a little patience, something i am lacking in with my 'fiddly little issues',

for next week

her time will come...

she is off to fiddle a little bit more and then she will announce "enough, she will fiddle no more" ~ Tif