Wednesday 18 January 2012

WOYWW - weather warning

 Today is Wednesday, also know as 'what is on your workbench Wednesday', so time for me to confess all.

Clearly I am thick skinned, or may be just a little slow.  It has taken me until January to realise that my enthusiam for crafting has been affected by the weather.  Since the temperature dropped and the clocks went back (so basically the arrival of Autumn and Winter), my production rate has slowed to near zero.

However during the problems of the sewing machine crisis, I moved the machine from the studio, indoors.  And suddenly I am producing something every day.  So here is my new workbench.
Everything gets stuffed into the basket quickly, if I hear a child approaching!

So with this in mind I am trying to calculate the cost of moving house to gain an extra bedroom, which I can then convert into a workroom.  Even in my little fanasy land I can't figure out a way of justifying the cost, but it doesn't stop me trying.


Here are a couple of the little pictures I have produced whilst warming my toes by the wood burner.
sorry about the shadows
sorry about the shadows










However this morning (in my child-free time), I shall be moving to the kitchen.  I have to produce a quiche for a craft co-operative meeting I am attending tonight.  The group shop opened in November and we are going along to here how Christmas sales went, so fingers crossed they have sold enough to cover the cost of my quiche.

22 comments:

  1. I love the idea of planning your dream workroom. Hope your dreams come true.

    ** Kate **

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  2. Well the quilt butterfly is very pretty, happy woyww hugs trace x no9

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  3. Thank you for sharing a bit of your world with us WOYWWers this morning! I hope you have a wonderful week.
    Neil # 34

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  4. Fab show and tell. Stay warm and keep creating :-)
    Hugs,
    A x

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  5. Love your little pictures and the image of you snuggled with your toes by the fireside! Debbie #85

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  6. fabulous sewing, I wish I could afford a new machine with a free sewing foot.

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  7. Beautiful sewing the little pics are lovely, Glad to hear your tootsies are warm, Hugs MAY X X X X

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  8. I was busy reading your blog and popped over and saw your lovely comment on mine - isn't that funny, and i had clicked on yours as i have a favourite aunt called Polly and then once i started reading todays post i just had to keep reading so have have been reading your prevous posts - i love you domestic goddess, (i do prefere the name Big Bertha tho hehe ) I saw felting on TV (Kirsty's Homemade Britain and thought that i would love to have a play with that so very jealous seeing your lovely christmas prezzie, i can see how it might look enticing to little fingers, i am sure i am going to be back to read more but i really must get moving x Lou xxx #94

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  9. Having enough space is definitely the eternal dilemma isn't it? Especially with land such a premium in the UK. At least you have fond a solution for now, great little projects on the go, and I love quiche so save a bit for me!

    Hugs
    Brenda 104

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  10. Hi...exotic holiday... I wish :) Very jealous of your needlecrafting kit, I asked but alas Santa was not listening carefully enough. Love your little applique bits

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  11. Having enough space is definitely a problem for us too. Although, now that we live in an apartment, all of my crafty stuff is in the living room, which I love but my boyfriend doesn't love so much!

    Happy WOYWW! Katie #16

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  12. Yep, space is an issue for me. Unfortunately with the housing market I'll be where I'm at for several more years. I did rent a storage shed though..... if only it were heated!

    The little butterfly and sailboat are so very cute!

    Kay
    WOYWW #117 (yep, triple digits!!)

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  13. oooh crafting with feet on the wood burner sounds lurvely! And the sailboat and butterfly are adorable

    thanks for your comments on my blog

    Debs x

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  14. Love the little stitched pictures, they are really cute :)

    Have a great WOYWW and a fab week, Karen #86

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  15. Your dream room sounds... well, dreamy. Crafting is more fun when one is comfortable that is for sure. Cute little stitched pictures! Thanks for sharing.

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  16. Cute! In my house, we'll put a space heater under the coffee table and throw a quilt over the whole thing to keep the feet warm :)

    Katie (112)
    http://adventuremonkeys.blogspot.com/

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  17. I am with you on the cold front - my crafting room has been freezing for the last week or so - hence the knitting in the lounge and quilting comes to the rescue! I have seen the amount of electric my heater eats when it is on!!

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  18. lovely little embroidered piccys x
    Becky#45

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  19. Very 'Poppy Treffr'y little pics - cute. I have had a tiny sewing space for years in the corner of a bedroom (about four feet only) but am just moving to my own room, which was a dressing room. Last week it was decorated and today it is to be carpeted then off to Ikea to kit it out ... yippie! Can't wait to get my craft stuff out of the cupboard where it has been stashed since Xmas ... I so miss my machine. Keep dreaming. xxx

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  20. Mmmm,the quiche sounds delicious.
    Love your little embroidered pictures, they are so cute and glad you are feeling productive again.
    Happy WOYWW
    Hugs Lisax 101

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  21. Love your little pictures. Your flumpfing pictures are sweet too. Like your play on the name. I have two cat pictures on my side bar which I did using my cats fur from grooming them! Hugs. Mrs A.

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  22. I love this and what in the world is "flumping"
    sandy

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