WOYWW 212

Morning WOYWWers, Followers and Bloggers All,

I'll keep this brief as I'm frantically trying to catch up after the hols ... what a difference a week makes! Even the washing machine gave up the ghost during our absence. The new one is being delivered on Friday - yippee, I'm developing wash day hands in the meantime :)

Not actually what's on my desk right now ... it would frighten the horses to see that! No, I thought I'd treat you to the sight of the crafty goodies I brought back from my jollies instead.

First, we happened on, quite by serendipitous accident, a Hobby Craft in Inverness. We were actually looking for a supermarket at the time ... to stock up on some victuals to keep us going for the week. I've never been inside a Hobby Craft before so I could hardly contain my excitement but, as you can see, I was remarkably restrained with my spends. With good reason ... I had other plans for my pocket money :)

 Yep! Ever eagle-eyed, I'd spotted that there was a patchwork shop near Beauly.

As soon as it opened on Monday - at the very civilised time of 10am - I was there and just had to purchase a metre or two of gorgeousness, not to mention a couple of toning fat quarters. The book was found in Ullapool, on the west coast, and I forget where I stumbled on the Quilt magazine now, but the cover just spoke to me :))

And for the fabricaholics and ribbonaholics amongst us here's a couple of shots of the inside to feast your eyes on.

All those scrumptious fabrics are sorted by colour, making the choosing so easy. And what you can't see, because stupid me forgot to take a pic, is the hundreds of fat quarters laid out for the addicted dedicated sewer/patchworker's delectation :)

I could have happily picked that cabin up - well, okay, I would have had to arrange for it to be picked up by a fairly big transporter - to be relocated in a convenient location nearby ... I think the front lawn would be big enough! Ah, the things dreams are made of :))

Oh gosh, I said I'd keep this brief and now look what I've done! That will be me in trouble with our noble leader, Julia Dunnit, keeper of the WOYWW desks over at her Stamping Ground. Don't know what WOYWW, that's What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday, is all about - just click the link for an explanation and join in the fun!

I'm off now ... it's just after midnight so I'm off to bed for a bit of beauty sleep - I need as much of that as I can get these days - but I'll be back in the morning to link up with you all and join in a bit of blog hopping again.

In the meantime, I wish you all a happy WOYWW!