WOYWW - Wk 253

Good Morning Fellow WOYWWers, Followers and Friends,

I can't believe I've been absent from Julia's WOYWW  for so long, four weeks in fact!!! For those that don't know, that's What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday, the biggest and most enjoyable weekly blog hop there is.  With Casa Worthington having been not much more than a sick bay for most of the past month there's not been much to show on the workdesk but this week has seen some action so here is what it looked like this morning.

Admittedly the layout of the photo of my granddaughter is a UFO from all those weeks ago but I have high hopes of working on it and maybe even getting it completed some time soon. Beside it is my attempt to pick out scraps of fabric to compliment the colours in that gorgeous Moda fabric on the left. I'm not sure what I'm going to make with them ... the old grey matter is working on it but it could be some time in the planning phase. Way at the back, to the right, is the latest crafty acquisition, a cordless glue gun ... I can see that being so much more handier than the plug in one which, in any case, has now found it's way into the man cave. To the front of this you can see some patchwork coasters my clever daughter made for me for Mother's day. And that is Cedric Cat in the middle, an easy cut out and sew gift that came with Homemaker Magazine.

He still needs more stuffing before his tail can be sewn up ... I think one of my grands will love him.

Next to him is my latest acquisition ... a miniature Singer treadle sewing machine for the planned sewing corner in the doll's house. Talking of the sewing corner, the real thing has had a couple of new shelves added for storing all things sewing related.

Please ignore the area without wallpaper ... it was hanging off when we moved in and wasn't worth conserving. We had hoped to decorate this room before we actually moved in but things didn't work out as planned ... and now, what with his sciatica and all, it could be some time before the painter and decorator, aka the EM, gets to this room!!! In the meantime, it's a cosy little sewing station complete with an re-purposed herb rack now used for storing cotton reels and jars of buttons.

Not in the photo but to the left is this pretty storage for rolls of ribbon and washi tape.

Oh dear, not as brief as Julia would like but after four weeks absence there's a lot to catch up on so I hope I'll be forgiven for this lengthy post. I promise to keep it shorter next week :)

As usual, my plan is to visit as many of you as I can. Perhaps, not all today ... well, I am running a tad late ... but over the next few days because I'm really looking forward to catching up with what you have all been up to in my absence.

In the meantime, I hope you have a very happy WOYWW.

Happy crafting,