I haven't been at work for a couple of weeks and the return to full time mummyhood is pretty hard. I usually only work about one day a week but for me it's like a holiday. A glorious day spent with fabric, talking to customers, cutting, tidying and generally basking in the love of quilting. I can't wait to get back in the shop! Not that I don't love being at home, being the one to take and collect the kids from school and having the chance to spend the day with the little one, I am so fortunate. Sometimes it just feels a bit like ground hog day, I hate moaning so I will stop and show you this beautiful poem, written by Jodi that I embroidered.
I love it. It reminds me of what's important and the value of motherhood.
I haven't decided whether to keep it in the hoop as it or frame it, I suspect I will frame it when I find one that fits.
I just wrote the poem on the fabric with a biro (that's probably breaking lots of rules but I don't care, it works!) and it's stitched using one strand of embroidery thread.
That's the final check from this quarter's FAL list and I really just did crap this time around. I think maybe I need to not be so ambitious with my list next quarter, though where's the fun in that?! A lot of big projects need finishing so maybe I just keep rolling over until they're done but getting sick of writing the same list!! I need a big kick up the bum next time, feel free to shout at me if I show finishes that aren't on the list please!
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That's a gorgeous poem. Now that my youngest has gone to school I've started thinking about me and what to do, like you I know that I'm lucky to be there for the kids whenever they need me, but sometimes I wish I could escape to somewhere where it isn't just about maths/reading/feeding!!!!
Such a beautiful poem which says it all Lucy. It's a wonderful time when the children are young and a privilege to be with them, but we still need time to enjoy a little separate time to enjoy the work we love and the company it brings! Beautiful embroidery!
Alison xx
Nice finish. I won't scare you with the upcoming holidays, right :) You'll do great in Q4! :)
when I started back to work many years ago it was 10 hours a fortnight in a library, and I was like a pig in clover.
26 years on I still like it (mostly)
Love the poem. And your stitching is fabulous! Great job.
I like it in the hoop because it's a reminder of what you love to do when you're not being a mummy...if that makes sense.
beautiful poem, and I love that it is in your ordinary handwriting. Makes it even more special.
Oh I needed to read that again today. Thank you! Might need to make one myself. I just love the back ground you choose. Just enough texture. :)
Working in a fabric shop surely is a holiday! I am needing to go back to work soon and that would be my dream job. x
Absolutely love this poem!!
Congrats on the finish, and love all the yummy goodness you've been teasing us with for the last week!
Yup! The poem and your post just about sums it up. Thank you for the reminder that it's not just me that feels like this and that I 'am' doing a good job :-) xx
This is a beautiful poem. I honestly think being a mummy is the hardest job in the world! We are also so lucky that we have such a wonderful, creative hobby as an outlet. It really is what gets me through sometimes.
Oh I need this on my wall to help me get through the day sometimes too! It's a lovely poem and I'm not surprised Jodi wrote it. I don't know what a biro pen is but I usually just use pencil, which is probably worse. In fact I just embroidered something you would LOVE and going to write a post called "idiot sewing" because I was -- seriously -- trying to separate strands on craft yarn thinking it was embroidery thread. See I've only embroidered something once, with no "formal" lessons so I'm just making it up as I go along, kind of like when I learned to use a sewing machine:). Just wish I had caught the embroidery bug before quilting because floss is WAY cheaper than fabric!!!!
Gorgeous poem - and you have such neat handwriting! I am purposely avoiding FAL's - they're soul destroying given the number of unfinished projects I have accumulated!!
When my kids were still younger than school age I used to say that work was easier than home too. It was a nice sanity break from the things that would annoy me. Now that my youngest is five and nearly been at school a whole year, I look back and wonder what the rush was to get them to school. It makes me a bit sad sometimes. Then I had him home on Wednesday coz he'd coughed all night and he whinged the whole day about wanting me to take him to the shops and buy him something, I want, I want, I want. Now I remember what it was REALLY like!