Daft auld librarian

I have just been called a woose by a very senior member of staff :-) why? Because I cried at the leaving lunch for our fourth year undergraduates.
Work can cause so much stress but these guys are the reason it causes so much joy. I will miss each and every one of them.
See that below? That's this daft auld librarian greetin while they clapped me, they read out every member of support staff and applauded them.

They gave us all individual certificates and little trophies! Mine has gone into my little corner of happiness at work to remind me of what is really important.

And just when I thought it was safe to put the hankies away one of the students asked to see me, I thought she had a referencing question!! No she had made me some fabulous choux pastries and an amazing handmade card ..... Queue the waterworks again!!

Taking my own advice

 A good few years ago I went to a patchwork class, I sat across from a nice young lady but she was obviously a beginner.

Nowt wrong with that though! The entire morning she constantly looked at what everyone else was doing and fretting. Oh you've done so many more blocks than me, oh your blocks are better than mine, oh my goodness that lady is nearly finished ...... When she carried on in this vein in the afternoon I gently said to her that "if you spend less time fretting about what everyone else is up to and more time on your own work you might get more done?" I did say it gently, cos she was working herself up into a tiz.

Flash forward to now. I need to stop worrying about what everyone else is doing and thinking and just concentrate on myself.

It doesn't matter if people don't like me, that's life get on with it.

I can't tie myself in knots trying to be what I think other people want me to be.

I am just me.

A weekend up at my mams and being in my favourite place of all time, Broch beach, is just the fair dab as we say up here.

 

 

FAL 2016 Q2

........ Well Q1 was a spectacular fail! I got no finishes and didn't even make the linky party .....
Bad budsmam. Why? Ach just my normal nervous breakdown at worky stuff! Plus sore shoulder plus lurgy, poor poor budsmam!
Never mind we are moving with a purpose and have a wee dram of drambuie to motivate us :-)

So, I'm rolling over - EVERYTHING!!
Yep the whole jing bang as we say in Scotland!
In no particular order:
Silk quilt

Och you poor wee silk quilt, one day pet one day you will be done, just not today ...

Liberty quilt

I want to use up my Liberty stash (don't judge me ...) in the medallion quilt by Susan Briscoe which was in the Today's Quilter supplement.

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How awesome would that be!!!

Flipping flowers
Flippity flip, I don't need to do much to this one either ....

Tula pink butterfly

For goodness sake this only needs to go to the longarmer then get bound!

Reveille
Again just pull you finger out budsmam!

Allietare
As above

Jen Kingwell BOM with Zandra Rhodes fabrics
Hmmm might be difficult since the BOM won't finish till September ... I can do this, I have no pictures though

Sew together bag for my lovely friend Marshall
Awww bless, Marshall phoned me and I almost cried at hearing a friendly voice. She is so sweet and bought me these fabrics last year, she deserves a sew together bag.

Morrocan quilt
I have this daft idea of doing a quilt for every holiday I go on .... Well holiday abroad that is, I can't see me making a Skegness quilt, but you never know! I got these fabrics in America last year. They remind me so much of the tiles and vibrant colours and richness of our Morrocan holidays. Of course I have to choose a pattern from the Kaffe fassett quilts in Morocco book!

Civil war quilt
Right again another holiday quilt! This time to remind me of America and my fab trip there last year. This one is scheduled in for our annual quilt retreat to Cullen.

Is that enough??
Nooooo it's not enough! ffs how could I forget my lonestar quilt? I am loving this baby!

Right that's enough, budsmam over and out.
Linking up!