It has been a busy week!
Work has been hectic, as I am being given a full-time position with the Training team from the 1st April, where I will have responsibility for Functional Skills...and then on Friday afternoon, we got the call that all Educational establishments here in the UK dread - the call from OfSTED to say that we are being inspected as from Tuesday...
This weekend has been spent in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, where I met up with some members of the
Needlecraft Haven Yuku forum, and spent the day stitching on my current rotation piece:
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| Stitched items on display |
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| Stitched and beaded items on display |
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| Stitched items on display |
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| Stitched items on display |
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| Happily stitching away... |
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| Happily stitching away... |
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| My progress on "What Side?" by Raise the Roof |
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| Gingerbread Man made by Clare |
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| Raffle Prize, hand knitted by Julie |
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| Another Raffle Prize, handmade by Lindsay |
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| Two charts (Black Swan and Blue Ribbon Desgins) that I bought from Lindsay |
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| A CCN chart given to me by Julie |
It was a lovely day - a chance to meet up with like-minded people and get ideas for stitching projects...There was also a book exchange, and a Goody Bag exchange, but I didn't participate in either as I tend to read books on my Kindle now, and I couldn't think of what to put in the Goody Bag (Nursery Rhyme theme) - although I got the idea when I saw what other people had put in theirs! My husband travelled with me, and he went for a round of golf whilst I was at the meet-up. We then met up and walked around Nuneaton, before going to our hotel for the night. We had intended spending today in Warwickshire, but due to the imminent OfSTED visit, I wanted to get home to sort some work items out!
I am organising another meet up with the forum - at the
Nimble Thimble stitching shop near Oswestry. Several forum members and I met there two years ago, and it was a great day (stitching and buying more stash!) Hopefully, this year's meet up will be as successful as that one...I'll have to be careful, though, since I have an allowance with the Stitch from Stash challenge...
My rotation piece for next week is a new start - "Spot of Summer" by The Drawn Thread... Not sure how much will get done, though...
2 comments:
It was lovely to see you again Lynn :-)
It was a fun day, such a shame your weekend was spoilt by the news of the Ofsted inspection.
Hope all goes well for you and the school this week.
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