Monday and Tuesday, 23rd and 24th March

 Monday; 52 tiny changes for a quieter mind: this week it is all about taking a rest, a proper rest, away from screens and scrolling and working and busy busy busy busy.

Disconnect for a little while once a week; have a leisurely bath, or go for a gentle walk, read a lovely book, listen to music, or just sit without feeling you ought to be doing something useful. You are doing something useful; you are looking after yourself!

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I'm working on the next Quilt as you go patch

I've done needle-turn applique to add the flowers, and I'm using green embroidery thread and stem stich to fill in the space with leaf shapes. 

Every scrappy stash-buster quilt seems to create smaller scraps!  Where does it all end? I'm using an old matress protector as the padding for the  QAYG patches, so now I have scraps from that as well...then inspiration struck;

I have made an Extremely Portable project kit from a sweetie tin.

I've got scraps of fabric and mattress protector, leather thimble, spool of thread, thread cutter, pins and some self-threading needles. Plus card templates. I'm using English Paper Piecing, with a scrap of mattress protector as the 'paper'. The finished patches are about the size of a stamp.

In due course I'll make another project pouch from the patches... I  suspect that day could be a long way into the future. That's ok. I've come to the conclusion I like starting things and doing things more than finishing them. Which bodes ill for the current half-a-hundred UFOs  (UnFinished Objects) scattered around the house...