Boy. Once you slide out of the blogging habit, it’s tough to start back up again.

Especially when you’ve built up a big backlog of stuff to talk about. (But, perhaps, been negligent with photographing along the way.) I’ve been working on my sewing space again (painting! and organizing! and accessorizing!), making some gifts, experimenting with patchwork pillow covers, learning how to screen print, appliqueing some more onesies for The Shop Next Door, and baking bread in 5 minutes a day!

I don’t know where to begin.

I need an ice breaker.

How about something that’s not mine at all, but the work of another local stitcher who sells her handiwork at The Shop Next Door?

I fell in love with this octo-plushie from Jayne Danger when I stopped by the shop on Saturday — apparently  I walked in about 5 minutes after she’d dropped them off, so I got first pick from the gaggle of newly displayed adorable octopodes. (It was tough pick between this one and a blue guy with a comb-over.)