For years I said "I don't have a creative gene!"
My whole family are creative in their own ways. For years I just thought the creative gene had passed me by. In 2016 I found myself making a pair of curtains, in organza, for the marquee for the PTA summer ball! I hadn't had my sewing machine out in years ! Soon after I was making bunting for the children's bedrooms. Then in the winter of 2017-18 we had the "Beast from the East" and as a family we welcomed a puppy into our home. On a particularly snowy afternoon after donning our snow gear and warm clothes just to take our puppy for a 10 minute walk, drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows to get warm, I found I had some time on my hands and picked up the crochet hook I'd bought 2 years previous and had done nothing with, found a scrappy bit of yarn and a YouTube tutorial and off I went...Crochet found it's way into my heart and I was 'hooked'! Fast forward to now and several baby blankets, ponchos and shawls later in addition to a new sewing machine where bags and bunting and other items come to life, I have realised, I do have a creative gene it's just taken a long time to mature and I'm still learning.
