Stuff.

Recently I’ve sorted out my recipe books, twice. The results have been very noticeable as the shelves are no longer piled high with seldom used books. A large stack went to a charity shop last week, along with fabrics hoarded “just in case…” I’m not a fan of the radical de-cluttering proposed by celebrities but it’s very satisfying to be able to see an empty drawer or the back of a cupboard. My next goal is to reduce the bedding shelves, but that’s a challenge. Sitting at the bottom of the stack are two single duvet covers which I made whilst awaiting the arrival of our youngest child, so they are about twenty eight years old, never used for the last twelve years, but made from the softest cotton fabric using my mother’s old Singer hand machine. French seams and matched patterns, they took a while to complete. Can I part with them? We’ll see x