Starting the week by writing the Monday Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while. It’s a chance for me to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures. It’s a post I always love to write.

Monday Happy Things {Week 387}

Last week my daughter took part in her first Cross Country competition against other schools where we live. She was so happy to take part in the race with her running friends. The weather was amazing and she was rewarded with a medal for taking part.

Our weekend was quite quiet, I finished the Orla Kiely jigsaw that has been covering the dining room table for the last few weeks. The design is called Flowers in a Jar and features elements from classic prints like the Calathea leaf print and a Bunch of Stems.

Over the last few weeks I’ve been enjoying reading The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie: It is 1911, and Jean is about to join the mass strike at the Singer factory. For her, nothing will be the same again. Decades later, in Edinburgh, Connie sews coded moments of her life into a notebook, as her mother did before her. More than a hundred years after his grandmother s sewing machine was made, Fred discovers a treasure trove of documents. His family history is laid out before him in a patchwork of unfamiliar handwriting and colourful seams. He starts to unpick the secrets of four generations, one stitch at a time.

We made a delicious batch of gingerbread, planted some sunflower seeds, took the kids climbing and I had some time on my latest embroidery, an old applique project from a previous Craftpod box.

Last night we finished watching the second series of The Witcher, the ending was really good! I need to finish watching Inventing Anna this week, as well as Archive 81 which I’ve been enjoying on my commute to work.

Have a great week everyone!