I finally started binding the rings of my big lampshade yesterday and I had a big smile on my face! I don’t know why lampshades make me so happy but they do. It’s just so therapeutic; I even finished off the bottom, very big ring, while watching TV this morning after dropping off at school. I never usually have time to watch telly during the day (honest!) so it felt very relaxing, almost like a ‘duvet day’!

I’m going to take this lampshade to the Waddesdon Country Show near Aylesbury this Saturday, 2nd June so that I have something to show and do as it’s a long day. I mustn’t forget my pins and thimble!…