Flipping what’s in my head

You’ve probably gathered that I’ve been feeling sorry for myself about my World Needlework Convention classes not going ahead.

I wanted to teach at it. I wanted to be part of it. Whilst buried in the all-consuming process of writing my book, I helped promote the event and my classes.

People assumed that my classes would go ahead. I never did.

These things are not great for one’s self esteem. My classes and teaching were not attractive enough for people to spend their hard-earned money on that experience. I have had many uncharitable thoughts about the phrase “RSN trained” and desperately wished that people didn’t believe idea that you have to be Royal School of Needlework trained to be an expert. (You can earn your expertise in so many other ways. You really can!)

What a pity party it has been in my head…

Somewhere along the way, thankfully, my brain flipped things on their head. However much I wish to be that teacher whose classes you just CAN’T miss, I realised that instead I have the privilege of writing excellent needlework books.

I make books that I want to make, and somehow that turns out to be the books people want to buy! People hear there’s a new Yvette Stanton book coming out and automatically plan to purchase it. People say lovely things about my books that sometimes make me cry because they’re so lovely. That’s pretty special!

Just yesterday, a lovely lady called Karen said to me, “I have always loved your books. I remember the first one I saw, thinking ‘this is how all craft books should look’.”

Thank you to all of you who purchase my books. Thank you to all of you who love using my books. Thank you to all of you who support me in my endeavours. I still want to teach, but I’m going to try to be way more content with my career as it is; not wishing away how wonderful it already is!

As I’m not going to London, someone phoned from someone overseas and asked me to come and teach them instead, at very short notice. Discussions continue but it looks like it could happen! Go where you are wanted, I say!

No response is needed to this post. I am sharing my joy in my head moving to a much better place. And maybe it shows you how human I really am!