"I completed a one-day course in therapeutic hand massage a few years ago. I mention this because it's the only time I've been good with my hands - strictly speaking, someone else's.
And yet, despite years of tacking my own thumbs to the nearest cork board, for some reason I signed up recently to yet another craft class, thinking, 'This time I'll crack it.'
Probably not a sentiment to air at a stained-glass workshop.
I've wanted to do this one for ages, not least because I enjoy gawping at cathedral windows and wondering, 'How hard can it be?' My rush of optimism is always followed by a rude awakening, by which time it's too late to ask for my money back.
At this workshop, I'd come to my senses that very morning, but went along anyway, anticipating a scary Bake-Off scenario: 'Crafters, you have four hours to recreate Notre Dame's north transept window. Craft!'
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 08, 2023 من Woman's Weekly.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 08, 2023 من Woman's Weekly.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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