Archive for the ‘embroidery’ Category
Tweet Looking out the windows this morning, you’d have sworn we were holidaying deep in a valley surrounded by mountains. That’s how thick the mist was over the sea – the water had vanished and all that remained were the tips of the bay’s mirrored headlands. And it didn’t clear. We ate porridge, drank tea, [...]
TweetOh it was so hot yesterday – another dry, sizzling scorcher. It was so stifling at home we decided eating out for lunch – in airconditioning – was the the most sensible option. We ate beautiful food down Balaclava way (poached peaches, chocolate brioche, vietnamese coleslaw and other yummies) but wouldn’t you know – the [...]
Tweet { The Tomten Christmas Band, copyright 2011 A Pint of Cream } I’ve been squeezing Christmas cross stitch time in between all the other busyness that is our lives at the moment. It began with the realisation, back in Bootville, that I couldn’t find our Christmas stockings and that, in fact, I hadn’t been [...]
TweetFirst exam today … research methods in healthcare … such a good subject, makes me dream about designing my own research project in an honours year … I’m definitely a qualitative girl … phenomonology … listening to and understanding how people experience different events in their lives. But right now, I’m just relieved one exam [...]
Tweetoh hello! fell off the blogosphere for a week or so – must have been the school holidays – we were having too much fun :-) – there’s some lovely adventures to share and it’s sure nice to be back! It’s a funny-peculiar time of year. The deciduous trees are looking glorious – honestly, today [...]
TweetOkay, I have completely fallen off the organised wagon. I’m just one big scatterbrain this week – I’m besotted with my applique, running errands for tomorrow’s feast (including getting lost and completely drenched in Kensington whilst picking up the goose), and soaking up this school holiday time at home with Abigail. And, after so much [...]
TweetIt’s Michaelmas on Thursday … we’ve been preparing for weeks – and today, curled up on the sofa with the girlie, I finished stitching our Michaelmas banner to hang before the fireplace. I’ve used Amanda’s recipe from Handmade Home – this technique with vintage blanket scraps really sings to me and we have several now [...]
Tweet It’s about time! This has been loitering in the “I’m-still-working-on-it-pile” for over a year. Every few months, it’s been dragged out and there’s been a hunting down of leaves (they are scattered throughout the house and I even pulled one out of my pocket with a hankie in a tutorial on Monday), a burst [...]
TweetWhat do you do when your girlie’s arriving home from camp and you have no idea what time the bus is pulling in? When you’ve pulled apart every receptacle containing random papers looking for that one piece with the magical time … When you’ve skimmed through every online newsletter, rung the campground (message bank), the [...]
TweetThere’s been some kitchen rearranging recently – Grandad’s door (he carted it around with him for years – it’s quite narrow, a lovely syruppy colour and very useful – since bequeathing it to me, it has been a sewing table and an Abby desk) has found itself a new life as a kitchen benchtop. It [...]
TweetThat is, a give away for everyone! Abby’s been home with a cold for the last two days and we’ve been indulging in our favourite cosy pursuits – drawing, stitching, watching Agatha Christie films, Stardust & Princess Bride (they always go together) and reading. One of the books we rediscovered was Ursula Le Guin’s A [...]
TweetThere’s a new cross stitch in the shop … On An Autumn Lake. Thank you so much for your lovely words and support for my little shop and its cross stitches – you have truly made my week :-) I am so very grateful. I have truly laboured over this cross stitch – it took [...]
