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it’s all about the gorgeous fabric

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

thank you for all the lovely words you shared on my last post.
it is truly lovely to put into words something I find meaningful, and have you listen and enjoy.

I have many lovely tablecloths - some that I’ve made, some that are presents from my family, some that are thrifted and especially lovely ones [...]

the bathroom floor quilt and a silly little brown sausage

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

What * a * day!  I work Wednesdays at the bookstore so this morning it was a busy round of school lunches, porridge, bed-making, doggy breakfasts, tidying kitchen, stacking dishwasher, washing darks, and hanging out school blouses before farewelling the doggles, who spend their day in the back garden, and heading up the road to [...]

a quilted cosy

Monday, May 24th, 2010

The light outside is steely and crisp.  Slow and steady sheaths of rain are falling.  And it’s cold.  And we all have the sniffles.  Especially poor old Abby - her sniffles have matured into a sinus infection.  So we have antibiotics, and jam doughnuts, and pink grapefruits and lots of cups of tea, and a [...]

little farm girlies

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

I completely forgot about …

I made this for Abigail for Christmas.  It was her handmade from mumma present.  Abby loves Hillary Lang’s style so I stitched up these wee farm girls and then turned them into a small quilt.  Contrary to my usual contrariness, I zealously stuck to the recommended colours, and these dear little [...]

somewhere to sit

Monday, May 10th, 2010

It’s not quite Sofa Cosy Chapter 3 … but it’s certainly in front of the sofa!
When you’re 12 and you want to chill out in the family room … reading, drawing, sewing dolly clothes, watching a film or some tellie with mumma and dada, playing a bit of Mario, or creating noisy chaos with the [...]

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