With a project of this size (start and design) and my ability to be so easily distracted by a new exciting project, I need a device to keep me concentrating on a project. By joining in with Melissa’s Hex-Along, and promising myself that I will post up weekly progress, there […]
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Hex-Along Part 2
I am completely hooked on sewing hexagons since joining in with the Hex-Along going on at One Crafty Mama. Every idle moment has seen me making tiny little stitches. Joining one hexagon to another. It is such a brilliant project to pick up. Even when I only have a couple […]
Read moreBreathing life into my patchwork quilt
Fifteen years ago, before children, I was inspired to make a patchwork. I had images of a beautiful, handsewn patchwork quilt gracing our bed. In our own dream country cottage. I spent evenings cutting up favourite worn-out clothes and dressmaking leftovers. Then I stopped. I know why. We found our […]
Read moreMade by the children
While reading one of my favourite blogs, I realised that I hadn’t posted about the gifts that the girls made for each other. This is the first year that they have exchanged homemade presents. AJ decided she really wanted to make a rabbit with a carrot for her little sister. […]
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