Dear Daughter This quilt block (Contrary Wife) very nearly escaped being made. After the last block, I had enough patchwork pieces to make up your Dear Daughter quilt. Albeit, as a square, but a chance to finish the quilt. Hooray, I thought. Then I remembered a letter I wanted to […]
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Ready. Steady. Grow.
There is no denying that spring is gathering momentum. I keep finding small clumps of flowers budding up in unexpected corners, around the garden. While weeds are gaining an advantage in other areas. Always the way. “Remove weeds” glides effortlessly to the top of my weekend list. It’s not the […]
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Raspberries, please.
There has been an alarming increase in the height of my children recently. It always happens in the spring. They seem to shoot up, as soon as the sun hits. The Teen is near enough my height now, and her sister seems able to look me in the eye a […]
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Ta-Dah! A spring-time cushion cover
I love spring. The landscape changes from muddy brown to fast growing green, in a blink of an eye. Blue sky. Washing drying on the line. Birds courting on the roof tops. Lambs gambolling in a neighbour’s field. Bees buzzing around, visiting the flowers that seem to appear by stealth. […]
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