We’ve started making Christmas cards. Youngest wanted to draw a dachshund wearing a Christmas hat. First few attempts frustrated him, so he asked if I’d print one out for him. No. Try tracing and transferring it. This was new to him. I explained that when I was his age, we […]
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Yo-yo cushion
There is something relaxing about arranging little pieces of fabric into a pleasing pattern. Over and over again. Different combinations give a different effect. I think I could easily lose hours arranging Suffolk Puffs (or yoyos, if you prefer). I have the same problem challenge with patchwork hexagons. I never […]
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On a cold, biting day, making an apple crumble for the evening meal, just seems the only sensible choice. When a cold hits, I need to curl up under my favourite quilt and watch an old movie. Times when I can’t sleep, I end up in the kitchen drinking a […]
Read moreA Needlefelted Barn Owl. Not a nametape
“Have you sewn the nametape into my new joggers?” “Hmm. No. But I have made an owl. Look. I needlefelted it” “But I have PE today.” “Hmm. I meant too, but the owl made me. OK. Not true, but I just had to make it” Oh yes. Please tell me […]
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Maker of pretty things, living a country life in a 275 year old cottage, UK
