As most experienced mothers know, the time to worry is when you cannot hear your children and you should be able to. That’s when they’re up to something that they really shouldn’t be doing and it’s time to intervene. There’s a happy window with a sound range that starts at […]
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The beginning of the thread
This is the start of the sewing story, which should have preceded the middle and, well I guess, this middle, too. The story really starts on a cold night when I realised that I needed, to put it bluntly, to upgrade my nightwear. As I looked through my motley […]
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Look at this, Mummy.
“Look at this, Mummy.” “Look at this, Mummy.” “Look at this, Mummy.” And I did look. There were wonderful plants with the most imaginative names. “Look at this, Mummy. Are all the statues needle-felted?” Yes, including the moon gazing hare in the corner.” “Look at this, Mummy. Can I have […]
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And now for Eldest’s Dressmaking
Ta-Da! Another FIRST dressmaking project complete! Following on from last week’s dressmaking, AJ’s nightie is now finished. Being 10, she did more of the sewing than her younger sister. I made a mistake with the sleeves, so I had to take over at that point, but apart from them and […]
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Maker of pretty things, living a country life in a 275 year old cottage, UK
