Dear Daughter Another block complete to add to your Dear Daughter quilt. This one is called Periwinkle. I like the name, although the pattern reminds me more of the compasses found on old maps. The ones where only the North is labelled. With 111 quilt blocks to choose from the […]
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2015 Mosaic
As years go, 2015 was not a vintage one for us. Sigh. Some years just go that way. Events turn up, that you would never dream of sitting down at the beginning of the year and adding to your calendar. Nor to your list of new year resolutions. They just […]
Read moreHippy Dinners
If, and I’m not sure why I’d do this, but if I was to take a vote from friends (and my Eldest’s friends), then I think they’d all agree that I show some signs of being a hippy. Not a hipster. Just hippy tendencies. When I heard of the book […]
Read morePlaying on the wild side
I can’t help thinking that children are most happy playing with homemade toys and natural play areas. They do love other toys, but there is a different level of fun. This week, I offered to take Middle One to the village play park as we waited for her brother’s coach. […]
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