It’s that time of year again. New school uniform is 85% organized. Old uniform is in a pile waiting to have nametapes removed, with the unpicker at the ready. Three clutches of nametapes are waiting by the needle and thread. It’s time to sew on the nametapes. I have always […]
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Blast from the Past
Stitchin’ and listen’. I can thank my school friend Vicky, and her brother, for introducing me to “The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy”. She lent me her brother’s cassette tapes of the original radio programme. When I should have been revising for A’Levels, I listened over and over again […]
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Dragon Wings
The note from school said that they were making dragon heads, but if parents would like to make dragon wings, they were more than welcome. This is the kind of note that a mother, that sews, loves. LOVES. My head filled with different design options. I mentally went through my […]
Read moreBut I have nothing to wear….
It’s coming up to the end of term. There are things to do. There are events to go to. So much to organize. My to-do list, as I imagine most parent’s to-do lists are at the moment, resembles the beginning chapter of an epic novel. Many characters with their own […]
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Maker of pretty things, living a country life in a 275 year old cottage, UK
