I have been sewing for all my life. Okay, maybe not the first few year, but, even now, I come across early examples of my dressmaking on the children’s dolls, from when I was their age. I have added to my own and the children’s wardrobes ever since my first […]
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Weekend makings and playings
Creative plans morphed and adapted this weekend. Ingredients missing and the sun shining meant my weekend plan turned into guidelines. I love how this happens! Instead of croissants (Kate, I will let you know how they turn out eventually) and a cabbage dish, we made welsh cakes and lemonade. My […]
Read moreTwo completed projects and a mystery
First of the completed projects are my two patchwork cushions. Despite being pictured in this chair, the cushions are now gracing two of the kitchen chairs. Bright and breezy, which the kitchen needs since the end of the Paralympics meant that the red, white and blue bunting has come […]
Read morePatchwork with the children
It’s no secret. I love hand sewing. I love the rhythm of sewing tiny little stitches over and over again. Sometimes I will sit and listen to the radio or one of the children reading out loud. Sometimes I just love to listen to the sound that the thread makes […]
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Maker of pretty things, living a country life in a 275 year old cottage, UK
