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Birthday Postcards
I forgot to post photos of the birthday postcards I received from my friends in the BQLPC group. Here they are, Top to Bottom from Helen, Jane, Inge, Marian, Jacquie,Plum, Miriam and Jan.Thank you...
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At least yesterday was. Don't know if anyone else has come up against this problem but..... I buy quite a bit of stuff on line and as a rule use Paypal. Recently they offered a delayed payment...
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I found another payment to Paypal using the same reference and mandate numbers. I rang my bank this morning, who were very helpful and refunded the payment. They gave me the contact number for Paypal...
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Lottery winner
I am still alive, sorry its taken me so long to get round to blogging. I've been doing a lot of hand sewing on 'the wall hanging'. It is turning out to be a real labour of love as I did all the...
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Lake District in Autumn
Last Sunday my friend Anne and I took a bus trip to the Lake District to see the autumnal colours. It was a beautiful day, warm, sunny and good company. Me and Anne trying out a selfie, bit...
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Latest swaps
I'm actually quite pleased with myself, I've got off my butt and finished two sets of cards today. Yeh at last I'm ahead of the game.Finished the cards for the BQLPC group 'Fresh October brings the...
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Time to say goodbye
To swapping that is. I've decided not to join any more postcard swaps, at least for the foreseeable future. My main reason is I want to play a bit more, get creative with textiles and art, see what...
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Knitting and Stitching Show in Harrogate
I always look forward to visiting the Knitting & Stitching show in Harrogate and this year was no exception. I had hoped to go with my friend but unfortunately she took ill the night before and...
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Christmas sewing
Actually got down to do some sewing. I was asked to make a Christmas Stocking for my friend's grandson and thought it a good reason to use up some of my Christmas fabric stash. The sharp eyed of you...
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Wild Women
Yesterday was our annual +4 Christmas lunch where we enjoy a bit of crafting, some good food and lots of laughs. We make each other small presents, nothing flash or expensive just something we think...
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Merry Christmas to all
Not sure what has happened to December, it has gone in a flash but all the presents are bought or made and the baking is done. Only thing that I haven't done is put up the tree and decorate the house....
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Happy Creative New Year
I know its well past New Year but I've only just got my muse back in place. For the last few weeks I've kept going into my workroom, picking stuff up, putting it back, thinking yep I'll do that then...
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New family addition
Welcome to my new great niece Catherine Ann born this morning at 10:30am. She's going to be a heart breaker, like her mother and sister, her brother isn't too shabby either.
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More recycling
Recycling just 'happened' I was really looking for something to do and found several wip and decided to finish at least one of them. Several metres of scrap fabric later I got fed up with feeding...
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French Cafe Scene
Our EG group have been asked to create 5"X 7" postcards depicting France which are to be exhibited there sometime towards the end of the year. Taking advantage of a 'no dog, day I set off to create...
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Spot the Difference
Spot the difference it wasn't until I had uploaded the photo of my French cafe scene that I realised I'd missed a couple of elements off. Can you find them?One of the things I had promised myself this...
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Keith's Jeans
So far I haven't been able to face clearing out Keith's clothes and may not do so for a long time. But I have been recycling some of his stuff. This time I turned a pair of his jeans into a bag for...
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Catch Up
You know those days, busy all day but with very little to show for it: well I seem to have had a few weeks like that. I have done some sewing but not a lot. First my Bernina B710 developed a fault,...
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Burning back
Some time ago I saw Margaret Beal layering synthetic fabrics and using a soldering iron to burn the layers back to create patterns. Kathleen Laurel Sage layers sheer fabrics, stitches a design onto...
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Oh what a lovely weekend
It seems ages since I blogged but sometimes life just gets in the way. I have just spent a lovely weekend with my family. The boys planned it as a treat for me and it was wonderful to have the whole...
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A bit of this and that
May hasn't been a month of activity, sewing wise that is but I have managed to do the odd bit of crafting. I finally got round to making a mat for my Janome sewing machine to sit on when I take it to...
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French Street Cards
Some time ago I made a postcard for our EG French Street exhibition and got the size wrong.... So I've made another two, I just couldn't be bothered to redo the first one. They have to be in for next...
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Scrap bag
Wow I hadn't realised it had been so long since I last blogged, mainly because I had nothing new to say. But I have been busy travelling around visiting people and places in the last few weeks. My...
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I've now got 52 of the 56 blocks I need for my scrappy block quilt but I'm running out of steam. I will get the other four done before Christmas as I want to sit and hand quilt the blocks when the...
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Catch up
Not sure what happens to time these days but I thought I'd let you know what I've been doing recently. On Saturday there was a workshop by Joanna O'Neill put on by my local Embroiderers' Guild called...
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