Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
Tadaaaaa….. Today once the teenagers had headed off and I had finished editing a couple of things I managed to get down to some hard sewing at lunchtime. Five hours and half a billion petals later I’m done. The Soda Pop quilt has officially been renamed Lime Fizz and is ready for basting. This […]
A tick for Lime Fizz
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Monday, July 30th, 2012
It’s Monday and my sewing week is up and running – a little slower than I’d hoped because the teenagers only leave tomorrow, so I’ve had to spend much of today running around and sorting out stuff for them and being the perennial taxi driver, but my head is in sewing mode and in between […]
My sewing week
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Sunday, July 29th, 2012
So here we are – after a long, hot and finally torrentially rainy drive home from Italy I’m now home in cool and wet Switzerland. Which is just fine by me. I have been stuck in front of the TV today watching Team GB being slightly less than sparkling…but hopefully things will improve, and whether […]
Olympic Sports
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
Today has been a quietly productive day Slowly but surely I’m getting there! Helen
Doing Stuff
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
Somehow everything seems to slow down as soon a school is out. There are less hours in my day for a start as I certainly sleep an extra hour or two in the morning. My body has never felt that 6am is a right and proper time to get up – and now I’m positively […]
Slow progress
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