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Coming along nicely

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Here is a rather sub-standard photo of Ilsa’s quilt (thanks for your concern, but no my camera still hasn’t made an appearance….sob), taken on my phone…. I can only say that I’m delighted with how this quilt is turning out – and I hope Ilsa will be too! It’s a really girly quilt – I […]

Coming along nicely
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Back down to earth

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

I love quiet days at home. Days when I work on my translations and editing and in between can take breaks to potter, catch up with housework and admin, maybe play the piano a little and get the feeling that life is more or less under control – even if that only lasts until the […]

Back down to earth
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Mrs Smartypants…aka a middle-aged lady on a mission

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

I’m so impressed with myself. Normally I’m a bit of a slapdash, make it up as I go along, hope there magically turns out to be enough fabric kind of quilter. In the case of Ilsa’s quilt though, as I mentioned the other day, I’m somewhat under pressure. Which has had the amazing effect that […]

Mrs Smartypants…aka a middle-aged lady on a mission
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A little panic in patchwork paradise

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Here is Ilsa’s quilt. It needs to be finished, quilted and shipped off to England in the not very distant future otherwise there is no way it will make it by Christmas. Actually, my intention was to take it with me when I make a flying visit over to mum’s next week and mail it […]

A little panic in patchwork paradise
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The delights of stars and flying geese…made easier…

Friday, November 11th, 2011

Stars and flying geese have always been two of my very favourite things to sew – as shown in the oodles of starry quilts I’ve turned out over the years. Well, you won’t believe this, but they just got easier…round here anyway! In Houston I had my arm twisted to buy the Quilt in a […]

The delights of stars and flying geese…made easier…
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