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Tennis and sewing

Sunday, July 7th, 2013

Today was a lovely day…..what with Andy Murray playing brilliantly and winning Wimbledon and time to just sit and sew, which is something I feel like I haven’t had for a good long while. I managed to get the two rounds finished for Shevvy for the EEP bee….hand sewing in front of the tennis – […]

Ticking along…

Saturday, July 6th, 2013

Eldest daughter passes her Matura and graduates from high school …tick Younger daughter passes the school year (by the skin of her teeth)…tick Audit completed and survived without major mishap….tick Husband packed off to Asia on a business trip…tick Mother purchases a new phone…hahahaha…next….(but she did manage to make her first phone call in what […]

Turning a corner

Monday, June 17th, 2013

Things are on the up here on the hill. Summer has arrived in Switzerland and as usual I am amazed by the fact that after months of complaining about the weather being lousy it takes only two days before people start moaning about the heat….that being said it was steaming hot in the office this […]

…and finally there was a little sewing…..

Wednesday, June 12th, 2013

A Siblings Together block for Di aka Quiltova…. Easy sewing to ease my way back to the sewing machine! It felt good and as the days go by things are getting sorted out and moving forwards. I think I can almost see the end of the tunnel…..and along with other things, there is the FQR […]

Slow going

Monday, May 20th, 2013

I finally forced myself to sit down and get on with some sewing this afternoon. The result was one more Fireworks block. It was a bit of a slog if I’m honest. I love the effect of these blocks and I know I’m going to absolutely adore the finished quilt because the Rouenneries Deux reds […]