Monday, May 16th, 2011
Today is one of those quiet days when I’m able to potter around getting caught up on a whole lot of things that have been waiting for ages to be taken care of. An unspectacular day, but the sort of day that I need every now and then. The sort of day when I […]
A quiet day
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Sunday, May 15th, 2011
Last night saw the teenagers and I glued to the television for the Eurovision Song Contest, which amazingly, has now been running for an incredible 56 years. The homely – and fairly small – European song-writing competition that I grew up with has meanwhile morphed into a huge media spectacular, with participation from 43 countries […]
Eurovision socks
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Saturday, May 14th, 2011
With only a few odds and ends of fabric left from my fat quarter bundle I think I can say that Meadowsweet is more or less done! I’m waiting for some fabric to arrive from the US for the borders, binding and backing, but the main part of the quilt is complete. I had to […]
Meadowsweet on the washing line
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Friday, May 13th, 2011
Seen in an Australian shopping mall. I’m sure parents everywhere will appreciate this! Hey, smile …it’s the weekend! Helen
Funny Friday
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Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Thank you for all your comments on the direction that my Meadowsweet blocks were taken. As luck would have it, the opinions were pretty much split between the two versions, but thinking about it for a couple of days made me realize that deep down, and even though it kind of goes against my nature, […]
Unpicking
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