So, that’s almost it then. School goes back on Monday. I can’t believe that five weeks are already over. Where has the summer gone? It’s been a funny one this year. A very mixed bag, so to speak. Unfortunately for the kids, summer in Switzerland seems to be starting up right about now. It’s going […]

In between a whole lot of other things over the last couple of days I’ve been steadily quilting my zig-zag quilt. I actually intended to quilt the white part in white and the coloured parts in appropriate colours, but once I’d started with the white I realized that if I left the coloured zig-zag rows […]

So the Olympics are over….I actually feel rather sad, not to mention a bit exhausted after the exhilaration of last night’s closing ceremony. I can’t imagine how wiped out I’d be if I’d actually been there! One thing I will say though is that if nothing else, in a time of economic doom and gloom […]

Just in time, my Olympic socks are finished.   Evelyn A. Clark’s Waving Lace Socks ( from Favorite Socks 25 Timeless Designs from Interweave – probably the best sock book ever), knitted in Madeline Tosh Sock in dried rose. Time for something new 🙂 I’m about out-Olympiced too – I’m ready to have my life […]

 After The Fat Quarterly Retreat Quiltova and I decided to set up our own bee for Ex-pats and Europeans. And so, Sew Euro-bee-an was formed. I’m on duty for the first month and I’ve been pondering lots of possibilities over the last couple of weeks. I found a block I liked, but the publishers of […]