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Category Archives: Serendipity
Holiday Sewing
I brought a couple of sewing projects on holiday, one for quiet times and one as a record… I brought my bird alphabet to stitch on the train, some trains I’ve stitched all the way, other journeys have been very … Continue reading
Posted in Serendipity, embroidery, Textile Books, cross-stitch, Holiday
Tagged cross-stitch, embroidery, Stitching on the Go, travel journal
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Big Adventure 6
Helen and I are loving our travels round Europe, we’re having such a good time together. After Salzburg we travelled over to Vienna. We had three nights there so we could pop over to Slovakia for the day! I liked … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Serendipity
Tagged europe, Holiday, Interrailling, Italy, Slovenia, Traveling
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Our Big Adventure 5
I’m way behind with my posts, so here’s the first catch up… After our time in Switzerland we travelled along the Golden Pass to Lucerne on then onto Lindau. The Golden Pass was lovely, it passes five lakes which were … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Serendipity
Tagged austria, europe, germany, Holiday, Interrailling, salzburg, travel, Traveling
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Foragers Journal HQAL
I’m still on my big adventure with my daughter so no progress at all on my Foragers Journal. Here are the two pages I stitched before my holiday… We’re due back just before the next update, so don’t hold your … Continue reading
Posted in Serendipity
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Our Big Adventure 4
Well I’m way behind with my holiday posts so this might be spread over two or three days. After a great stay in Strasbourg we headed over to Freiburg.This is a small city in the black mountains. We had a … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Serendipity
Tagged adventure, europe, hiking, Interrailling, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, Train travel, travel, Waterfalls
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Stitch-a-long
I’m still on my big holiday with my daughter, so no progress here at all with my catkins, it is still a solitary catkin… Please follow the links to see what everyone else has been stitching. Avis, Claire, Kathy, Margaret, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon, Daisy, Cathie, Linda, MaryMargaret, Helen
Posted in Serendipity
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Big Adventure 3
Well it’s over a week since we left home and we’ve already been to five countries!! After Cologne we travelled down the German border to Trier, it was a nice gentle journey through forests and along valleys, very pretty. It … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Serendipity
Tagged Colmar, europe, france, Holiday, Interrailling, Luxembourg, nature, Storks, Strasbourg, travel, Traveling, Trier, wildlife
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Foragers Journal HQAL
I did manage to make some progress on my foragers journal before I left for my big adventure with my daughter. Three weeks ago I had made good progress stitching February, which is about Gorse… I have managed to finish … Continue reading
Phenology Wheel SAL
Well I’ve still not finished my catkins, I have made a little progress but life has got in the way over the last few weeks. This retirement lark is pretty busy!! Three weeks ago I had started the catkins… I … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long
Tagged catkins, embroidery, phenology wheel
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Foragers Journal HQAL
I’ve made a little progress with my foragers journal, but not as much as I hoped as life has been somewhat hectic over the last month – however did I ever find time to work!! Three weeks ago I had … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Serendipity, Textile Books
Tagged embroidery, Fabric Books, Foragers Journal, Hand-quilting
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