Category Archives: Serendipity

Stitches in Time

It was spring 2017 when I got inspired by various stitch samplers and textile books on Pinterest, it took me until early summer to formulate my ideas enough to start the project. I wanted a usable sample of stitches with … Continue reading

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A Quiet Charm

It’s time for a happy dance as last night I finally finished my hummingbird quilt… Last time I showed it to you I was waiting, rather impatiently, for the border and binding fabric to arrive. As soon as the postman … Continue reading

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November’s Photographic Challenge

Wild Daffodil hosts a monthly photographic challenge, this months theme is patina which to me is the sheen of age, that lovely smooth, worn feel of wood or metal, even old stone steps that gives a hint of the history an … Continue reading

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

I’ve made fairly good progress this week in the garden with several hours over the week. I’m still weeding and tidying, I’ll probably still be doing that in March when things start to appear again! I’ve mainly been working on … Continue reading

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Eighteen for 18

Another month has gone by! I’m doing pretty well on most of my challenges, I’m even starting to think about next years!! 1 Etsy store opened; Still no where on this one, I really need to put aside a weekend … Continue reading

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Friday’s Photo Challenge

I completely forgot the photo challenge last week! This week the theme is tunnel so I’ve been having a look through my photos… …I haven’t got many photos of tunnels, probably because I don’t do dark, damp places!  so I’m bending … Continue reading

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Embroidery Wallet

I realised yesterday that one of my posts for Minerva has gone live, so I can tell you a bit about what I made now. Back in the summer I chose three things from their website and duly got a … Continue reading

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

I’ve not managed to get out in the garden much this week, partly because of family commitments and partly because it’s flipping freezing!! I haven’t quite acclimatised to winter temperatures yet! The drop in temperature has meant some ground frost, … Continue reading

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Down the Rabbit Hole HQAL

It doesn’t seem three weeks since I last showed you my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt, the weeks seem to be flying by, well if I’m honest the whole year is flying by! Three weeks ago I was doing a … Continue reading

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A Bird in the Hand…

I was a little bit behind with My Splendid Sampler 2 quilt-a-long so I decided to do a bit of catch up. This is the quilt-a-long organised by Pat Sloan and Jane Davison, there’s a new 6″ block released each … Continue reading

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