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Category Archives: Serendipity
A Sewing Room Clock
Do you ever get those days when there’s 101 things you could sew, all those half done projects, but you really don’t fancy sewing those, you want something new you can finish…well that was me on Sunday afternoon! I decided … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Home, Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged Sewing Room Clock, Springwood House Designs
11 Comments
Silken Strata Cushion
I’m a bit behind with my posts at the moment, August seems to have been a lot busier than usual with short trips away, family visiting and days out, there’s no sign of life quietening down until mid September if … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, embroidery, Home, Serendipity
Tagged embroidery, Making Cushions, Silken Strata
15 Comments
Monday’s Meander Round the Garden
Yesterday I had a good tidy up session in the garden, all the geraniums that I’d been keeping for Ilkley Show could now be cut back and tidied up. Ann Folkard is a big geranium with deep magenta flowers, it … Continue reading
Tall Year Square Etui
It’s three weeks since I showed you my Tall Year Square Etui. This is a design by Betsy Morgan that was in the Classic Inspirations magasine last year. Each side represents a different season. I’m stitching autumn at the moment. … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long
Tagged Betsy Morgan, cross-stitch, Tall Year Square
24 Comments
A Good Day at the Show.
I’ve just had a pretty successful day at Ilkley Flower Show. I only really discovered this show last year through one of our WI members, she mentioned they had a handicraft section and wanted more entries! From my perspective as … Continue reading
Friday Photo Challenge
These Fridays come round awfully quickly! Today’s theme set by Postcard from Gibraltar is ‘reflective‘. Follow the link to see more reflections! Catbells is a bit of a recurring theme in my embroideries, it’s my favorite mountain in the Lake … Continue reading
Posted in Serendipity
5 Comments
A Cross-Stitch Conundrum
One of my longer term projects at the moment is a stitch sampler, I started it about 15 months ago with the idea of learning lots of new stitches and having a record of them to remind me. I’ve made … Continue reading
Posted in Serendipity
14 Comments
Vintage Silk Sari Daisies
A couple of years ago I bought some vintage silk saris on ebay, they averaged about £12 each so six yards of beautiful silk for very little outlay. One of them was a gorgeous charcoal grey ombre with a dark … Continue reading
Posted in Dressmaking, Serendipity
Tagged Great British Sewing Bee, Shell Top, Vintage silk sari
15 Comments
Monday’s Meander Round the Garden
I had to dash out in between showers to take garden photos today, makes a nice change! August is traditionally quite a quiet time in an English garden, the roses are on their way out, geraniums are pretty much over, … Continue reading
Friday Photos
This is a last minute post for the Friday Photo Challenge as I only got back from the Festival of Quilts late this afternoon! I had a brilliant time, but I’ll tell you all about it another day… In the … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Challenge, Serendipity
7 Comments


