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Category Archives: Serendipity
Monday’s Meander Around the Garden
Today’s meander around the garden turned into a point and shoot out of the landing window as this is our Easter Monday weather… …snow, again!! Despite the inclement weather this week I have managed to spend a bit of time … Continue reading
Down the Rabbit Hole Hand Quilt-a-Long
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt – doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun!! I was actually on my jollies when the post came out, having made no progress at all in … Continue reading
Posted in Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged #downtherabbithole, applique, Down The Rabbit Hole, Quilting
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Batik Painting in Bali
One reason I chose Bali as a holiday destination was my interest in batik fabrics. I wanted to see batiks being made, have a go myself and also buy some to make into quilts, I even organised my luggage allowance … Continue reading
Friday’s Photo Challenge
This week I thought I was going to have to think outside the box with a colourful photo of embroidery threads as the theme is ‘rainbows’. This was my first thought… I actually won a prize at the local show … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Challenge, Serendipity, Walking
Tagged #postcardfromgibfridayphoto, Derwentwater, Friday Photo Challenge
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…and Crosses
During the first week of our holiday we drove from Adelaide to Sydney, travelling along the stunning scenery of the Great Ocean Road. In the evenings I would do a little stitching whilst we chatted over a glass of wine. … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, TAST, Textile Books
Tagged Beyond TAST, embroidery, stitch sampler, TAST
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Knots and Crosses
Over on Pintangle Sharon has started a new series of TAST, 100 stitches to learn with one released each Tuesday. I’ve based my stitch sampler on the last TAST list so I’ve been trying to do the ‘Beyond TAST’ where … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, TAST, Textile Books
Tagged Beyond TAST, Embroidered knots, stitch sampler, textile book
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Monday’s Meander Around the Garden
After all the bad weather they’ve had here whilst we’ve been sunning ourselves yesterday it was a lovely early spring day. The sun shone all day so even though it was only about 5′ it felt a lot warmer. My … Continue reading
A Tall Square Year Etui Stitch-a-long
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my etui box, this is a pattern by Betsy Morgan from a Classic Inspirations magasine. I’m using my own choice of colours so I’ve chosen the spring colours of blue, yellow, fresh … Continue reading
Posted in Serendipity
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Friday Photo Challenge
I’m back from our holiday just in time for the Friday Photo Challenge organised by Postcard from Gibralter. This weeks theme is Spring…and we’ve got snow forecast again this weekend!! The meme I posted a few weeks ago comes to … Continue reading


