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Category Archives: Serendipity
Down the Rabbit Hole HQAL
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt, I was making good progress then after a few good sessions on it. This is where I was… …and I’m afraid that is pretty much where … Continue reading
Posted in Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity
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Friday Photo Challenge
It’s Friday again, so it’s photo challenge time organised by Postcard from Gibraltar. The word for today is Best Friend… I’ve got three best friend photos to show you. Next weekend it’s our eleventh wedding anniversary, so here’s a photo … Continue reading
Posted in Serendipity
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Monthly Photo Challenge
Wild Daffodil organises a monthly photo challenge, her word for today is scale. This photo was taken just before we went on holiday, Lucy is my mum’s dog, now living with us, she is a little bichon frise, tiny compared … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Challenge, Serendipity
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A Tall Year Square Etui SAL 3
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my etui, it’s rather pretty, it’s a pattern by Betsy Morgan from a Classic Inspirations magasine and each side is a different season. I’m choosing my own threads so I just picked … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long
Tagged embroidery, Etui, Tall Year Square
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Friday Photo Challenge
This weeks photo challenge by Postcard from Gibraltar is Cosy so I chose a photo of Helen getting all cosy in a new quilt. This is a quilt I made Helen nearly three years ago, she wanted a black and … Continue reading
Eighteen for 18 Update
Well I’m two months into my year long challenge, so how have I done; 1 Etsy store opened; not yet, waiting til after our holiday. 2 Tutorials; ditto!!! 3 Sessions a week in the garden; I did really well with … Continue reading
Posted in Eighteen for 18, Serendipity
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A Not So Small Heart!
It’s our wedding anniversary whilst we are away, last year I made a cross-stitch card, this year I decided to do the same but to make it in such a way that I could make it into a ‘small’ afterwards, … Continue reading
Ogden Cami
Last summer I saw a few blog posts about the Ogden Cami pattern by True Bias. I decided to buy the pdf pattern, much as I hate sticking all the sheets together, I reasoned that there can’t be that many pages … Continue reading
Holiday Clothes
I finally got round to sewing some clothes for our holiday, although ironically I didn’t use the fabric I bought in London with holiday in mind, I’ve actually used some from my stash! I looked through my patterns for holiday … Continue reading
Monday’s Meander Around the Garden
It seems a while since I did a proper garden post, not a lot happens over winter! However things are starting to move, spring is on it’s way!! I was away for a couple of days last weekend and it … Continue reading


