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Category Archives: Serendipity
Flowers with Friends
A couple of years ago I started a craft club with my Womens Institute, we aim to meet once a month, at the moment there’s just a handful of us so we meet in each others houses. Usually we just … Continue reading
A Textile Weekend in London
This time last weekend I was in London visiting my penfriend. Sam and I started writing to each other around 1977 when we were 12 years old. We connected through the Girl Guides, she lives in Brisbane, so about 12,000 … Continue reading
Friday Photo Challenge
It’s photo challenge time again, this weekly challenge is organised by Postcard from Gibraltar and today’s theme is Movement. I was tempted to use one of the photos from the windy day when I was trying to photograph my Feel … Continue reading
Posted in Serendipity
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Three Smalls and a Shortlist!
Somehow or other I seem to have ended up with three little cross-stitch projects on the go, which is a lot, even for me! Last month I stitched ‘January’ from the Joyful World series by Maja Matyas, I think it’s … Continue reading
Hand Quilt-a-Long
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt, at that point I was feeling a bit bogged down in vines, this is where I was… Three weeks later I still haven’t finished them but … Continue reading
Posted in Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged #downtherabbithole, applique, Down The Rabbit Hole
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Friday Photo Challenge
The Friday Photo Challenge is organised by Postcard from Gibraltar, this week’s seasonal theme is ‘heart’. Two days earlier and I could have chosen my heart embroidery… I tried to find a photo on facebook of me at work in the … Continue reading
Feel the Sunshine and Do a Happy Dance!
Yes it’s happy dance time again, I have just finished my Kaffe Fassett quilt, just nice time for the wedding in March. It’s taken me about three weeks in total to make it, so it’s a pretty quick pattern to … Continue reading
Posted in Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged Feel the sunshine, Kaffe Fassett, Quilting, Radiant Quilt
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Domesticity in Stitches
It’s our Embroiderers Guild meeting on Monday and as I’m away for the weekend in London I thought yesterday I’d better crack on with my Travelling Sketchbook entry. It’s the final swap of these travels, I get my own book … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, TAST, The Travelling Sketchbook
Tagged embroidery, Jenny of Elefanz, TAST, Travelling Sketchbook
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Tall Year Square Etui SAL 2
It’s three weeks since I last showed my Tall Year Square Etui, it’s a pattern by Betsy Morgan from issue 93 of Classic Inspirations. This is where I was three weeks ago…I must admit over recent weeks I’ve been concentrating … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Serendipity, Stitch-a-long
Tagged cross-stitch, embroidery, Tall Year Square
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Dancing in the Sunshine
It’s nearly time for a happy dance with my sunshine quilt, nearly, but not quite… This is a quilt I’m making as a wedding present, the wedding is in March in Sydney, so I’ve got a deadline to work against, … Continue reading


