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Tag Archives: Books
Dancing Bees
When bees find a good source of nectar, they do a dance to show the other bees where it is, so having finally finished my bee book, I’m doing my happy bee dance! Three weeks ago I’d stitched the pages … Continue reading
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Tagged Bee, bee book, Books, craft, embroidery, Fabric Books, Making fabric books, nature, sewing
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Stitching my Garden SAL
It’s time for a mini happy dance, I’ve finally made all the individual pages and stitched them together into ten double sided pages. Three weeks ago I had finally worked out how to create the actual pages. Each embroidery is … Continue reading
Autumn Reading
I’ve another half dozen books to share with you which I’ve read over the last few weeks; I wandered from walking books to bird books this time… Waiting for the Albino Dunnock by Rosamond Richardson; this is a lovely book, … Continue reading
Late Summer, Early Autumn Reading
I’ve another six books to share with you which I’ve read over the last few weeks, I usually have two on the go, one for bedtime reading and one for reading on the move, usually buses or trains! I finished … Continue reading
Spring Reading
About three months ago I met up with an old friend and during the evening we got onto the subject of books. She knows I love walking, she loves Scotland, she recommended a book called Between the Sunset and the … Continue reading
The Golden Thread
I’m trying to read more this year, it’s one of my Nineteen for 19 challenges, so when I saw an interesting book just before Christmas I dropped a big hint that it was on my wish list! As it’s all … Continue reading


