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Christmas Garland
I really don’t know where the time went last week and for the first time since I started my blog in July, I didn’t post at all! The pre-Christmas parties were in full flow and I had a lovely sociable...
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Making Vintage Cake Stands
On Pinterest I saw a few cake stands made out of vintage plates and thought it would be good to try. I also did some searches on Google images and was amazed at the variety of ways people combined...
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Happy Valentines… my twiggy heart
We don’t go overboard on Valentines Day but we do usually exchange cards and if we don’t go out, eat our favourite food at home. We are going away at the weekend to visit family so this year, we are...
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Dyeing for a change
I had some table mats were faded and stained, despite my best attempts to clean them. After making napkins and a table runner to smarten up the table setting for our dining room, I decided that the...
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Office in a Jar
It must be something to do with the first signs that Spring is on the way that makes me want to organize my life and do a spot more cleaning than usual. There are occasions when I need to catch up...
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A Felt Basket Should Keep Things Tidy
I don’t know about you but I always seem to have a bundle of things to take up and downstairs such as glasses, diary, keys, hair brush etc and more often than not, they end up on the bottom stair. I...
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Machine Felted and Embroidered Book Cover
When my friend was thinking about buying an embellishing machine, I lent her mine. She had the chance to play for a week on projects and this is the beautiful thank you present she made for me and I...
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Mending Beads is Soothing
Our little red dog has been seriously ill over the weekend with pancreatitis. It seems be to a fairly common dog illness, but a scary and unpleasant one to deal with. He was admitted to the vets, kept...
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Friday Favorites, My Thank You
Reblogged from Living Simply Free: Welcome back to Friday Favorites. I am so grateful to notice that my readership has doubled since the first of the year. It really did take me a while to get the...
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Vintage Blanket Cushion – No2
A few months ago I bought a blanket from a charity shop and as some of it was stained, I cut it up and dyed the damaged pieces grey. I needed to recover two cushion covers for the living room and grey...
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Big Knitting With Lovely Needles
After seeing some needles I happened to mention it would be fun to try some out but that the ones I had seen were expensive. A little while later my parents visited and Dad gave me a mystery package....
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Big Knitting Bath Mat
I finished the big knit mat that I was making with the needles my Dad made. Considering the t-shirts that got cut up to make the yarn, I have a very small mat! It will be just about the right size to...
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My Denim Heart
We have family coming to stay for a couple of months during May and June which has made me view our guest room with a critical eye. I know that before they arrive the temporary plant nursery on the...
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Needle Felt Stash
While sorting out, I came across a piece of needle felt fabric I had been working on. It is a mix of dyed wool tops, yarn and fabric scraps worked over a piece of interlining from curtain making. It...
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Nine Patch Cushion in Recycled Denim
I’ve been sorting through my bin of fabrics and old clothes saved for sewing projects as I wanted to make a cushion cover for a large spare cushion pad I’ve had kicking around. I found an old denim...
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Hexie Progress
My hexie sewing project is coming along slowly. I have no idea what I will make in the end but I am enjoying the process of English pieced patchwork. I have been fascinated for a while with hexies....
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Recycled Wood Blocks
A friend of ours drops off bags of wood offcuts from a joinery business to use on our fire. We use them with pine cones and newspaper to get the fire started before adding logs. I have been looking...
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Hexie Book Bag
I think I am getting a little bit hooked on hexie patchwork. I had a few denim and linen hexagons left over from making the cushion earlier so cut up a few more scraps that co-ordinated to complete a...
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T-Shirt Memory Quilt
When I made my first memory quilt for our older son, I was pleased to get such a positive response to it from family. Several of his friends have said they would like one and I was surprised when my...
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New life to old vintage linen
I have a weakness for old linen and have been lucky enough to be given some by family and I have also picked up pieces at car boot sales or charity shops. Recently I have been reviewing what I have...
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