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A little rest stop
I am currently enjoying a longer than planned visit to my old home village of Marsden. I spent a week at my sister’s getting Katy sorted, and then had a wonderful drive to Ellen’s. It was brilliant to...
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Small Spring fashions
Twice a year our local foodbank charity here in Spain has a fashion show using the clothes that they have had donated to the shop. They always have a fantastic selection of clothes and the show is...
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Precision cutting …. and sewing and pressing!
There is nothing like working on your quilt block skills to really develop your attention to detail. Never has the phrase, ‘measure twice, cut once’, been more appropriate. As I mentioned in my last...
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Everyday life in Spain, cockroach wars, the beach and lots of embroidery!
This is a catch up post with lots of things to show you. Life here continues to be wonderful, the weather is still very good and I had my first sea swim this week which was brilliant. However I am...
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Busy doing something, working the whole day through…..
I have been getting on really well with the list of things that I have to do before I leave for the UK, so much so that I managed to sneak another thing on to the crafting list. I was getting some new...
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More Jacobean splendour, and a crafting update
There are many houses that I have visited that look very similar to each other. Sometimes, as with Hardwick and Wollaton Hall, as well as Gawthorpe, it is because they were designed by the same...
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I do love a good social history museum!
Although I spend a large amount of my time visiting historic houses, full of very grand furniture and amazing portraiture, I equally love museums that capture ordinary life. I feel that it is a vital...
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Repeating myself
I have found that the last few months of crafting have been very much about making the same sorts of things that I’ve done before, so much so that almost a year to the day that I was putting together...
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Normal service will be resumed shortly… I hope!
I thought that I would just do a quick post to let you know that I have not fallen off the edge of anything. I have had a lovely month visiting friends and family. I have just got back to Spain, ready...
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Yarn witchcraft
For many, many years I have been trying to learn to crochet. I have been taught by some of the best people I know, including my lovely daughter, Ellen, who is a superb crocheter, and watched You Tube...
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