Another week in the Makery
A collection of old buttons, a dress that has seen better days, a vintage napkin and some knitting in progress… And, in the Rainbow Hare Makery, another week has gone by… Janine @ Rainbow Hare
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Don’t Poke the Bear
Yesterday, February 1st was the first Reveal date for The Endeavourers, our new art quilt group, and our theme for this quarter was ‘Nature’. My full post for the quilt I made for this challenge, including both my thoughts and the making process, can be found on The Endeavourers blog and also at the bottom […]
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A tale of an Old Sideboard and an Unwanted Armchair…
I love how things can move from old to new and so it has been with these drawers. Once, long ago, they was my Uncle Peter’s sideboard (and before that, I think, they belonged to my Granny). In those days, they were dark stained oak and had some other kind of handles, though I can’t […]
Read More…‘P’ IS FOR PAPER
On Sunday I said I had settled on my ‘word for the year’. And the word I have settled on isn’t actually ‘Adventure’ but ‘Paper!’ Perhaps, though, I shall try to keep ‘Adventure’ for the spirit of the year. I know ‘Paper’ might sound rather dull and mundane – a bit passé in this digital […]
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A Wedding and an Updo!
Have you tried something new this month and linked up with Fiona at Celtic Thistle Stitches? My ‘new to mes’ this month have been, mostly, wedding related. For the first time in my life, I had a proper updo done by a hairdresser, which I love from the back! And I also wore a fascinator […]
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On becoming a Diarist…
Are you a diarist? Or a keeper of a journal, or a note book? Do you record important events and ideas, perhaps doodles and sketches, designs? Aside from a work diary of appointments, I can’t tell you how much I envy and admire anyone who can keep a coherent record of events or projects for […]
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Leap in Colour?
I am very nearly at the Ta-da of the peg bag pattern – and I am very keen to get the Ta-da in soon or an entire year will have passed since I announced I was ‘in the process’ of making it. And, whilst I was working on the pattern this week, I have been making a […]
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Purple Passion / Once upon a time…
Do you love lavender? Are you mad about mauve? Today is the third reveal day for Four in Art – an Art Quilt Group, which aims to: “…to break out of the usual gridded experience and try a new concept, free of structure or preconception, moving the boundaries of our own skills forward in both concept and […]
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Four in Art, May. Colour + Music
Happy Beltane, May Day or what you will :) ‘Today is the second reveal day for Four in Art – an Art Quilt Group, which I am very happy to have joined this year and which aims to:“…to break out of the usual gridded experience and try a new concept, free of structure or preconception, moving the […]
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