The Trial and Error Cats

As every pet owner knows (and I’m using the word ‘owner’, here, in the loosest possible sense because we all know who really owns who), now and again, when you are not thinking too much about it, you fall quite naturally into speaking each other’s language. And so it happened the other afternoon. It was […]

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Another day, another old curtain…

…another Dottie Angel Frock! This is my third, now, and the material is a heavier cotton than the last two so it’s a bit stiff but I hope it will soften up with washing and wearing. I really do love the pockets :) The pattern I used (with a couple of adjustments) was – Simplicity 1080. […]

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Old Curtain | New Frock

It’s been a long time since I did a sewing post (mostly because the light has been so grim I’ve been putting off taking photos) but last week I made a dress and now I am finally posting I can’t think of anything much to say about it except once it was one of a […]

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A Feast of Fools

As long liveth the merry man, they say, As doth the sorry man, and longer by a day… (Ralph Roister Doister) I wish you the very Happiest of New Years! When I posted a Merry Midwinter Mouse, I little expected that it would be Twelfth Night before I blogged again but I’m sure you know […]

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Made in October

October was a month of misty mornings and golden afternoons and I got off to quite a good start, making several things for my etsy shop. Unfortunately, the world then intervened, as it is wont to do, and I never did get around to blogging about or listing them! Neither did I get around to wandering […]

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I’ve got the blues…

Today is the final reveal day in 2016 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 boundaries of our own skills forward in both […]

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Wool on Sundays – 129 (Ears)

Welcome to another Wool on Sundays and if you’re in the UK I hope you enjoyed your extra hour today :) Today, I can reveal that the funny crochet shapes in last week’s post were meant to ears. Last week, I thought I’d make a batch of ear owners for my shop but I have only […]

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