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The Golfer:: My loving husband of some 20 years (yes, I was a child bride!), who likes nothing better than flogging a little white ball around the green fairways (and hopefully not getting into the rough) of his local golf course.
Ma & Pa Kettles:: My parents who live in the country, fondly known as The Kettles. Sadly my gorgeous Dad died in 2015, so it’s just Mum now.
MyDearFIL & MIL:: The Golfer’s Dad & Mum who have now both passed away.
LittleBigBrother:: My brother who is younger than me, but at 6 foot, definitely bigger than me!!
DocSisterInLaw:: LittleBigBrother’s wife (who has a Doctorate!)
Poppet:: My beautiful niece, and daughter of LittleBigBrother and DocSisterInLaw
Bliss
(blis) n. 1. perfect happiness; serene joy
Obviously the collective noun for a group of stitchers!!
Currently……
Reading: “Divided House” by J M Dalgliesh
Listening to: the cool jazz of Trudy at Nuno Nuno on her Spotify account – check it out!
Watching: The Golfer has just hooked us up to SBS On Demand and there’s lots to watch!
Going to: try and stay cool, calm and collected as we all “lockdown”!
- Had exceptionally lovely time last week being a student in @tatiana_popova_owl_crafts class #moderncrewelwork Wonderful, sharing teacher and learnt so much from Tatiana. Classes highly recommended. Can’t wait for the next one Tatiana! @sewn_and_quilted My new @leesachandlerdesigns #magneticbucklesatchel perfectly fits all necessities for #moderncrewelwork and my new tin from @thecraftysquirrel holds all my chosen @aurifilthread for this project 💃💃💃Watched Milly @thethriftygardener on @gardeningaustralia last night. Followed her advice this morning and took heart in hand and heavily pruned my roses 😳 fed them and mulched with leaves 🍁 🤞 #hopeivedoneitright #millyisthebest #gardeningisnotmythingbutitry #gardeningaustraliaSpent yesterday afternoon/evening wrestling with foam batting and drill for the first time. But satisfying wrestling as I now have a #magneticbucklesatchel Pattern with buckles from #leesachandlerdesigns Thanks @leesachandlerdesigns for help with putting the fabrics together - we dun good!!!Liking my new nail colour with my current sock knitting 😂😂😂 @the.beauty.beautique #sockknitting #newnails
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---- "Style is knowing who you are,
what you want to say,
and not giving a damn." ----Gore Vidal
-----"Be yourself.....everyone else is taken." ------
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Tag Archives: colour
Help!
I’ve been doing some Substantial Progress on my 366 Circles and have the initial 192 blocks* finished. But how do I set them? Once I’d finished I painstakingly sorted them into colour ways and realised that even though there are … Continue reading
Sock drawer
As promised, here’s how my sock drawer is currently looking.I’m loving how colourful it is and it gives me great comfort and a big thrill knowing that I’ve actually knitted all of these (since May this year, what’s more) and … Continue reading
Class Show and Tell
Lorraine was in a purple mood today! She was even wearing a purple cardigan!! But she has been working on some more Farmer’s Wife blocks in not all purple fabrics! Josephine was busy over the holidays finishing one of the … Continue reading
Another Dashing Hues
Yesterday I received an email from my Cousin J, who, like me, spent the weekend sewing machine bound (in fact Mr P became quite concerned with Cousin J’s obsessiveness – we’re not surprised, are we??!!). Look what my very clever … Continue reading
Colour Discoveries
Have you started playing with some Dashing Hues? I learnt quite a bit playing with my fabrics for this quilt. Some blocks were bold and turned out just as I expected some were quite different to my expectations some were … Continue reading
Stitching with MSG
As promised, here’s what I was working on over the weekend with Margaret Sampson George, or as she is affectionately called, MSG!! Remember those hexagons I was working on last week? They became this… …the first of four in total. … Continue reading
Winter Love
That bone chilling, toe numbing, teeth chattering, face freezing Winter cold that I longed for over Summer is here…….And LoVing It!! Chilly morning walks have been invigorating…..low sunlight streaming in windows bathes us in muted warmth…..early drawing in of nights … Continue reading
Colour Fix
Last week I purchased the latest copy of American Patchwork and Quilting. This is one of the quilting magazines I regularly get at the newsagent; apart from enjoying the quilts, there’s usually a tip or two to be picked up. … Continue reading
What’s in a Colour?
We’ve been enjoying some unseasonably warm weather over the last week; a perfect opportunity to wash some between-season, lightweight knits and get them outside on a clothes horse to dry. As I folded them up to put them away, it … Continue reading
pomegranate and chintz 