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Cast and Crew
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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::Addicted to Fabric
::Heather’s Quilting Emporium
::Material Obsession
:: Sewing Buddies Australia
::Sewn and Quilted. **
** happy to post overseas.
(For links to these stores, please go to the end of the Templates Page on the bar above)
Quotes
---- "Style is knowing who you are,
what you want to say,
and not giving a damn." ----Gore Vidal
-----"Be yourself.....everyone else is taken." ------
Attributed to Noel Coward
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Tag Archives: prep work
Sewing?
As I wait impatiently for my sewing mojo to return with gusto, I’ve been endeavouring to try to encouraged it along……. I finished the first part of Judy Newman’s “Vermont Summer Medallion” before the mojo disappeared and started on the … Continue reading
Conversations with CW
Hi Lovelies! You’ll be pleased to hear that my idea with the paper shapes worked and thankfully nobody sneezed while I transferred paper pieces to fabric pieces. And, best of all, it all fits together. Thank goodness! I’ve since been … Continue reading
Conversations with CW
You know how I was having that internal argument between brain and heart? And I listened to my heart? Shoulda listened to my head! All the while I was stitching, my head, and CW, kept repeating, “it won’t wOoork. it … Continue reading
Sewing
At the end of May I did start a new project (surprise, surprise!). I justify it by saying I’m testing a new set of templates (my story and I’m sticking to it!). Using the echinacea from Anna Maria Horner’s latest … Continue reading
Current favourite project
I feel as if I’ve been tracing and cutting for days on my “Rocks and Whetstones“……. Oh wait…..that’s probably because I have been! I finally finished cutting out the last of the large triangles on Monday – all 252 of … Continue reading
Iso-a-longs
There are several people who have started “Isolation-a-Longs” and I’ve joined in with a couple. I know there are heaps of them, but these are just a few……. ~ Emma from Treehouse Textiles is hosting a Sunday Stitching Sampler I’ve … Continue reading
Stitch Sisters
Before we had to stop meeting in real life we had a small contingent get together at Kaye’s home – we didn’t hug each other, as we usually would do, and we sat well apart! Onto the nice stuff! There … Continue reading
Class show and tell
Morning Carole had her triangle quilt back from quilting, just needs the binding sewn down now and it can be given to its recipient and Jo made the five blocks she needs for her new quilt Afternoon Two students stayed … Continue reading
Serenity ~ Part 2
It’s certainly no hardship to spend days stitching at 320create, and when we heard the news on Monday from one of the husbands, we were hoping we’d have to be “isolating” up there! No such luck. Lynnie had some show … Continue reading
Class show and tell
Morning Not the usual fair from Carole, but her husband had asked if she/we could repair his favourite cap!! We did our best! (My initial suggestion was to throw it away and buy him a new one as it was … Continue reading
pomegranate and chintz 