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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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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: quilt top
QAL2022 progress
I spent last weekend addling my brain working out how to put these block together! I had pieces of paper with numbers and calculations; all the blocks had a note of their finished size pinned to them; I talked out … Continue reading
Class show and tell
YAY!! We’re back to class at Sewn and Quilted! It was a very joyful reunion for the staff, me and all my students. So let’s see what they’re up to….. Morning As you can imagine, there was lots to catch … Continue reading
Class show and tell
Morning Leanne has finished her “Floristic” quilt (one of my template sets) and it’s a stunner! She cleverly used left over floral pieces to make a scrappy border (mine has a one fabric border). I do love the secondary pattern … Continue reading
Class show and tell
The second group at the quilt shop arrived very keen and raring to go! I had joked with Sharon and Alison the week before about having to give them each a number, and when I arrived Sharon was handing out … Continue reading
Class show and tell
Morning Carole has finished the triangles quilt top – yippee!! All done by hand (except the last borders) and it’s now at the quilter’s. and in class she was binding her “Rowdy Flats” quilt Sue E did more applique Sue … Continue reading
Final Class show and tell for 2019!
My last classes for 2019……… Morning We brought along a shared morning tea……Sue W made more blocks in classthen counted all she’s made and has almost 2/3rds of what’s needed!Denise progressed her “June Dyson“Marilyn has 5 rows of “Sweet Sunday” … Continue reading
Class show and tell
Morning Leanne had made another vintage-style pin cushion to show usand in class she finished appliqueing the curved border of her quilt top and we set out some of her hexagons to see how it will lookMarilyn is sewing her … Continue reading
Class show and tell
We did something a little different in class at Sewn and Quilted a couple of weeks ago. Some of the girls had expressed an interest in making a vintage-style pin cushion, so I did some exploring/tinkering and and came up … Continue reading
Class show and tell
Morning Leanne is making eleventy hundred little hexagonsand we had a refresher on hand quilting as she’s starting to hand quilt her “Sweet Sunday“Carole is also hand quilting, hers is “Carousel” (pattern by everyday quilts)Marilyn is back with us and … Continue reading
pomegranate and chintz 