Memories of Maldon…

As I mentioned in previous posts, I had my annual retreat at The Parsonage a few weeks ago.   While I wasn’t very well over the weekend, and there were a couple of other sickies amongst us… it was still a lovely time and I think we all suffered a bit of a pang as this [...]

Hooky Love

I’m a recalcitrant quilter these day… find myself being completely under enthused about any type of work that involves working with pieces of fabric…but what I am getting a buzz out of is crochet… The Giant Granny Square has come to a halt as I’ve run out of the white wool, and haven’t had a [...]

Licorice Allsorts

I can’t believe it’s been so long since I posted on the blog, had disconnected my camera and it’s a major drama climbing under furniture to reconnect, and basically I was lazy! And my oldest furbaby, Gertie has suddenly taken to taking up this pose everytime I sit in front of the computer… easy enough [...]

Something….ummm…Red? South Seas Lace

Another finish for me this week, am on a roll! This is a Debbie Draper design from The Gift of Stitching’s May 2009 issue.  Stitched using Threadworx Bleeding Hearts on white linen. I started this as a Stitch Along with Claire and Sandra, but of course, I lagged behind, but was determined to catch up [...]

She’s making a list and checking it twice…

Put away the books, we’re out of school The weather’s warm but we’ll play it cool We’re on staycation, havin’ lots of fun S-T-A-Y-C-A-T-I-O-N in the summer sun Can you tell I’m getting a little excited?   Only 16 more sleeps before I go on leave and I don’t go back to work till the end [...]

Stitchers Angel 2009

Well Kate has finally received my parcel, so I can post a photo of my Stitchers Angel gifts. This was harder then I thought, just because I couldn’t decide what I wanted to make… initially stitched several of the freebie projects to make a similar set above, but was hugely bothered by the fact the [...]

Those generous designers…

It always astounds me how generous designers are out there… and here are some more wonderful things available out there in the blogosphere: Dorothy Baker’s Sweet Nostalgia – this 12 month stitchery project based on vintage children’s illustrations has just started, I’ve downloaded Month One – because we don’t yet have Cosmo threads in Australia, [...]

Flossie, the Bag Lady…

Having gone through a doll making phase that lasted quite a while, Mum is now becoming a bit of a bag lady… need to dig out some of the bags she’s made for me lately and snap some shots… So, you can imagine she’s a bit thrilled that I discovered this site via Diary of [...]

Abundance… bloggy goodness

Met up with a friend tonight who asked me to pick a card out of a deck of oracle cards and I got Abundance… that if I ask, things will come to me, a windfall or more time and creativity – but not having more than I deserve.   Well, I didn’t have to ask… got [...]

Sadie the Cleaning Lady and bloggy goodness

At Chez Frou today I’m playing Sadie the Cleaning lady***… not a role I play easily, but it had to be done, while there are advantages to having tiles everywhere except the bedrooms, the disadvantage with two indoor cats is that their fur just sits there!   Well, it had gotten so bad the collected fur [...]