I’m just nipping in quickly to say that Giles and I now have a beautiful little girl, Poppy, who arrived 7 weeks early on 3rd January. I’m going to be on maternity leave for a while yet, but will be slowly working on my blog as time allows. See you soon!
Hello, there. It’s been a while. This is really just a quick post from me to say that I’m still alive and have not fallen down a rabbit hole. As regular readers might know, I’m expecting a baby early next year, and lately, it’s been a hectic time of many, many hospital visits and not
Family history tells that this framed piece of embroidery, a ship sailing the sea, had been made by my grandmother, Myrtle Green, in the 1930s in preparation for her marriage, for her ‘bottom drawer’ or ‘trousseau’. The embroidery, today, is usually housed in a 46cm x 38.3cm wooden frame. It’s a nice centrepiece that
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Knitted for our wedding reception, from Skein Queen‘s Twitter Bird pattern (adapted a little bit). We’re going to play a game of i-spy with some of them! I’ve got an old pillow ready for the stuffing, then I just need to sew them up and give them eyes and wings by embroidering in a contrasting
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The inspiration for this coffee cup cosy was twofold. Firstly, my Mum doesn’t find it easy to grip a coffee cup without a handle and was trying to think of a solution. Secondly, although I rather like take-away coffee and hot chocolate, I don’t like the free advertising that the companies are getting from me
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