I would like to wish all those that remember me a very a merry Christmas and happy new year. I have not been around much this year to do embroidery. I have missed the chat and the hints an tips Sorry I have not sent out cards but if I have not got you
Sue recently told us of her "Duh" moment, well I can tell you now its contagious. Last night i wanted to Phone Sue to confirm with her about a girly sewing weekend in April. I just could not get a dialing tone no matter how i tried to key the n
TIP FOR JOINING BATTING Do you need a large piece of batting but every piece you have is too small? No problem, just try this fix it tip and you will do two things in one. achieved the large piece you want and used up some of those smaller pieces you h
I DID IT. Yep i made my first totaly solo motor home holiday and no problems at all. I did find out what my tiny dog is crossed with. its a mountain goat and a fish. On the afternoon i arrived at my destination and after i had pitched ok i took the
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Health warning please read this as it may save a life. in December my husband was taken into hospital with a chest infection. he is almost 86 and had been ill for a while suffering from trembling and loss of memory and sleeping a lot and with little ap
Help I'm in a dilemma. some of you know how i worked hard to make thing for my Great grand son last year simply to be informed that i was not going to have anything to do with him because i had objected to my grandsons drug use. Everything i made i
sorry i have not been around much this year but after a bad start i had some help from bereivment councilors and finally gave myself permission to let go and move on. My journey back started at the end of May when i decided to travel up to Loch Lommond in
NOT EMBROIDERY. But a wonderfull momment i want to share with you all. At the end of May i drove to Scotland to leave my Husbands ashes on the Buchannan estate and then traveled on towards the Isle of Skye. I must admit to worrying if i had done th
TIP FOR LABELS many of us would love some personalised iron on tags for our craft items but the price is a little too much. So lets make them oursleves. If you have a design program for your computer then it is easy to do, better still if you have a
NOT EMBROIDERY RELATED. Tales of owning a motorhome. As some of you now know i have a tiny motor home and have had great fun this year going out and about with it. In just thought that I would share a couple of experiences that occurred at Shell
I've won an Elna lotus sewing machine on E bay I have been wanting one of these very lightweight machines for a while now but have always been outbid. But this weekend i actually got one for the amazingly low price of just £53.50. plus postage. It mu
TIP I just could not remember what needle was in my machine just by looking at it and as i swap needles for different projects it meant that i had a lot of needles that i could not use.So I popped on my thinking head and now i have no problem. How did
finally i have saved up enough money to get me a good laptop that does not keep dropping off line. now i can lie in bed in the early hours of the morning when pain keeps me awake ans surf the net and read all the post in cute's plus there is enough me
NOT EMBROIDERY RELATED I just want to share something amazing with you we have freecycle over here in the uk thats a bit like craigs list. my daughter needed a wardrobe haveing had to sell her Victorian one to get money to pay a big urgent bi