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
Today I have invented a new title. and wish to pass it on to all those Mums out there who have a daughter who is very much in love and living with a "Partner" Ok I have found out as i suppose many of you have too that being married and living to
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
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
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
cold calling and a way to stop them depends alert
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
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
this is the first of my special christmas cards that will go over the sea. I have used the foundation quilting processe for this and actually printed the fabrics myself from pictures on the web. this way i have a nice selection of pattens. The fr
A winter scene quilted panel. I spotted this scene in a shop and as it was on sale and measures 36 x 44 i decided to have a go at doing a picture window quilt. Again i used polar fleece to back it and joined with black sashing strips to get the
my first big quilt
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
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
many thanks to lique for another wonderfull set of redwork Christmas cards that can be left plain or coloured useing wax crayons or felt tip pens, I used a stencil to put in the holly around the card and used a double fold aperture card and sewed out
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
