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Jun 2022
Happy Summer Solstice
The next season or festival in the Celtic Wheel of The Year is here. The summer solstice. The start of summer. Which is followed swiftly by Midsummer in a few days! :-) The motif for…
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19
Jun 2022
The Bottom of The Darning Pile
I like darning socks. But it’s not always a priority. Usually other things take up my hand stitching time. So the number of socks waiting to be darned had grown. To the point of overflowing…
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I like darning socks. But it’s not always a priority. Usually other things take up my hand stitching time. So the number of socks waiting to be darned had grown. To the point of overflowing…
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17
Jun 2022
Friday Links: Typewriters, Reflections, Time Words
Peonies. My favourites. Usually the shops around here only sell light pink peonies so I was happy to find these dark pink ones. They are just so beautiful. Are peonies difficult to grow, I wonder..?…
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14
Jun 2022
Before The Heatwave
Here’s my 2022 temperature embroidery as it looked last Saturday. Things are definitely warming up, look at all that yellow! :-) And it looks like I’ll be getting out the dark oranges for the end…
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09
Jun 2022
Wheel of The Year Halfway
The next season in the Wheel of The Year is fast approaching and I realised that I haven’t actually shared what the project looks like so far. I’m so happy with it! :-) So far…
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03
Jun 2022
Friday Links: Sea Serpent, Bionic Reading, Creative Permission
It’s that time of year where I’m going to absolutely spam you with pictures of poppies* I spot on my daily walks with Blake. I am absolutely not sorry about it. :-) I hope you…
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31
May 2022
Learn Embroidery in London
Just in case you are in/near London, I am teaching a few classes at The Village Haberdashery in West Hampstead in the next couple of months. It is a lovely shop (very tempting!) a short…
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27
May 2022
Friday Links: Crochet Squirrel, Streets of Rome, Ukrainian Embroidery
Just a random appliqué using some off cuts from another project. Waste not, want not etc. Purple is not my go-to colour by any means but I actually really like how the actual project is…
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