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More Sketching

More Sketching

A few more pages from my sketchbook, made while participating in the Sketchbook Design course. That first one is of our conservatory while they were working on the roof. You can’t really tell from the…

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More Sketching

A few more pages from my sketchbook, made while participating in the Sketchbook Design course. That first one is of our conservatory while they were working on the roof. You can’t really tell from the…

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View to The Sky

View to The Sky

Sketch I made a couple of weeks ago, looking into our conservatory. We were getting ready to have the conservatory roof replaced. I like the detail of Blake sleeping on his mat. He likes being…

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Transfer & Stitch Book

Transfer & Stitch Book

A couple of weeks ago I received a book from Search Press (publisher of three of my books). The book is called Transfer & Stitch: 140 Beautiful Designs to Embroider*. It is a compilation, a…

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Transfer & Stitch Book
Friday Links: Bank Notes, Murals, Miniature Scenes

Friday Links: Bank Notes, Murals, Miniature Scenes

A flower bed in our neighbourhood. I like walking past this property, there are always beautiful flowers in the flower bed. In the early morning sun yesterday, the colours were especially beautiful… :-) I hope…

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New Mandala Patterns

New Mandala Patterns

On Saturday I finally finished the fourth mandala from the August Mandala Stitchalong. I was ‘supposed’ to finish it by the end of August, but life eh? :-) So now that I have finished the…

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New Mandala Patterns
Friday Links: Crafty, Cake, Cats

Friday Links: Crafty, Cake, Cats

Colour inspiration from the Swedish clothing brand Gudrun Sjödén. I like their bright colours and the patterns are often inspired by flowers and leaves. The colour on that wall is really beautiful but I don’t…

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Sketching Bag

Sketching Bag

Since I’m sketching more, I decided I needed a bag for my sketching adventures in the neighbourhood, and further afield. So I made this one. Unfortunately, I hadn’t taken into account the bulk of sketchbooks…

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Darning Is Agency

Darning Is Agency

Darning one of Tony’s socks using a new tool in the darning tool box. A darning loom. Sometimes called a Speed Weve because that was a well known brand back in the day. It is…

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