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I like sewing and drawing and cutting and sticking and printing and messing about on the computer and crochet and knitting (kind of). I try to blog about things I'm making, but mostly I end up blogging about anything I'm finding interesting: things other people are making, charity shopping, films, music, books, the city I live in, my cats... Since having a little girl, I've found she has kind of taken over my life and therefore my blog too. Your comments are always much appreciated and I reply to them in the comments section, so do check back. Thanks for stopping by!
Disney Ufufy Plush
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If you like your plushies soft, pastel and lightly scented then the Disney
Ufufy plush from Japan are just for you, and now available worldwide. The
smal...
£2 Sale Ending Soon!
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My £2 Sale will be ending next weekend so don’t miss your chance.
Discontinued Many items, including fabric coin purses, cookie notebooks and
pencils, wi...
Everyday- April- Out and About.
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Out and about can mean lots of things. Out and about to the post office,
out and about in Morrisons for a £1 Parkin cream sundae, out and about in
the ga...
Five Freyas for Louise
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[image: Me, myself + Freya - sewing pattern by Tilly and the Buttons]
I have a confession to make… I am completely obsessed with making Freyas –
anyone els...
2018 A’Design Award & Competition Winners
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VAUNCE Trampoline Park Brand Identity Design by PlusX and Vaunce The 2018
A’Design Awards winners have been announced! Pulling from a large pool of
entrees...
Vintage McCalls 7920
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I took my daughter to the doctor recently, in order to have a pesky wart on
her knee burnt (stay with me - it does have relevance to all things sewing,
I p...
woodshedding birds and owls
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I’m in the woodshed with songbirds. Evaluating the pattern and steps,
testing and adjusting little things – using what I learned teaching the
workshops las...
That Summer: A Sort Of Prequel To Grey Gardens
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[image: That Summer Peter Beard]
In 1972, photographer/artist Peter Beard and Jackie O’s sister, Lee
Radziwill started work on a documentary, That Summer, ...
creative escapades: knitting
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A few years ago I made a little collection of baby jumpers, mostly as gifts
for friends but also to challenge myself at making garments through knit.
The ...
Playing with colour...
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Playing with process colours, stencils and over printing with a bit of
ghosting thrown in.
Just loving developing this process and experimenting, the ho...
Inaluxe prints, news, and a big hello!
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It's been quite some time since writing up a blog post. Since the last
post, alot has happened. We worked on some amazing collaborations with
Tattly in B...
Newsletter
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I have a new monthly email newsletter. Once a month I’ll send a quick email
with shop update info, info on plush of the month club, and any other
exciting ...
Out And About / Kindred Studios Open Day
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On Sunday I took the day off and we visited the Kindred Studios open day!
My illustrator friend Viktorija has an amazing studio there (you can see
her des...
let's cook: mince pies
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Our final cooking challenge of 2017 was mince pies. It was just me and my
mum competing in this one, and we decided to make them ready in time for a
gro...
Snail Mail Revolution
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I sent my first *Postcrossing* postcard off! If you love sending and
receiving Happy Mail, I thoroughly recommend the website. It is so easy to
use and ...
Where did 2017 go?
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Arrrgggh it's 2018 already?! Life is going a million miles a minute. Well
it's probably good practice to have a bit of a recap of the year gone by.
So yea...
New blog and website
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I've now got a new website and blog so am no longer writing blog posts on
this platform here.
My new website is https://www.janefoster.co.uk
house pillow diy craft camp part 5
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ok so here is the last DIY for craft camp week..a little house pillow for
reading in bed.It would make ...
My Wedding
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About a month ago I got married. I was debating whether to share everything
online. You know, in case Judgey Judgerson and Bitchy McGee popped up to
offer ...
Behind Closed Doors
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Inspired from my recent writing project at Royal College of Art I was
interested in how puppets, as three dimensional forms, could tell stories.
I went al...
This blog has moved!
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Hello! Just in case you missed my previous post, THIS BLOG HAS MOVED! Go to
my new blog and find all the latest posts there.
This is my new blog: http:...
Friday 11th March 1988
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I didn't go to racing club because I didn't have a car battery. I finished
my 'mothers day' card when I got home!! that's it for now because I'm tired.
Oh ...
New Website coming soon...
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I wanted to apologise for my lack of website recently. This is due to it
being hacked a number of times over the past few months so I have decided
to creat...
Winter 2016 Book Challenge: Final Post
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photo via Instagram
Happy February, everyone! Thank you all again for a fun and challenging
winter reading experience. The #SCWBC16 wrapped up two days ag...
a look around...
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A wee taster of what we have in the shop at the moment (of course, we have
so much more). And a gratuitous pic of my chin after a recent fall at the
end :...
Semi-Charmed Winter 2016 Book Challenge
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Flushed with success from finishing the last Semi-Charmed Book Challenge
with a month to spare, I’m excited to be taking part in the Winter 2016
one. He...
Draw Your Own Teddy Bear
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Do you love doodling, dressing-up play, books, making new friends? Well,
we’ve got it all in The Teddy Bear Book! A book to make your imaginary bear
frie...
Dollmaker
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Well I keep meaning to visit my blog and do some more posting sometime but
I guess Instagram has captured my heart! There's such a great creative
communit...
Hoppy Easter!
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Wishing everyone a great Easter break choc full of fun! The Easter bunny
delivered yesterday so we had one happy bunny and a houseful of chocolate
to last...
Looking For Something?
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If you've ended up here and this isn't what you were expecting, I've
probably unpublished the post you were looking for.
I stopped posting here around the ...
hook on wings
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Happy Thursday folks. I guess today is my Friday, no school tomorrow Oscar
just informed me this morning. Not sure when I became clueless out of the
loop m...
Valentine's designs for 2016!
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Here's 'Potty About You' and 'Let's Stick Together' two new Valentine's
card designs for 2016.
Both designs are hand screen printed onto recycled card ...
Felt Heart Flowers
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Find out how to make these lovely felt heart flowers at The Magic Onions
that are perfect for Valentine's Day but you'll want to keep them out all
year long.
Jay and felt blackwork bookmarks
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I recently made this Jay bookmark for a bird and word loving individual.
Stitching a Jay has always been on my bird hit list but I've just never
found t...
Quilting From Every Angle...
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*Title:* Quilting from Every Angle
*Author:* Nancy Purvis
*Publisher:* Interweave
*ISBN: *978-1-63250-086-1
Welcome to Day 3 of Nancy's book tour!
I am ...
10 things I'm good at
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*1. Being a mum*
Well I like to think so but others comment on how nice and polite the girls
are so I think I'm doing a good job! My parenting technique i...
NEW BLOG
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Hello, I have set up a new blog at this address:
http://lindsaygrimeillustration.tumblr.com/
and will no longer be posting on this one.
*Bonjour, j'ai créé...
We have a new blog!
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Hi everyone,
Thank you so much for following us over the years on blogspot - but we
finally have a shiny brand new blog!
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From now on, please visit our ...
Southside Fringe 2015
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Kicking off the Summer and the festival season the Southside Fringe is
back. I know we say this every year but this really is our favourite time
to live in...
Kampala commute: the boda ride
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I knew Johnny was an enterprising boda driver when he phoned me unprompted
at eight thirty one morning and asked if I was ready to go to work. He had
taken...
The Trials & Tribulations of LinkedIn
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Yes, today I spent/wasted a LOT of time (too much time, actually – I shan’t
say how much because it’s embarrassing) updating my stupid LinkedIn
profile. I ...
a not-a-birth story
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When I was pregnant the big thing all the kids at school would ask me -
particularly the girls - was, 'Are you scared? About the labour?' My stock
response...
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[image: Wolf, Bear and Lion]
[image: pineapples and Piper]
[image: Pineapples]
Recently made a few new pieces for the shop. A certain bob-tailed cat
dec...
Arro Home
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You may have seen this already. It’s probably the main reason I have been
lax in the blogging department. But if you haven’t seen it, here is the
formal in...
I had too much to dream last night...
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I'm pleased to report I've been busy, busy again: printing, organising,
posing. I'm thoroughly looking forward to seeing these artist's works come
togeth...
Okunoshima : Bunny Island!
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I know a lot of you won’t have heard of Bunny Island, but of course, to
someone like me (and also, someone like Kirbee) Bunny Island sounds like
somewhere ...
Lizzie Stewart - Library find in June
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I love this cover for Louisa May Alcott's, Little Women, by Lizzie Stewart
which I shelf checked at work last week. A...
Hop
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Yikes. It's been a while. I'm very glad to be back here, though, thanks
mostly to my friend, Julie, who invited me to take part in a different sort
of blog...
A farewell to orange
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Dear friends, the time has come. This blog is going into retirement. I'm
packing it a suitcase stuffed with coral golf shirts, pumpkin plaid shorts,
and w...
Hello, 2014
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[image: photo Collage_zps0ed10f73.jpg]
Hello, and happy New Year! Did you have a lovely and relaxing holiday
break? We spent ours visiting family, and it...
Getting stuff done
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I had two days off my day job to do various life admin stuff, some of which
included getting things finished that I'd been working on for ages.
Some handkn...
I Have Been Gone For A Long Time. Reason #2
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We've had three birthdays around these parts;
Nathaniel turned six
Elizabeth turned twelve
Sebastian turned four (and didn't like the singing)
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Keep cool, man!
Summer is here and with a *canicule *declared for neighbouring cities,
things here are all about trying to keep our cool. Luckily our thi...
Espace TILT - MAKE
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We're taking part in a group show in Switzerland with a bunch of super
creatives, the show is curated by Nigel Peake and the list of other
contribu...
Let sleeping dogs lie
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[image: sleepy dog]
All together now – awwww
I was in a junk shop flicking through St Michael Handicraft Gifts (1978),
my expectations way down low thanks ...
The Discoveries of Christopher Song
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Sometimes strange objects turn up in the archive- this is one of the
strangest yet. It appears to be a lump of stone with two seed pods growing
out of it. ...
New address, new spot!
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There is a new blog! This is the last post here! Check it out:
http://blog.thesmallobject.com/ Please update your feeds and keep stopping
by! I’ll be updat...
It's nearly Movember
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It's not long now until November, which means men across the world will be
sporting moustache in aid of 'Movember' which aims to raise awareness of
men'...
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