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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!
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Old Lady Books Club 2025: Announcing Book One
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[image: A stack of copies of Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher beside a
vase of cut flowers]
There is little I like more than a book featuring an older ...
I STARTED A NEW BLOG!
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So, last year I moved my blog over here and I completely forgot to tell
you!
I finally started blogging again and hope to see you over there! x
McCalls 7922 - The Super Fuchsia Dress
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This, my friends, is a tale of what happens when you fall completely and
utterly in love with a fabric, and use it despite the fact that it might
not be th...
An ode to a house
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We leave our little house next month.
I’ve lived here three times. Once while my exhusband’s parents, who first
lived here...
Dipping my paint brush in my brew!
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Revisiting some of my original screen printed illustrations for Lily and
Bear and Grumpy feet this week and having some really very lovely
watercolour th...
Here we go, 2020
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I've wanted to start blogging again for ages, but wasn't sure what to write
about, it's been a real year of change for me in 2019. However, in the
last we...
Treetopia’s Scary Room Series
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Treetopia has teamed up with twelve spooktacular bloggers, and asked each
one to decorate a room in their home with a haunted house theme featuring
their t...
A Startling Fact about Poker Tracker Uncovered
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A Startling Fact about Poker Tracker Uncovered [image: poker tracker] What
Poker Tracker Is - and What it Is Not
You shouldn't, ever play agen poker onlin...
Photo Archive- Charity Collection Boxes-Set 1.
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As I do not own any charity collection boxes I take pictures of them
instead. I don’t know what it is about them I like. The mournful plastic
dogs wheele...
Hello and welcome!
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*Plan, organize and celebrate every day! Unique, hand
illustrated/drawn/painted, functional planner stickers are available here. *
Ice Cream Plushie DIY Craft Camp 2018 #4
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So the second part of the tutorial is how to make the ice cream cone, I
enjoyed making this so much I made another one...you could go on and on,
think o...
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 ...
let's cook: gazpacho and bread rolls
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Our summer cooking challenge was gazpacho and bread rolls. My attempt is
shown on the left and my mum's is on the right. Audrey also joined in with
this...
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 ...
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...
Sunday beach trip - Gara Rock, Devon
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It was a gloriously sunny day here in Devon today so we decided we needed
to get out and have some fresh air. We asked our daughter where she'd like
to go ...
Unravel..a festival of knitting
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I have been invited to do a talk about my career as a textile artist and
knitwear designer at Unravel a festival of knitting on Friday 17th February
12.30 ...
How-to | Christmas stars
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I thought of making these quick and easy stars to add a hint of light to
any Christmas gift, card, ornament, wreath... anywhere really! As usual,
I'm wo...
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 ...
On alcohol and reading...
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It was with great pleasure I accepted the invitation to choose a category
for the Semi-Charmed Winter Book Challenge 2016! After (just) finishing in
f...
Thursday 10th March 1988
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*Nothing much happened today apart from I think Stuart might be jealous of
me because I sat next to Jaime all dinnertime.*
I am going to post this on Faceb...
Bus card to Student rail card
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An inspirational talk held at WI last night from a lady who went to
university in her 60s. She studied garden design and horticulture which was
her dre...
Blooming into Summer . . .
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New floral pattern to show you today:). I've been waiting for the sunny
days for a long time... and now that they are finally here I'm going to
enjoy the...
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...
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...
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.
Oops
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I didn't do a very good job of keeping this blog up-to-date in 2015. In
fact, it could be reasonably argued that I did an atrocious job, since I
posted on...
Merry Kitschmas!
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Wishing everyone a fabulous festive season! I'm hoping to update my blog a
bit more often next year with new work and other fun stuff..Here are some
new ...
Tiny Handmade Dolls
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Lately I've been all about doll making, it really seems to be the perfect
fit for using all my favourite crafty skills. I've loved sewing dolls since
chi...
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 ...
Screen printing
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Stack of screens
A shelf of cooler colours
A shelf of warmer colours
My favourite squeegee!
Hand printed paper bags
A close up of the 'Atomic' hand pr...
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
i...
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...
Zoella’s New Home: Custard Cream Cushion
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A few peeps have been in touch to let us know that our Custard Cream
Cushions have popped up in photos of Youtube superstar, Zoella‘s Brighton
living room!...
Whoot!!
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This is really only a shout out for my Mum and Dad - they are finally
online and have said that they will have a look at my blog so 'Hi, Mum and
Dad!'
Ha...
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 t...
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...
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...
Miss Florence
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[image: Miss Florence]
Meet Miss Florence, my first rag doll that I have made since I was about
seven I think! My mum may well correct me, I made her at a ...
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...
Knit-a-rama
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[image: Vogue Guide to Knitting cover]
Published by Collins/Conde Nast (1972) Two new (read: 30-year-old) craft
books recently came into my possession, b...
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'...
And now we are 32
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The Glasgow Craft Mafia just got bigger! We welcomed two new members
through the door last month. Say hello to Deepfired and Sarey Poppins. You
can read al...
I love the kitschness of your bargains, obv a family love of it too. Well done on the "purchases"
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