The recent success of the Rosetta mission and the comet exploration has got me thinking. Not too much – I tend to get a little overawed by the size of space (which, as we know,…
It’s been ages since my last blog post. I hadn’t realised before now. This year has flown. I’ve been busy, both in stitching and non-stitching matters and somehow I’ve neglected the blog for the same…
I’VE mentioned before that the reason I enjoy stitching and other crafts today, is because I was encouraged to try them a lot as a child. It was a great way to keep me occupied;…
LIKE most crafty folk I’ve been thinking about Christmas since the summer. And now people are getting excited about Coca-Cola lorries and £7million ads advising people to wake hibernating bears, and advent calendars are in…
THE countdown has started to the big day. I’ve been making a list, and checking it twice…No, not for Christmas. But for a Christmas fair. I’m talking about the Appleducks Handmade With Love fair in…
AS I write this I am waiting for the roof of my home to be swept away by an almighty tornado and tomorrow I expect to wake up in Oz surrounded by the Lollipop Guild……
I HAD vowed this year to concentrate on making items for the festive season. But right in the middle of the chaos of Scandi-inspired fabric, little jingle bells and metres of red and white felt,…