I love the out of season inspiration of northern hemisphere blogs.  As sewers start to show off their winter wardrobes, I start to weave my dream projects.  So few of them happen but it is nice to dream.  However, garden blogs are where the 6 month difference is incredibly inspirational.  So often, just as their flowers are coming out in the northern hemisphere,...

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A bundle of kitchen goodness arrived on my door step last week.  It was from the lovely Laurel @ Patchinista as part of the Modern Scrappy Bits Swap. You can see lovely linen prints, as bag and some quirky kitchen themed prints.  If you look, you can also see the friendly pattern reviewing sheep on the cover of my new needle book. A...

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Once upon a time, a typwriter meant independence.  A portable typewriter meant travel. I saw this gem at a garage sale.  Normally I would have snapped it up and just marveled at it.  This typewriter however, has a story.  It belonged to a lady called Fay. Last week Fay handed me a package that she had been looking for.  It was the spare...

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       The tidying dervish occasionally visits our house.  This frenzy can take many forms depending on who the victim is.  When E tidies her room she starts by ordering her favorite items.  Sometimes, in nice neat rows.  Sometimes the tidying energy has passed before anything else istouched.   After admiring the beautiful orderly lines, and taking a photo, I saw that she...

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My garden has been leading me astray this summer.  It started when the trees came down and suddenly all the raised beds had full sunlight.  We had kept them for years hoping that they would at least provide shelter from the frost.  It turns out, they make better firewood. As daylight savings started, I let go of resolutions to get some more exercise.  Instead I...

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I'm putting together a pile of treasures to post off for the Modern Scrappy Bits Swap.  I enjoyed the last swap so much, I had to give it another go.  On a local front, I've signed up for the scrap bag swap too. I'm not sure it this makes me wise, impulsive or just a glutton for as good thing. This is my first attempt...

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