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Belated Christmas – Part Two

Just some of the decorations around the house. The bunting in the top photos was made from a Spotlight panel. Funny story; when I purchased the panel I felt a bit miffed that the panel was so ...

Sewing and Craft

Belated Christmas – Part One

Now that my blog is up and running again I think it’s well and truly time to show you all some of the things I made and did over the Christmas period. First off I participated in a Christmas swap ...

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New Project: Zig Zag Quilt

All is well here at Rose Cottage. We’ve settled in nicely as our little family of four (the cat counts) and are slowly developing a routine. By routine I mean a spare half hour here and there ...

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Sundress

Happy New Year! Yesterday I offered a sneak peek of the sundress I made for last night; here’s the details! I used Heather Ross’ Mendocino Sundress pattern as the base with the following ...

Life and Outings

New Year’s Eve

Today’s post was going to be a wrap up of the year especially since I have three months worth of photos to blog about. However given the heat in my study I’m abandoning that idea and ...

Sewing and Craft

New skirt!

So far my August Creative Blitz has fallen flat on it’s face thanks to this silly cold, but I did manage to whip up a skirt just now. No pattern and finished in under an hour! The fabric was on ...

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Urgh!

My sister made a nice dress last week with some Alannah Hill fabric. She had some spare and thought I might get a skirt out of it. There was actually enough for a dress, so I set about cutting ...

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New projects

Pretty things arrived for me in the mail this week. He’s a sneak peek (taken with my phone because my camera is flat) The fabric on the left is to make a lap quilt for me! It’s part ...

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Table runner

Something surprising happened today; after cleaning up my sewing room I started and finished a project! It’s a table runner for the coffee table made from Ink and Spindle’s ‘Delft’ and their ...