Hi everyone, It has been tooooo long since my last post so thank you for hanging in there. Lots of stitching has been done and a major birthday has occurred. Lets just say I am no longer in the ...
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Hi everyone, This week there is one less piece in the to-do heap. Yeh............ May I introduce. Kathy Rees, Needle Delights Rio, stitched with Threadworx overdyed silk DH even made a g...
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Hi everyone, This week I finally picked up a canvaswork piece. This has been in the to-do basket for some time but because it required construction it languished at the bottom of the heap. It ...
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Hi everyone, Phew I am glad the weather has improved here. It has been very kind to us by cooling down for the Embroiderers' Guild Exhibition. Friends and I have been busy demonstrating and an...
Hi everyone, Finally I can reveal what has taken a lot of my stitching time in the past few months. My friend Christine and I decided to produce a sampler of mixed stitches to be offered for sa...
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Hi everyone, Wow where does the time go? Today it is New Years eve in Australia but before 2014 starts I thought I would like to share with you all some of the Christmas celebrations of the past ...
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Hi everyone, It has taken a while but the thumb has improved enough for me to stitch. Yipppeeee............ On Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December 2013 is the Greek Glendi Festival...
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Hi everyone, I still haven't been able to stitch much yet. The thumb is very slowly getting better but this will obviously not be a quick fix thing. Last week was the South Australian Royal Sho...
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Hi everyone, Murphy's Law: When you don't want something to hold up your stitching projects along comes Murphy and plants his big foot so you trip and fall face first into a heap. I was happily...
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Hi everyone, I can't believe it is nearly a year since ANG Philadelphia. Although I would love to attend again one day it wont be for a few years unfortunately. Can I wish everyone who is going...
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Hi everyone, The booklet for Koala Conventions 2014 has just been printed. This week long convention runs from 28 June to 6 July 2014 in Brisbane, Queensland and I have 2 classes on offer. ...
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Hi everyone, Our girls day out at the Stitching and Handcraft Show was fun. Not as much hand sewing items for sale as I would have liked but I did manage to snaffle some lovely evenweave and ov...
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Hi everyone, It has been a while since we chatted. There is no hidden mystery to my absence, just that I needed a little break and time to catch up on some class pieces and a sampler for a Gui...
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Hi everyone, Well winter has surely hit with a vengeance in South Australia. The days are still warm if you find a sunny patch but the nights are just made for stitching in front of the fire...
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Hi everyone, Late I know but some months are like that, you just cant plan anything life just happens. I had one left over finish from last post to share with you M Designs - Rose Mosaic Ne...
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Hi everyone, This week has been a busy one and very productive. Monday I joined in with a stitching group who come together to stitch samplers on the second Monday of the month, Tuesday I played ...
Hi everyone, A little late with my post but there is lots to show you all. Sunday the 28th was the second of the Wessex Embroidery classes. I had 5 students and we all had a great time stitc...
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Hi everyone, This Sunday 27 April is the 2nd part of my Wessex class. All went well last Saturday and everyone went home happy with the colours they had chosen and with samples of the stitches ...
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Hi everyone, No I haven't emigrated to Santa's Village. I have been quietly stitching and working on several projects which have deadlines so there was not a lot to share. I managed to finis...
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Hi everyone, This week has been a very good one. I caught up with family and my Aunt from Western Australia for a lovely lunch and chat. Found out that I will get a income tax refund (Always a go...
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Hi everyone, Happy Easter to you and your family! Try not to eat too many chocolate easter eggs, just keep it down to no more than 10. Well, what do you expect from a chocoholic, abstinence? ...
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Hi everyone, This week I finished up my Christmas exchange piece for The Common Stitch Group in Camberley UK and the piece for our Thursday night guild group. Wow, this is the first year I will n...
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Hi everyone, Yesterday the roadwork outside my window was finished. It has taken a couple of weeks surprising really as the weather has not been kind to the council workers. 11 days straight of a...
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Hi everyone, This week's stitching is a little on the light side. I did manage to do a little more on my birdcage and do so more finishing on the box class, but there was not enough to show. ...
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Hi everyone, This week my new steam iron arrived. Wow it just about does everything except a cup of tea. It is a Tefal Aquaspeed autoclean 5375 and looks like a light blue spaceship and is just a...