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I can’t believe it has been a month since I have written a post! Where has time gone? How is it possible that this year has gone so slowly and yet so quickly all at the same time? Looking back on the year as a whole, it has been a different one to say theContinue reading “‘Tis the season …”

I can’t believe that it has been so long since last writing! Again, I have been far from idle, even if just watching the news from the USA right now. I have a very dear and close friend in The States and I worry about her as things seem unsettled at the moment. I hopeContinue reading “Keep calm and shop!”

More of a tweet than a blog this week but I had to share. I have been sewing now for nearly 7 years, the past 4 years more seriously. Proving elusive has been what size needle to use; it has always baffled me. The knowledge cycle goes something like: I get told, I get it,Continue reading “I’ve got it!”

As I watch the nights drawing in from my very comfy sofa I am reminded of how quickly this year is going and that I have not written a blog for a few weeks! I have been far from idle though. Sewing for ‘FTLOS’ has kept me grounded over some emotional moments these past fewContinue reading “A ‘new normal’ update”

I was lucky enough to have my hair cut soon after lock down restrictions were lifted. My hairdresser advised me however that I needed a mask. ‘No problem’, I said to her, explaining that I have made hundreds of them over this pandemic for key workers. I promptly set out to make my own maskContinue reading “Not all face coverings (masks) are the same”

It seems that recently, I have been making masks for key workers and doing little else. While this is a ‘no brainer’ for me (I have a sewing machine and a skill that has been and continues to be needed during this pandemic), however, when I start dreaming about making masks with donated fabric, IContinue reading “What else have I been doing?”