I realised yesterday that sometimes I am not very good at gratitude. I think I take after my Dad, in that I can get just a bit too focused on one thing… which means that as a result, other things pass … Continue reading
gratitude & apologies
Category Archives: obsessions
a good thing
There’s one thing about getting known for something that I particularly like. People give you things. Now, if you are known for liking owls, or china cats, or for being good at fixing cars, I can imagine that being given … Continue reading
liberty lads and lasses
You may remember that I decided not to thrill you all with my holiday snaps. Instead, I sprinkled some vintage fabrics in and around my first back-from-holiday blog post… I also mentioned in passing that I was about to embark upon a … Continue reading
a vintage friendship
So, the Festival of Quilts was not just about quilts. Obviously, it was about quilting supplies too. Everywhere you looked there was a hugely brisk trade in fabrics, wadding, gadgets, novelties, buttons, sewing machines, and just about every other quilting-sewing-crafting-associated … Continue reading
stitches in time
We are a friendly lot, we vintage textile obsessives. I got to know Riva online when she asked me to do her the favour of snaffling something from a charity shop. An embroidery that I had spotted and posted on my Facebook page. Of … Continue reading
ahhh, that’s better!
As you may have noticed, I lost my blogging mojo a bit last week. I started writing a number of posts, but for reasons of heat, fatigue and a general sort of ‘summer time and the livin’ is easy’-ness in the … Continue reading