<\/a>I know I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again…<\/p>\n

I’m definitely a better starter than a finisher.<\/p>\n

Today I should have been cracking on with making stuff for my shop and my stalls.<\/p>\n

I have lots to do. \u00a0Including lots of stuff on the go that needs finishing off, and three commissions awaiting my attention.<\/p>\n

But the sun was shining, the day was bright and young, and an idea I had had brewing for a while took root. So off I went… on a trim hunt!<\/p>\n

<\/a>For I had heard tell of a shop around these parts, a marvellous shop, almost mythical in its cheapness and range, from which the nicest of trims and notions and haberdashery items may be purchased.<\/p>\n

And it was reputedly not far from me, this emporium of wonders.<\/p>\n

Just up the road, in fact. In Arnold. It’s called Boyes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So I went to seek it out. Because I wanted some trim for my owls.<\/p>\n

<\/a>As you can see, I found the perfect selection.<\/p>\n

I liked Boyes. It has a distinctly old-fashioned feel to it.\u00a0It’s a bit like a cross between Wilkinsons<\/a> and Grace Brothers<\/a>. Upstairs, where the haberdashery is, is sort of like the shop that time forgot.<\/p>\n

And it sells great<\/em> trims. I love the flowers, and the bobbly stuff. I’d have had some pink stuff too, but some of the bobbles were a bit grubby. (Perhaps it had been in stock for a while).<\/p>\n

Anyway, I went home and got bobbly with my latest owl cushion.<\/p>\n

(His eyes aren’t sewn on yet, just pinned, which is why he looks a bit… unfocussed)<\/p>\n

<\/a>I’m not sure why, but I keep thinking of him as “the circus owl”…<\/p>\n

I think it’s something to do with those bobbles.<\/p>\n

It’s amazing what a difference a bit of trim makes.\u00a0\u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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