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  • Here kitty kitty

    I’m a bit Sick today (for which read shaky so I apologise for the slightly fuzzy photos, I call it Parkyphotoshop effect) so I thought I’d show you Elder’s quilt what I made when he was little – a little older than Little is now. It’s my cats quilt with a little fish hiding in…

  • The magnificent 7

    This blog is very much a small fry, cottage Industry type of affair. Even since I’ve been part of the Mumsnet Network I’ve had very modest traffic and tbh that suits me (most of the time, occasionally I fantasise about world domination). The regular readers are a small but perfectly formed bunch. Which makes me…

  • Time travel

    Goodbye to 2008 and all that… To 2008 – a pretty rough year all round. I wanted to show you the wallhanging I made for the Festival of Quilts the following year. It’s made from a variety of fabrics, cotton, calico, lace, ribbon, a baby blanket I acidentally felted in the machine. I bleached the black fabric…

  • Fishstock

    Prize for the best named food and music festival goes to yesterday’s Fishstock in sunny Brixham. Well, by the evening it was lashing down but hey at least there wasn’t any mud! Wonderful fish, lovely wine, banging toons and a bit of alfresco knitting. Can’t get better than that.

  • Roar

    One of the perks of having small children is all that thinking time you get in the wee small hours. Like now. I’ve been reading How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran. This is good thing on a number of counts. Firstly, I have actually read a book! Since having the boys my literary…