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Girl’s shed update
We are getting there!! Slab-chocolate brown for thermal heat absorption (needs to be sealed after the tradies have finished so will come up darker) Frame is almost up: Gap where the door will go:...
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India Flint & my Girl’s shed
Firstly India Flint has a giveaway on her blog. She is a most thoughtful, interesting blogger, well worth reading regularly. I am very hopeful I will find time to attend her workshop one day. An update...
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Samantha Bryan fun fairies
This weekend we have had a wonderful two days with the delightful Samantha Bryan creating fantastical vintage fairies of all manner of descriptions. This was run through the Trolly Dollies (great job...
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Shed Update
The shed is almost complete, just waiting on the carpenter to fit out and finish off and the plumber to install the sink. Absolutely love the trapezium lights, thanks Jackson: And a great find at the...
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Getting closer
I am just about to spend the rest of the day putting the final coat of paint on the very, very long project of the girl’s shed. This is all the woodwork which is quite a slow process-skirting boards,...
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Surface design group
I have been participating in a fabric swap group over on the Stitchin’ Fingers Ning site. This involves using different techniques to alter or decorate fabrics and then posting to the others on the...
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Three new fabric techniques
I have sent my June, July and August fabrics all off at the same time. Hopefully the swap partners in US will have received their surprise packages in the mail before reading this. June technique was...
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Sun prints in wintery July
The technique chosen for our fabric swap for July was sun printing. As it is winter here it was a matter of waiting for a sunny day. I have a great north facing verandah which is ideal for this...
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August is ice dye
I have been reading several blogs where people have been experimenting with snow and ice dyeing. We are too close to the coast here for snow (though today it is snowing just 1 hour from here) so for me...
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Beach walk
Kipper and I had a lovely walk on the beach this morning; no wind and the sun shining. The tide was way out so a good chance to walk around the rock pools: The king tides recently have caused a bit of...
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A Travelling we did go
My youngest daughter and I have been back from our backpacking adventure to Europe for two weeks, so it is about time I posted. While we were away I kept a travel diary on Facebook, which I had...
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Milan
On leaving Venice we found ourselves in a beautifully appointed train for our 2.5 hour trip to Milan. We had purchased snacks and fruit for the trip and Claudia had her deck of cards from the flight...
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Cinque Terre
First day of Christmas holidays for me, so time to update the blog with our European adventures diary. We arrived in Monterosso al Mare after a great train ride from Milan along with hordes of tourists...
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Johnston Collection Christmas
The Johnston Collection Christmas exhibition ‘Twas the Night before Xmas’ is up and running so it is now okay I think to put up photos of the items I made to contribute to the front hallway. Our brief...
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ATC and tiling
My November ATCs for the EGV swap have been received so here is the process I followed. The theme was music so I did an image search for soundwaves and came up with several stimulus photos. I had...
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Studio update
I managed to finish my ATC and Fabric swaps on time and all have now been posted . I won’t blog about the fabric yet as it will take at least a week to arrive at destinations in USA and England. The...
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What a wonderful wedding!
Just a quick post, only a few photos edited by photographer Patrick Britt as yet. Here is a great one of the gorgeous, wedded couple. After numerous fittings the dress was perfect, the silk draped...
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A day at the AQC 2015
I had a very enjoyable day wandering around the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne yesterday. I tend to attend once every few years, but there were a couple of incentives this time. A friend...
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Pink Day for Cancer
Our local netball will be holding a pink High Tea day for cancer on Mother’s Day weekend. I have the welcome task of creating the inaugural perpetual trophy for the A Grade game. A local Op Shop...
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