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I can't seem to get this blog post started so I'll share some photos in the hope that my swirling thoughts will be put into order by the 'visuals'... First up is the Crossbody Bag Workshop I held on Saturday. There was a lot of preparation for this workshop, including...
HAPPY EASTER! Jesus' public humiliation as He died an excruciating death on a cross caused darkness to descend in the middle of the day but at the same time, just a short distance away the curtain of the temple was torn in two (read about this in Luke chapter 23...
Welcome to Saturday Quilting Bring & Share. Bring along your projects, share in the inspiration and generosity of our Worldwide Quilting Community. I've had an enjoyably eventful week. A sewing day on Thursday: I took hand binding to do so no sewing machine...
Happy Easter! It's strange in these post-modern times that we still make a holiday of Easter! But I'm glad we do! I hope you are enjoying a break, maybe relaxing with family and friends. Before putting Easter behind us it really is worth examining the words and...
The Bible is an amazing witness to God's ultimate plan to reconcile wayward humans to Himself. Through Advent I've been following daily notes* exploring the book of Ruth. Just a few pages long, the book is tucked away in the Old Testament. Ruth was not a Jew but she...
This was the view from my bedroom window this morning It put me in mind of one of my favourite hymns that we happened to sing in Church last Sunday morning. O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder, Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made; I see the stars, I hear...
We have thoroughly enjoyed a family outing to Micheldever Wood, Hampshire. The Wood, between our home town and the county town of Winchester, is famed for the beautiful carpets of bluebells spread out below a canopy of fresh green beech leaves. Walking through the...
I'm happy to have my first Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilt finished in the year I began making it - just! The monthly hunt though a box of scraps of the prescribed colour gave me a sense of making progress through the topsy-turvy year of 2020. The simple nine patch...
Welcome to Saturday Quilting Bring & Share - arriving in your inbox fashionably late on a Sunday! I hope you have had the opportunity to enjoy some sewing time over the weekend. Bring along your project and share in the inspiration, news and thoughts from members...
The Quilter's Color Quest is drawing to a close and I have a bit of catching up to do! The Challenges set in August by Rachel Hauser of Stitched in Color revolve around stash fabrics. The final chapter in her book , The Quilter's Field Guide to Color, is all about...
