Couldn’t decide whether to sit in the summerhouse or write a blog post – here’s the compromise. I spent yesterday giving it a good spring clean (the summerhouse, not the blog), spurred on by th...
I am very excited as I have run to earth a plant I’ve been searching for – a variety of Tradescantia called Sweet Kate - see right. It has wonderful lime green spiky foliage with a blue/purple flower...
It has been one of those weeks - the kind where you wonder what else can go wrong. Then you come across someone with real problems and a sense of proportion returns. It started when we got back from ...
I hate new things. a new look for blogspot will be great, Im sure but its a pain having to cope with it right now. We had a most fabulous trip up to the Wirral and Blackpool - so great to meet so man...
In the nick of time, just before we set off to see some of our friends in the north the book arrived. Very pleased with the printing - looks good. There is a special offer with early orders of some g...
What do you think of this then? My plaster has been replaced with this splint. I had a choice of colours but didn’t expect the black to be so shiny or the Velcro to be so pink! Never mind, it will be...
Today is the day of the shed raising. Like barnraising but with a small shed. The extended family are in the garden -not actually building but moving a shed. It is a race against the weather.I am ind...
many thanks for all your good wishes. Please excuse the lack of upper case letters – not easy using that shift key at the moment.Now for the confession. I’ve been sleeping with a pole! Even worse – t...
Well, tomorrow is the day of the hand op and I am racing around like a mad thing. Not only trying to do all the stuff that I wont be able to do left-handed (this includes the dreaded housework) but a...
I seem to have become a Monday blogger so here is this week’s edition. I am after the sympathy vote as my thumb has become very painful so I am trying not to type too much, hence this quick post. If ...
Thanks for kind comments on the singing. It was such a lovely day. I had to miss the Saturday session this week this week as I abandoned Clive and Smudge and had a sneaky girlie weekend with my frien...
Well, we had the most fabulous day on Saturday. You will remember (because I have given you no chance to forget) that it was the day of our singing groups concert, part of a series called Chalk Legen...
Before I launch into the latest happenings ‘chez grey’, I have to tell you that there is a book giveaway going on – we have copies of Stitch, Cloth, Shimmer and Shine, the new Sarah Lawrence book (so...
Well, that was a hectic few weeks but Im glad to be back in action - or to be more precise, inaction, as I have a day off. So far this has been spent sofa surfing in a frivolous manner.We had the pho...
I am so impressed on several counts by your comments from the last blog. So many of you have all the d4daisy books and the fact that Sylviane translates WoW – that is a labour of love. Diane’s rusty ...
I feel that this blog should have an index as it seems to be composed of fairly random topics. But they mostly seem to fit in the materials category, so bear with me.First of all the lucky winners of...
Sorry about all the gaps - its not me it blodspot. Ive had so many emails about the give-away and would like to say thank you for all the kind words youve said about me and about how much you enjoy W...
Thought I’d give you the link for the Flickr group, ready for tomorrow. Here it is – do hope you will all use it as it’s great to see what others are doing.http://www.flickr.com/gr oups/1830311@N25/I ...
Wow! What a response to our book giveaway. Weve increased the number of books to twelve to give more of you a chance. Still time to try your luck - see my last blog.I promised that Id put the list of...
Weve been busy setting up the site for the free clases with Fabulous Surfaces. Im quite taken with Flickr and can see that it will become another obsession - when Ive got time.We are doing a book giv...
Firstly, a Happy New Year to you all. May it be good and stitchy.We had our first 2012 meeting of the Beyond Stitch group and decided to do something just for fun so Jane W led us in a feltmaking cla...
Facebookers among you will have heard the tale of the single sprout (in a plastic bag) that was the result of an online shopping misunderstanding - I thought it was one pack. There have been hilariou...
As you will gather I am having a few problems in trying to write my blog using my new galaxy tablet. I love it but this is hard work as I don,t seem to have much control over where the pics go.The pi...
A lot has been happening here, as usual. Its a good thing that, thanks to the economic situation, I cant afford to retire! Sorry about the rant - I dont really want to hang up my needles yet, but its...
Jane Wild and I went to a fabulous workshop and concert based on Senegalese music, last Saturday. It was by a group called Ancient Strings and Fabulous Things led by Doudou Cissoko.Doudou and percuss...
We are having a lulu of a giveaway on the d4daisy site http://www.d4daisy.com/. This is to celebrate Lynda Monks book Fabulous Surfaces which should be here next week. Not only giving away copies of ...
We went haring up the motorway this morning to meet up with Michael, the other half of our d4daisy publishing venture. The printer’s proofs of Lynda Monk’s new book, Fabulous Surfaces, were ready so,...
Rather a long time since I posted about dashing off to Urchfont to the Text. 21 group - or whatever our group is called. I keep getting told off for getting it wrong! We have been so busy with Lynda ...
Look at this pile of stuff - where am I off to, you ask. Well its the time of our quarterly indulgence at Urchfont Manor. My text. 21 group (or something like that) is having a session with Jane Wild...
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