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Season’s Greetings

I know it’s been a while since I was here, it’s been a hell of an icky pain and tiredness filled few months, but I didn’t want to let the season go by without wishing you all a very very merry...

Dec 21, 2012 Like

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Bye Bye Blogtoberfest. Hello Brighton Sewing Giveaway Winner!

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 So, ta ta Blogtoberfest. I didn’t fare too badly, considering it was report writing and exam time! … I missed about a week’s...

Nov 2, 2012 Like

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Winner Winner Turkey Hat Dinner

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 Thanksgiving/Christmas Turkey Hat from Fred Flare. via Without further ado … the comment that tickled me the most was ... So,...

Oct 31, 2012 Like

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Turkey Hat – Caption Competition Giveaway

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 The last few days have been (a) icky and (b) busy, so this, from the interwebs, has cheered me muchly … I especially like that...

Oct 24, 2012 Like

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Smitten with Blitzen flimsy finish - Yay!

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 Previously on Pings … Friday night, when last we met, I was about to forsake the world of tech *gasp* to read my book. Well,...

Oct 21, 2012 Like

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Book Night {19/31}

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 Had a tough week? directed by Sean Ohlenkamp Better now? After an afternoon supervising a tricky GCSE ICT exam, I am now...

Oct 19, 2012 Like

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creepy {18/31}

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 I was doing a little window shopping for my non crafty, but equally twisted in their own way, friends when this little beauty...

Oct 18, 2012 Like

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Best Soda Bread Recipe - Ever {17/31}

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 Seriously - I make a fair bit of soda bread and I've finally mastered the balance between moisture and crumb. The secret's in the...

Oct 17, 2012 Like

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let the sunography shine in {17/31}

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 Way back in the days when I seemed to manage catching up on blogs as well as blogging MUCH more frequently and fluidly than I do...

Oct 17, 2012 Like

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Ada Lovelace Day - Patron Saint of Lady Nerds! {16/31}

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 Today is Ada Lovelace Day – a pretty amazing woman – she was Byron’s daughter and worked very closely, totally ahead of her time,...

Oct 16, 2012 Like

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Flash! AAAAh aaah {15/31}

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 Yes, well … ahem another break in transmission from Blogtoberfest … but this time because yesterday was FlashGordonFest. A group...

Oct 15, 2012 Like

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56 Reasons to be Cheerful {13/31}

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 My Japanese Import Charm Swap package arrived today! Yay! AND my stamps were all unfranked so I got back all my postage – which...

Oct 14, 2012 Like

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Fandom Friday {12/31}

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 I have long been a fan of Kathy York and her Art Quilts. She is immensely talented and I urge you to go and see her quilts in all...

Oct 12, 2012 Like

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Chopin Yellow {11/31}

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 Already missed one Blogtoberfest post, but in my defence I was so utterly wiped out when I got home from work last night that I’d...

Oct 11, 2012 Like

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The otter is a deal breaker {9/31}

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 Continuing our ride on the music and synaesthesia Fun Bus, I thought I’d look at some more singing. This time classical, a raw...

Oct 9, 2012 Like

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It’s all about the rhythm {8/31}

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 Just a super quickie today – this amuses me greatly … I had planned to wax lyrical about the lovely fabric in my giveaway today,...

Oct 8, 2012 Like

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Smitten with Blitzen – Brighton Sewing Centre Giveaway {7/31}

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 If you’ve popped over from my guest post today over at Rhonda's, then Hi! If you're here because you're Blogtoberfesting, then...

Oct 8, 2012 Like

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squeeeee! – I’m over at Rhonda’s!

I’m so excited to be guest posting today over at Rhonda Quilter In The Gap, as part of the Finish-Along, with a potentially genius HST trick tute. If I sound dubious about the merits of my own...

Oct 7, 2012 Like

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Sweet Harmony

This post is brought to you through the power of Blogtoberfest 2012 I don’t have a TV. When I moved into this flat 5 years ago, it didn’t have a TV aerial socket, and I’ve never bothered to have...

Oct 6, 2012 Like

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The Friday F*** Up

take one … 17:00 – arrive home from work smug and happy that back so early … you can see where this is going, eh? 17:10 – walk back to work to pick up wallet + memory stick with all next week’s...

Oct 5, 2012 Like

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winter woolies {Blogtoberfest 4/31}

I have been obsessing about making a felted woven wool quilt for what seems like an age, way before I started sewing or blogging in the last few years … It's part and parcel of my synaesthesia...

Oct 4, 2012 Like

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My Life According To David Bowie {Blogtoberfest 3/31}

I should probably be marking (groan) but .... this is such a fun meme to do ...it was around ages ago and I made a note to join in ... but then a gazillion years went by and it has languished as a...

Oct 3, 2012 Like

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Living in Syn {Blogtoberfest 2/31}

While I was debating whether or not to sign up to Blogtoberfest this year, I decided that if I was going to try and blog each day, I really needed some kind of theme. I’ve been wanting to do a few...

Oct 2, 2012 Like

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Blogtoberfest 2012 {1/31}

Dear Blog, Goodness me. I missed our 2nd Blogiversary – 25th July! I’m so sorry, Blog. I do love you. I just don’t seem to have had the time you need for me to be writerly or creative recently....

Oct 1, 2012 Like

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When Worlds Collide

How can the only two things I have booked for the whole of next year be on the same flippin day? BLOGGY LIFE: FAMILY LIFE: For the first five minutes there was weeping. wailing and tearing out of...

Sep 24, 2012 Like

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The Foxtrot Quilt

This year’s summer’s quilt project was, as per uje, English Paper Piecing. I love EPP. It is the salve to my soul. I love the non-frantic repetitive nerdy geometric vibe. I also love that my seam...

Sep 23, 2012 Like

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Japanese Charm Swap - Round Two

I haven’t been doing any swaps or makes this summer, as I really didn’t want to disappoint by being unintentionally flaky, but I have signed up to the 2nd UK & Ireland Japanese charm swap, which...

Sep 19, 2012 Like

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LMQG + Raystitch = Kitchy Kitchen Giveaway!

The London Modern Quilt Guild has a fantastic giveaway sponsored by Ray Stitch … … You could win this lovely bundle of Kitchy Kitchen by Maude Asbury, if you go here before 8pm (BST) 22nd September...

Sep 17, 2012 Like

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Happy Mail Catchup + Thankyous = long post

Hello lovely peeps … I know I haven’t been blogging regularly for some time, but if you follow you’ll know it’s because I’ve had a bit of a rough summer year with my health. However, that’s no...

Sep 16, 2012 Like

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Season’s Greetings

Bye Bye Blogtoberfest. Hello Brighton Sewing Giveaway Winner!

Winner Winner Turkey Hat Dinner

Turkey Hat – Caption Competition Giveaway

Smitten with Blitzen flimsy finish - Yay!

Book Night {19/31}

creepy {18/31}

Best Soda Bread Recipe - Ever {17/31}

let the sunography shine in {17/31}

Ada Lovelace Day - Patron Saint of Lady Nerds! {16/31}

Flash! AAAAh aaah {15/31}

56 Reasons to be Cheerful {13/31}

Fandom Friday {12/31}

Chopin Yellow {11/31}

The otter is a deal breaker {9/31}

It’s all about the rhythm {8/31}

Smitten with Blitzen – Brighton Sewing Centre Giveaway {7/31}

squeeeee! – I’m over at Rhonda’s!

Sweet Harmony

The Friday F*** Up

winter woolies {Blogtoberfest 4/31}

My Life According To David Bowie {Blogtoberfest 3/31}

Living in Syn {Blogtoberfest 2/31}

Blogtoberfest 2012 {1/31}

When Worlds Collide

The Foxtrot Quilt

Japanese Charm Swap - Round Two

LMQG + Raystitch = Kitchy Kitchen Giveaway!

Happy Mail Catchup + Thankyous = long post

Slow Blogging + Fresh Sewing Day = not much to report!

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