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I ain’t no basket case!
Well you know how one thing sort of leads into another and although it seems a bit odd there is a definite logic to that route Read the rest of this entry »
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A One Sided Conversation
I’m sure if someone cut off your arm they would be a big knot near your shoulder. Read the rest of this entry »
These are my hands
These are my hands
With these hands I earn my living, sawing, banging, plastering,
Bricklaying......perhaps ? Read the rest of this entry »
Stitches in time
This quilt cost me £15
In thread and fabric and soft fleece lining
This quilt cost me a summer of my life Read the rest of this entry »
Distrust all enterpirse that require new clothes
Distrust all enterprise that require new clothes was written by Thoreau who was an American in the 18th century, and for me now this idea fits my life as much as my childhood dungarees.
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1970′s
You can take the girl out of the seventies but you can’t take the seventies out of the girl. When most people think about the seventies fashion and disco seem to be the first things to pop up out of that magic rabbit hole. Read the rest of this entry »
The buzz of the 201k
I have got a bee in my bonnet about an off grid workshop. To which end I brought a Singer 201k treadle sewing machine from Ebay for £10.50. All I can say is that it's ACE! I has one stitch which you can make smaller or bigger and goes as fast as you can-literally. Read the rest of this entry »
Homespun
I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are being made, as they are being made we shall prove ourselves once again able to shop our way out of recession, to ride out the storm of bankruptcy... Read the rest of this entry »
The Last Piece
This quilt was a labour of love. I became obsessed with it and most probably got R.S.I. putting it all together but I didn’t care as it grew to what seems like monster proportions. Read the rest of this entry »
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