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Month: October 2013

Happy Halloween
31 Oct

Happy Halloween

A Mini for the Blogger's Quilt Festival
30 Oct

A Mini for the Blogger’s Quilt Festival

A Buggy Throw
30 Oct

A Buggy Throw

Hexies Galore: WiP Wednesday
23 Oct

Hexies Galore: WiP Wednesday

An "English Garden" Cushion
23 Oct

An “English Garden” Cushion

Ditching the Plastic
21 Oct

Ditching the Plastic

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My son made me the perfect sewing companion. She c My son made me the perfect sewing companion. She can hold a few spoils of thread, keep my pins and needles safe and stands over my thread snips to guard them when I’m not using them. All she is missing is a name!
#sewingcompanion #handmadegift #madewithlove #madeatschool #schoolcraftclassmake #mysonmadethis #proudmama #thankfulforgreatteachers
In the morning my brother took all the kids skiing In the morning my brother took all the kids skiing but as my niece wanted to go home for scouts in the afternoon I offered to drive her down while he kept mine out skiing with their cousin.
As hubbie was coming up to the mountains in the evening I was able to leave the car for him to drive up while I trained back up and enjoyed some lovely peaceful cross stitch time.
#sewingonthetrain #crossstitch #metime #beautifulswitzerland #switzerlandinwinter #berneroberland #itsalltoogreen #weneedmoresnow
Happy New Year all. It’s a bit late I know, but Happy New Year all. It’s a bit late I know, but I do hope this new year has started well for you all.

After a couple of weeks of holidays it’s finally time to get back to routine, and hopefully back to more crafting and creating for me as well.

The last few weeks have been filled with family time, jigsaws, beautiful sunrises, and moon rises. There have been wet days and foggy days, far too warm days and, sadly, no snow days.

Over the past week we’ve managed to fit in lots of trips to second hand shops and among the great bargains I picked up were a beautiful sofa table and two gorgeous new armchairs (you can see the table and one of the chairs in the last photo).

The chairs might not be to everyone’s taste but I love them, and while they clash hideously with my existing sofa scatter cushions that is just the excuse I need to get creative and back to some design work and sewing. 

#holidays #familytime #sunrise #moonrise #winterinswitzerland #whereisallthesnow #designinspiration #secondhandfinds
Happy Christmas all! Happy Christmas all!
It’s all quiet here on my Instagram these days b It’s all quiet here on my Instagram these days but I am still stitching away in the background. These has been lots of little festive sew as I make a lot of Christmas cards this year. There had also been some secret sewing going on in the sewing room.
Here’s just a snail pet of what my moth has looked like - hopefully once more cards have reached their destinations I’ll be able to share more.

EDIT - I had no idea that second photo had snuck in there. It doesn’t feature my recent crafting but it does feature some really cute milk churn tea light  holders with spinning gondolas/chalets/cows that I spotted at the cheese shop we frequent when up in the mountains. Needless to say one of them may just have made it’s way home with me that day 😁

#crossstitch #handmadechristmas #sewingonthetrain #honestsewingroom #festivesewing
I feel like I’ve turned back time a lot lately. I feel like I’ve turned back time a lot lately. I’m spending less and less time online and on social media and more and more time on crafts that I have neglected a lot in more recent years. 
Like so much in life, it’s all swings and roundabouts and finding the balance Ruth at works. I will admit that ai have quilting and EPP projects that I am eager to get back to and I do miss catching up with so many fellow crafters on IG and other media platforms. 
For now, however, I am going to embrace the past and simply enjoy losing myself in some festive stitching and in being offline more than usual.
#crossstitching #sewingforchristmas #festivesewing #craftsofmyyouth #takingabreak #beingtruetome
The city skies today - from a stunning early morn The city  skies today - from a stunning early morning sun rise to an impressive evening moon
It would seem the last of the t-shirt days has fin It would seem the last of the t-shirt days has finally arrived so the afternoon was spent in the garden picking the last of the chillies I had planted and the tomatillosI hadn’t, enjoying some sewing in the sun and then getting my one sad little pot grown chilli and my kumquat plant ready to move indoors for winter.
#isitreallynovember #blueskydays #tshirtweather #chilliharvest #raisedbedgarden #citygardening #autumn #harvesttime #sewingoutdoors
The switch back to winter time had me awake an hou The switch back to winter time had me awake an hour earlier than usual this morning. I can’t complain as it gave me time to read a few chapters of my book before getting one of the boys up for school. 
When he left there was time for some knitting before the other had to get up.
After my youngest had left for school I decided to start prepping some fabrics and papers for some festive sewing as I didn’t have quite enough time to plan the next bit of shaping on my knitting before I had to leave for work myself. 
As finally an added plus, the brighter morning meant I could get back to doing a little cross stitch on the train to work again 😁
I feel like I may have done more crafting this morning than I’ve done all month 😂
#acraftymorning #knitting #epp #crossstitch #thedailycommute #autumnalmorning
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