I have an anniversary coming up. Something I’m rather proud of. The Cross Stitch Guild was formed by yours truly back in 1996, so we are coming up to our 25th Anniversary in March 2021. Looking back, I can pinpoint the moment the idea came to me. It really all...
There I was doing a pile of ironing in what I call my scullery, absent-mindedly gazing at my pretty shelf, and looked at my dear little 1950s embroidered pictures properly for the first time in about four years. A connection came to me at once! Some time ago I...
My happy accident drilled, polished and dressed for action! I would love to tell you that I had this idea and just went ahead and made these. The truth is somewhat different… If you have looked through my Treasures, you will know that I love to repurpose vintage...
Call me a very silly old romantic, but I do feel when I hold this exquisite piece of antiquity that there must have been a powerful woman wearing it once upon a time. I suppose I have read too many Cadfael stories by Ellis Peters, where the matriarch or chatelaine of...
The view from the bedroom window. I’ve been thinking a lot about how lucky we are. We managed to hold Christmas here at Pinks Barn and see our two children but were still very aware that not everyone was celebrating. We all had Covid last October and Bill was in...
Bringing the outdoors in! I am still not sure how this happened. After all my planting plans, and extra time in lockdown, I still missed some autumn bulbs. There they were staring at me from their ‘safe place’ in the greenhouse. I thought I was really organised but...
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