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Today's WIP, turning this

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into this.

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Strips of scrap fabric, sewn on to a backing. In this case a stiffish calico, because it's going to be a bag.

I shall add little patches of favourite fabrics here and there,

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and then maybe I'll do some handstitching too, a fun project to do because you can make it up as you go along. I like to make things up as I go along, when I went to a school reunion a little while ago, I told my old teacher that I was a pole dancer. What fun. She didn't look at all surprised though, which is a little worrying. ?

Speaking of fun projects, did you here that this is available soon ?

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More information here. 

If you buy a copy, I'll come over and clean your house for a week. And that'll happen just before you see a pig fly past your window and Hell freezes over .

No, but really you must. It looks rather super.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

xxx

News

Good news*...

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after spending all week on it, finally having a tidy craft room

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Believe me, this is tidy - as in, you can actually see my desk.

Bad news...

having to lug 8 huge bags of stuff to the charity shop. I think the bossy old women assistants there, hate me now.

Good news...

getting the hang of zips.

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Bad news...

Realising that the machine zipper foot you left on your desk has vanished. Spending 2 plus hours looking for it, before accepting that it's probably long gone in one of the said bags. Having to fork out £9 for a new one.  ~_~

Good news...

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getting these lovelies from Hillary, thank you Hillary. I think I love you : )  I have immediate plans for that fabric and look at that cute pincushion, it makes me very happy. While I think of it, does anybody else's kids push down all the pins in your pincushion ? - drives me nuts.

Bad news...

none.

Good news....

finally getting my hands on this book, illustrated by one of my favourite illustrators.

Bad news...

none.

Good news...

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it's Friday. YIPPEEE ! YAHOO ! YAY !

Have a brilliantly great weekend everyone.

*Good news/bad news theme, taken from this book, - great fun to read with a classroom of kids doing the 'yays' and the 'boos' in the appropriate places.

: )

Tooooo cute

Nothing interesting to report from me - I've been tidying my craft room for 3 days and I'm still only half-way through, ( I'm a bad bad messy girl ), but have you seen this from Lizette ?

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !

The world is truly a wonderful place.

WOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOO !!!!!

They've gone back to school - happy happy me  : )

Time to catch up on a few things. When I say a *few*, I mean that in the loosest sense, this morning I decided to round up all of the WIP's going on in this house.

I should make yourself comfortable, this may take a while...

No 1

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Crochet scarf - needs finishing off and buttons.

No 2

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Little bear - needs knickers.

No 3

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Little bear's friend - needs a body and eyes - creepy.

No 4

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Raggy flower tutorial - coming soon.

No 5

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Pram size quilt - piecing so chronic, that I gave up (must get one of those quilting ruler thingies).

No 6

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Ideas for new softies or Gocco-ed postcards - dunno yet.

More here.

I make that 26 things - anyone beat that ?

I shan't be doing any of it today though, because today I want to do this - what a FANTASTIC idea !

I also need to catch up on my e-mails, I've been able to recieve but not send all week, so I shall be sitting down with my glass of wine tonight and doing just that. Lovely.

CAN'T. SPEAK.

BRAIN . HAS . TURNED . TO . MUSH .

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Hopefully normal service will be resumed at the end of next week, when children go back to school.

Can't wait.