I have a plan

A little while ago I won a give away on Kate’s blog. It was a set of Christmas log cabin blocks. This was most fortuitous as the Advent Calendar I was planning to make last year (two weeks before Christmas, with a new baby) for some reason never got done. So this is what I’m [...]

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I got Mail

A few weeks ago Kajsa of Syko fame had a competition to celebrate her 100th post. I was the very lucky winner!
The package from her arrived yesterday, all the way from Finland (Mum’s Christmas parcel from Australia is still MIA). The prize was this very cute doll

Isn’t she adorable? She’s hanging on the [...]

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Works in progress

I got all of the bibs finished off this weekend, so once Gorgeous Girl wakes up we’ll be making a trip to the post office. I hate going to the post office here and so put it off until there’s a load of mail to be sent…
I made some cards for birthdays and things yesterday. [...]

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Behold…

BEHOLD! A finished object.

I figured these socks rated a behold since they are cursed! Seriously they took me at least 4 attempts. It’s only a basic sock, I don’t know what’s wrong with me. The good news is that one sock is perfect and I wrote down exactly what I did, so I should [...]

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A block

There’s a fair bit of crafting happening at the moment (though still not as much as I’d like…) but most of it is small increments on lots of different projects, so it;s hard to show pictures. Over the weekend I worked on this.

It’s for Quilts 4 Leukaemia. I’ve stitched down two of the hearts. I [...]

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Reflections on fabric

Well, all of the fabric I was gifted with last week has been washed, ironed and put away. As I was preparing the fabric for its stay in my stash I felt rather melancholy. I wondered what fabulous projects J had in mind when she purchased her fabric. Here’s a woman who had so much [...]

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A comfort and a catalyst

Yesterday was quite cool (today we’re back to the hot weather) and I was really glad to be able to dress Gorgeous Girl in this very special cardigan.

This cardigan holds a special place in my heart because it was both a comfort and a catalyst to me.
When we first arrived in South Africa our promised [...]

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Smiling to myself

Today I checked the ABC Australia homepage and couldn’t stop smiling. I blogged last year about how hopeful I was for Australia with the change of Prime Minister, and two news items today had me grinning from ear to ear.
For the first time in the history of Australia’s parliament traditional leaders have been asked to [...]

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Tagged

I’ve been tagged for 2 memes. The first one is the four things meme from Catherine. I’ve done this one before, so I’ll try and give different answers this time to keep it interesting.
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Shelving books in the college library
2. Cleaning toilets (also working my way through college)
3. [...]

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Coming up for air

Forgive the paucity of posts, it’s been my first week back at work, but I’m on top of it now. Admittedly it’s only one hour a day Tuesday to Friday (except Wednesday which is two). Gorgeous Man and I have been able to coordinate our teaching schedules so that he’s free when I’m teaching and [...]

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