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Archive for July, 2008

The Dreaded Lurgy

Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Knitting, Quilting on July 29, 2008 | 17 Comments »

We have all been visited by the dreaded lurgy here at Ruth’s Place, after a week of feeling thoroughly miserable (Gorgeous Girl included) we are feeling halfway human again. Apart from those dreadful hacking coughs that winter colds leave behind.
Unfortunately, the sleep training has been undone by her being sick and we are going to [...]

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A few things…

Posted in Books, Daily life in South Africa, Reading on July 19, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Forgot to mention the other day that the pictures from the Quilting Guild’s show are up on their website. If you are interested in seeing what South African quilters are doing you can see some examples here. Click on the show tab in the menu.
Yesterday I had to head in to the office for the [...]

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Craft, at last (see, it really is a crafty blog)

Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Knitting, Quilting, child, sewing, works in progress on July 17, 2008 | 14 Comments »

I mentioned that on Tuesday I spent some time with a friend sorting out the fabric that has been donated for our quiltathon. We’ve had some fabulous stuff donated (orphan blocks and beautiful fabric) and F had already sorted the nicest stuff into kits for quilts – I bought a kit home with me to [...]

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A Sunday drive

Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Quilting, baby, child, friends, tourist places in South Africa on July 16, 2008 | 9 Comments »

After what seemed like weeks of uninterrupted rain (so much rain that I went out and bought a clothes drier to get Gorgeous Girl’s nappies dry) Sunday was a beautiful winter day.
Gorgeous Man and I bundled Gorgeous Girl into the car and decided to take a trip along the coast to Rooi Els. Rooi Els [...]

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Hi there!

Posted in Books, Daily life in South Africa, Quilting on July 11, 2008 | 12 Comments »

So I did my white glove duty at the show on Thursday. Wow, there were some stunning quilts! There was beautiful embroidery as well, with some stunning hand dyed linen for sale. I don’t embroider, but I was seriously tempted by the linen! There were also lace makers. I had a go at making bobbin [...]

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Touching Base

Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Hi there, didn’t mean to go MIA again.
Amy tagged me for a 7 random things about me meme so here goes:
1. I’m not very sociable in real life. I’m happy with my own company and that of Gorgeous Man’s, and of course, all my friends that live in the computer. I think moving so often [...]

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