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Archive for September, 2008

Heritage Day

Posted in Daily life in South Africa, music, sewing, sewing clothes on September 30, 2008 | 15 Comments »

The 24th of September is Heritage Day in South Africa. It celebrates the diversity and heritage of all South Africans. It is also known as National Braai (BBQ) day and people are encouraged to have braais with their family and friends. For the past two years we have, in fact, partaken of braais on this [...]

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Quilt in progress

Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Quilting, works in progress on September 23, 2008 | 26 Comments »

So this is the current quilt in progress.

This is the kit I bought from Australia. I am never buying a kit again. There wasn’t enough of the blue fabric that is around the blocks, so I bought the light blue for the sides, and the backing fabric is incredibly sun-damaged, and I’ve already mentioned the [...]

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A finish

Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Finished objects, baby, child, sewing, sewing clothes on September 20, 2008 | 19 Comments »

I managed to finish the dress. The button holes aren’t great, but they are functional. When my friend Simone migrated to Northern Ireland recently, she gifted me with her pile of Your Family magazines (a South African publication) and the last three months of her subscription. The pattern for the dress was in one of [...]

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The car

Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Quilting, sewing, sewing clothes on September 16, 2008 | 12 Comments »

We are still not quite sure how the car accident happened, as the angle of the damage is very odd. Any CSIs out there?
So here is the damage:

This damage was enough that the insurance company wrote off the car (too expensive to repair apparently). The tow truck came and got it yesterday.

Here it is on [...]

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What a week…

Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Quilting, sewing, sewing clothes on September 9, 2008 | 26 Comments »

You know how they say “It never rains, but it pours” well that saying was true of last week, both literally and figuratively.
LowHighlights include:
1. A low speed altercation with a dump truck that has resulted in the car being written off.
Yes I was driving, yes Gorgeous Girl was in the car, she was strapped into [...]

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Quiltathon quilts

Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Finished objects, Quilting on September 2, 2008 | 21 Comments »

I should begin by clearing up what seems to be a misconception from my previous post. I didn’t mean to imply that South Africans who “have” don’t donate or do charity work. They do a tremendous amount, it’s just that the need here is so great that it’s overwhelming and charity on it’s own isn’t [...]

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