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Inspirational book
Sometimes on the blog I like to give a recommendation for an inspirational book and this one, Conflict and Costume: The Herero Tribe of Namibia is wonderful. I found the book featured in...
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My new toy
Oh dear. The Medieval Historian bought me a new camera for my wedding anniversary present. It is a super low-tech Diana mini, which feels like a toy camera and uses 35mm film which you still have...
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New Year Doll 2014
Every year I make a New Year Doll. I do this on New Year’s Day, and the only rule is that it has to be made on one single day. Last year I cheated a bit and assembled a doll from the arms and legs...
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Zentangle from Sunday walk
I have blogged before about my little self-improvement project to learn how to zentangles by doing one a day for six weeks. I am now in week five and the stakes have been raised. This week we not...
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Selvedge – recommended publication
This is a quick post today. May I very strongly recommend the current issue of Selvedge. It is an absolute visual delight this month. It concentrates on knitting and Scotland, quite a combination,...
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Malvern Autumn Quilt Show
This is a quick photo post of the Malvern Autumn Quilt show that I went to today with my excellent friends Ceri and Alison. It’s quite a small show and so you could see it all easily, and you could...
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Relaunching the Laura Ashley quilt
I have had a new lease of life with my Laura Ashley project. My huge Body Shop/Anita Roddick quilt has finally gone to its new home and this seems like a good time to make a start on the large Laura...
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What I did at the weekend
This weekend was spent filling up the reservoir, as it were, as I spent a lot of time with my Grate Frend Beatriz at exhibitions and in art shops. On Friday we went to the blockbuster exhibition...
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My last post was about Newark Park and the Laura Ashley bedroom. While I was there I also found time to admire some of the wonderful needlework around the house. There is a good range of embroidery,...
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Restorative walk in the woods
The Medieval Historian and I decided to go to Westonbirt last weekend to walk the dogs and have a bit of an excursion. This was beyond stupid. Westonbirt is the national arboretum, with the national...
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