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More socks and more running. ...
Just a quick post to say hello and thank you for all the lovely comments on my last post. I really hadn't expected anyone to read it and I'm sorry I haven't had the chance to thank you all...
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Catching up
Once again it has been a long time since I last posted but lots has been happening in Locketland. We have had two birthdays and two birthday camping adventures in the wilds of my mum and dad's...
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Better late than never...
I seem to have given up on blogging which is a shame. And a real life(!) conversation today with the lovely Jo of French Knots reminded me why writing a blog is such a good idea - because it is the...
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Today (and a bit of yesterday too)
Daisy rejected the flowers I had picked for Dot to welcome her home from her Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition yesterday.She then scoured the garden for alternatives. Largely unsuccesfully. This...
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Some things I discovered today
That being stung on the leg by a wasp while still in bed is not a good way to start the day - no photo That Dot's plum crumble may not be on my diet - but it's very delicious and I'm going to end up...
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Obsession
You know you are obsessed...........when you are still sitting in bed knitting 20 minutes before you are due at workwhen you persuade your lovely husband to give you a lift to work - half a mile away...
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Too many projects
This obsession has gone too far! I have so many active projects on the needles that I don't know where to turnI'm knitting socks for Mr Locket's 50th birthday next monthMittens for Mr Locket's 50th...
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Autumnal colours and "ancient" inspiration
On Saturday we all went for a lovely family walk with our friends Sally, Peter and Billy to Thornley Woods near Newcastle. It's a lovely place to walk and we have often had fun expeditions with our...
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Good Week - Bad Week
Last week was really good.Lots of lovely things happened.It was our 19th wedding anniversary and the children spent 3 hours cooking us a gorgeous surprise meal with lots of delicious dishes that didn't...
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A very happy New Year
Happy New year everyone! I hope 2014 is a fabulous year for you.I'm starting this new year in a very different place to previous years. So much has changed - and definitely for the better.After over 18...
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The next obsession is coming
Thank you all so much for the overwhelmingly lovely comments on my last post - I've been beaming from ear to ear!I've found that since I have overcome the real OCD that was making me ill, I am...
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Scrap Happy!
I bought this fabulous book last Thursday and ever since have been dreaming patchwork and scrappy fabric creations!My sewing mojo had well and truly disappeared months and months, maybe even a year...
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Mum and Dad's Golden Wedding Quilt
Three and a half years ago I pieced my most complicated quilt top for my mum and dad's Golden Wedding anniversary...........and now I have finally had it professionally quilted, finally stitched the...
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.....all those years ago when I organised my great big mini quilt swap where everyone had a swap partner and I then set about to do individual swaps with a whole load of wonderful crafty peeps it all...
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My rainbow hexie obsession
Oh the pictures in this post make me so happy! From the little piles on the side of the sofa to the work in progress as I sit by the fire in the kitchen stitching while Mr Locket works on the...
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Inspiration overload
It's official. My brain is going to pop! There are so many amazing sewy creations out there in blogland - I find myself staying up until the early hours reading post after post and getting so many...
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Playing
This week has been when I only have to work two days (every other week I work 3), so I have had lots of fun playing with sewing on my days off.I can't remember what I achieved on Monday, but yesterday...
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making decisions
As much as I am loving being even more creatively inspired than usual, I find myself struggling to make the necessary creative decisions of my own.Exactly which of my fabrics should I put together?What...
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keeping it simple
Now two fabrics I can cope with...Or using one designer's fabrics - like Tilda (although I can't show you more as it's a secret project)These are decisions that are easy to make - but is it...
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Patchwork Presents
Patchwork presents for one of my closest friends:She is coming here with 3 other close friends to celebrate her birthday in about 20 minutes so I think it is safe to show you her presents (especially...
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The last mini quilts
My very late mini quilts have finally arrived at their destinations and I've had absolutely lovely messages from both Stephanie and Jo who seem very happy with them.I also included some fabrics from...
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Swappity Swap!
Would anyone be interested in a "Sewing Stuff Swap"? Catchy title, isn't it? What I was thinking was something like a pincushion as the main thing then a couple of other small pieces to make it fun...
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Going potty! ;o)
That title is silly but would have had double meaning if broken arms were still set in "pot casts" rather than the clever stretchy/hard bandagey jobs they use nowadays. Poor Fred broke his right wrist...
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Oh golly!
I really, really didn't need a new obsession but one seems to have jumped up and got me anyway!There I was, minding my own business at work the other week when a lady phoned with some things she wanted...
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Looky looky!
We have a delightful new arrival in the Locket household! Pip the Puppy! 8 and a half weeks old and utterly adorable. We are all smitten :) Happy days!
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