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Ooh – its always fun to do interviews.  It makes one feel special I tell you.  Thank you Jo from thedesignalphabet - she has a gorgeous blog that i will add to my blog roll “tout suit” as not only are Sweet William featured in it – but she is from just down the drag – [...]

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Helen and I are on a quest insired by this section on Label free’s  How to sew in Japanese series.
The book has been purchased and now we are on the hunt for the right fabric and then we will tackle the decoding of pattern.  Im full of hope that Helen’s scientific and algerbraic mind can [...]

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So – when the little voices in the head start to get louder i know im getting a bit stressed!  (Does anyone else get little voices reminding you of all you have to do or am i the only psyco?)
I have decided to get a to dolist going!  I’m not really a list person – but [...]

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I am proud to announce my new “felt” shop – Sweet William.  Felt is a online marketplace for all things handmade from New Zealand.  The new shop is a collaboration between my sister, Paula and I.  She lives in AUS and I live here but we love the same things and decided to link up.  We [...]

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For my sister

I took some gifts on the recent visit.  I embroidered the tea towel of the Virgin Mary to add to my sisters very large collection of all things Madonna.  The line art pattern is available on my pattern page.  Feel free to let  me know how you used it.

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Well the girls and I had a great holiday together (only one or two melt downs, mostly by me).  We did not go away – just spent some lovely time together.  The house was allowed to get messier (well, that’s the story anyway) and who though hanging out in your pj’s most of the day [...]

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Detritus

Detritus
Originally uploaded by shellsbells2007
I had an assignment for Craft Hub to make a page for my friend Rachelle’s altered book – her theme is Detritus – which can be defined as accumulated material and debris. At first, I thought I should put a photo of my work space in the book!
I found the weird, organic [...]

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Pin cushion world – Japanese gardenOriginally uploaded by shellsbells2007Another pin cushion – a little japanese garden. One of my students told me I seemed permanetly Zen like (?????). Its strange how a comment like that makes one ponder about how we are perceived. I feel very un-zen like most of the time – except maybe [...]

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Little brag

My pin cushion sold almost as soon as I loaded it onto FELT and it has also been featured on cuteable.com.
Now that has made my day (i’m still blushing).

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pin cushionOriginally uploaded by shellsbells2007
Hubby has gone up coast for a couple of days to surf and fetch a new puppy (wait till you see the pics of our new bubba). Serendipitously, the girls were out on play-dates – so I had a long afternoon to do…..well,- did I create domestic serenity? No. Did I [...]

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