It’s been a strange week since we’ve returned from our holiday. I’ve had to spend three days at home as we’ve had a garden makeover this week. So I’ve read more and crafted more. Today I made my first doll quilt and it was so much harder than I thought it would be! Don’t look too closely at the picture or else you’ll see all the mistakes. I used some of the vintage fabrics I picked up on holiday, as well as some favourite Cath Kidston ones. I think I need to be a bit more adventurous with my choice…
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I’ve had a great Bank Holiday weekend, just the right amount of seeing friends, DIY and doing cool new stuff. We went to Walthamstow Stadium on Saturday night to watch the Greyhound racing. It was so much fun and I even broke even! We also finally had the time to do the Parkland Walk from Finsbury Park to Ally Pally. It was such a hot day we had to make some emergency refreshment breaks along the way at the Boogaloo in Highgate and the Village in Muswell Hill. And today I made my first item in my lovely new sewing…
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I’m sure I’m not the only person to be 100% freaked out by the phenomenon that is facebook. Friends Reunited – fine; Twitter – fine; MySpace – fine; but facebook is just too freaky. I am tagging people that I haven’t seen since High School, Uni and previous jobs that I haven’t spoken to in years. And, quite frankly, if we haven’t spoken in years, surely that was for a reason?! The more time I spend on it, the more friends I find, and subsequently find out what they are up to. It feels like school all over again. Am…
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We’ve had a busy few days; watched Keane play at Wembley, my sister visited, saw the Kylie exhibition at the V&A and caught up with some old school friends. Today we braved Brent Cross and spent over 4 hours shopping for curtain fabric! Weekends should be as long as weeks!