tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45152002764041979692024-03-13T05:33:33.754+00:00A good talking to...Jacq Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04720788276272548617noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515200276404197969.post-69863721280768955582014-05-13T13:24:00.001+01:002014-05-13T23:11:13.005+01:0010 Random Facts<img src="webkit-fake-url://DBEE180F-0D9A-40F2-8FBF-A1876AF87DA6/imagejpeg" /><img alt="" aria-busy="false" aria-describedby="fbPhotosSnowliftCaption" class="spotlight" height="536" src="https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t1.0-9/3768_97249556978_1735834_n.jpg" style="height: 536px; width: 604px;" width="604" /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Today is my daughter's birthday, this beautiful photo is her 25 years ago. She is still, and always, my Baby</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. I don't understand metal teapots, they make the tea taste funny, why do they exist?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. If something is available in a polka dot version I will always choose that one</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. If the polka dot version was turquoise and the orange one was plain I'd probably get both!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. I love chocolate but not chocolate dessert or cake - pointless, just give me the real stuff</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Sorting out my craft room makes me so happy I sing to myself - very badly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. I am rubbish at growing house plants but have finally got the knack of orchids thanks to my brother</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. I would like to be someone who prepares well in advance but I actually produce my best stuff under pressure - at work and creatively. It seems to focus my mind</span></div>
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Jacq Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04720788276272548617noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515200276404197969.post-26593671119729943262014-04-06T18:45:00.000+01:002014-04-06T18:45:36.595+01:00Crafty Happenings - Weeks 11 to 14!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's just accept it, I can't manage a weekly post ... moving on ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This is a long, catch-up post - you might be bored witless, don't say I didn't warn you :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had a great time with the group in March, the venue we're using in Rochester is working out really well, it was a lovely sunny day, 3 new members came along - what's not to like?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, I failed <strong>again </strong>to take any photos - there's a theme or rubbishness going on around here isn't there?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't get much made as I was helping My Girlie's friend A learn to use her machine so we made a tote bag together - and she has her first finished project which she is really pleased with - that's such a great feeling when you start learning new skills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh and I found a home for this little project:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He's now winging his way to <a href="http://houseofpinheiro.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/welcome-baby-boy.html" target="_blank">Rachel's new nephew</a>, glad it's going to a sweet newborn baby boy :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Went looking for yellow and white fabric to finish the <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/crafty-happenings-weeks-8-10.html" target="_blank">Telephone Table project</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The grey bundle was £5 - cushions I think. No idea about a use for the girlie print, 2 metres for £10 if I remember correctly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">All half price in the Jaycotts sale (which finishes on the 12th of April I believe)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I have plans and fabrics for all of them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An <a href="http://www.made-by-rae.com/2008/04/free-itty-bitty-baby-dress-pattern/" target="_blank">Itty Bitty Baby dress</a> for My Girlie's friend's little girl (goodness, try saying that fast) - I've never used the free Made by Rae pattern before, it's great, I already have 2 more cut out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you remember the special <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-lisette-continental-like-youve.html" target="_blank">maternity dress</a>? Well, this was made with the remnants. If I take S's maternity dress in now the twins are born, she and Baby I can be matchy/matchy :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Then I had a birthday - 24 again!:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And then yesterday I went on a trip to London with Sewing Club - but I think I'll do a separate post for that one - breathe a huge sigh of relief!</span></div>
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Jacq Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04720788276272548617noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515200276404197969.post-45776258719261728252014-03-22T09:38:00.005+00:002014-03-22T09:38:36.536+00:00By Hand London - Kickstarter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you seen that the ladies at By Hand London have an exciting new plan:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is such a brilliant idea - they're using Kickstarter to try to raise the funds, you can find out more about it over </span><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/byhandlondon/by-hand-london-design-and-print-your-own-fabric" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My OH has supported some Kickstarter ideas in the past - such a great way to get involved with a good idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My pledge is in, I wish them every success, fingers crossed they'll meet their target of £35000 for the equipment and software they need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I keep thinking of more and more ideas I'd love to have on my own fabric</span></div>
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Jacq Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04720788276272548617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515200276404197969.post-32931141791986363712014-03-09T19:09:00.002+00:002014-03-09T19:09:42.505+00:00Crafty Happenings - Weeks 8-10<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're not talking about my inability to post a weekly post, well, weekly. Suffice to say I've been <strike>rushing around like a blue</strike> a little busy and functioning entirely outside my comfort zone - anybody else fancy speaking to a conference of 400+ people about the wonderful work they do for an organisation that will no longer exist ... at 4 days notice? I was torn between honoured and scared witless - but I did it, and without falling up the stairs to the stage which was the stuff of my nightmares!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Right, stop wittering woman, this is what I've actually been up to ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Don't you just love this kitchen fabric? This was a bag for My Girlie's flatmate - a little birthday gift. She has a red Kitchenaid so this was perfect</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I made it at<a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/what-should-you-take-to-sewing-club.html" target="_blank"> Sewing Club</a>, we meet about once a month - I entirely failed to take photos this time which is sad because we had a super time and I actually made a card for Emmie, the first one I've made in months, I should have evidence!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I found these in a charity shop - I love old notions. They were going to charge me 10p for both - I couldn't take them for that so we settled on a £1 - apparently they're not used to people haggling upwards :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I got this brilliant pile of things from Freecycle, the lady had inherited a box of stuff and didn't want to throw it away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There's was lots of stuff I couldn't use but my little 3 year old niece took them home for her craft box so we both had a happy pile of useful things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isn't this beauty? £20 from eBay. I'm having fun finding things for my daughter's bedroom as she's taken all her furniture to her new flat. I can't have a double bedroom standing empty - thought I'd get creative. This is going to be white with a yellow interior eventually.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I've been very busy sanding, priming and painting, all still works in progress</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When P and I drove to pick it up the lady who was selling it was clearing her Mum's house, she'd sadly passed away at the age of 86. She was glad the desk was going to a crafter, I found the knitting needle inside when I got home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, it doesn't go with the wallpaper - I'm still at the thinking stage with this one :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And this makes me very happy - it's going to be a bedside cabinet/seat</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Try and imagine white paint and yellow and white fabric OK?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The best bit was we'd driven to collect the desk in my mini - I could not leave without any of these things - P had an interesting time making them fit in the back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We drove all the way home with me barely able to see over the lampshade on my lap - and holding the lamp stand so that it didn't keep hitting him in the back of the head!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Two more bags - both identical, one is for My Boy's girlfriend, she was with me when I bought the fabric and I know she likes it - just need to get it in the post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And a Baby Tag Blanket from scraps - no idea who for, this was an idea I was trying for using up odds and ends from other projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And another bag from leftovers for my work colleagues wife - who bakes cakes for charity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">That's it - perhaps not masses to show for 3 weeks but <strong>lots of finished items - </strong>and given my tendency to be an Excellent Starter and the Master of WIPS I'm pretty pleased with my progress :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now I just need to find some time to catch up with all the blog posts I've been missing.</span></div>
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Jacq Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04720788276272548617noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515200276404197969.post-78292188195047330272014-02-19T18:16:00.002+00:002014-02-19T18:23:52.631+00:00Crafty Happenings - Week 7<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good grief, this is late ... I don't even have time to make excuses to myself!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is for my wonderful friend H - it is her birthday on Friday</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">She's always wanted to have a sweet shop - a proper old fashioned one with jars</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This fabric, picked up in <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/crafty-happenings-week-6.html" target="_blank">Goldhawk Road</a> a couple of weeks ago, is perfect</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And another quick turn around on the stash fabric</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Then there was some <strong>Planning:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally got round to watch the class all the way through - I knew I needed to do that rather than rush in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And printed off all the pdfs I've downloaded recently</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know that, technically, this is a terrible photo but I used it because it proves that the sun shone here last weekend :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then I made a start on a<strong> Project:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought this fabric in San Francisco (Stone Mountain & Daughters actually - all very exciting!), I had exactly this project in mind because I found out on this very day that my friends were expecting their second baby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, last but not least, an </span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">award</span>:</strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dani, who blogs over </span><a href="http://onesmallstitchtoday.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a>, <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">very kindly nominated me for the Leibster Award.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I've been fortunate enough to be nominated before, I did answer the questions the <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/why-thank-you-kindly.html" target="_blank">first time</a> and then totally bottled it when <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/kathryn-who-blogs-over-at-kathryns.html" target="_blank">Kathryn</a> nominated me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But there are 2 aspects to these awards that I love:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1. You get to find blogs that are new to you - so please link to the posts above if you want to find some great new bloggers and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">2. I'm nosey and love to read the answers people give to their questions. So, I'm going to answer Dani's here - it's not fascinating, don't say I didn't warn you!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Oh without a doubt my honeymoon in Portugal - Paul and I got married in 2005, second marriage for both of us. We wanted to do something different, not the 3-ring circus of stress we'd seen often. We got married in the UK so that immediate family and friends could be with us and then we went on honeymoon with 14 of the people closest to us. Straight from the ceremony, in a coach to the airport, in our wedding finery (tiaras, bouquets, the lot). It was my birthday - the other passengers on the plane congratulated us and sang Happy Birthday to me! We had a ball. In fact, next April we're doing it all again for our 10th anniversary - except there will be more of us this time as babies have been born, people have got married, life has moved on. I am so excited I can't express it adequately, a great group of people I love with all my heart on holiday together again :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Communicating! I'm a talker, and if I'm passionate about something then prepare to hear all about it. There's a standing joke at work about my invisible soap box - don't get me started! I love helping other people understand stuff, training and teaching new things. And I'm absolutely not an aural learner so I am really enthusiastic about working to different learning styles. I probably should have had a different career in all honesty.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Our bedroom - we extended the house a few years ago and I love the room, it's really light and bright and we have a great big sleigh bed and I've wanted one of those since I was a little girl. I love, love, love my bed - I'm a bit of a dormouse.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Of course, my craft room is a close second :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Probably night owl by inclination but I have to be an early bird!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">David Cassidy - The Partridge Family - loved it!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">I don't have a list - there are loads of things I'd love to do and I'm totally open to ideas I might not have had yet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Oh goodness, loads of things - my family, our cats, The Big Bang Theory, Fawlty Towers, Billy Connolly. I'm not a fan of slapstick - I think I'm most amused by the ridiculous.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">To have my children - they've taught me all the important stuff I needed to learn.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">I can't even type that - can't tempt fate and put it into words.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">On a very superficial level - mice and rats - yuck!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Funnily enough this isn't the first time I've been asked this question recently and so I've really thought about it and the answer is I wouldn't wish for anything. I am very fortunate and have more love and security in my life than I ever imagined would be possible. I'd give the wishes to someone who needed them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">On an emotional level - that you can't do it all, and it won't all be perfect, that good enough is absolutely fine. I need to remind myself of this pretty often!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks Dani - remember to go and check out the blogs that she recommended :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now to be clear, these are <em>not necessarily all</em> my favourites, some of those didn't make the Final Cut because I'm focusing on patterns I think I might make multiples of, that don't need massively grading, that have a definite place in my daily wardrobe right this very minute.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'll go back for those in the future, when I've got to grips with vintage patterns a bit more and think I've got a fighting chance of doing them justice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">That said, I want to make all of these, I love all of these and I think they've</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My instinct is to make the Simplicity one but I've included the Butterick in this final selection because I'm determined to use fabric already in my stash and that may work better - basically I'm keeping my options open.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Simplicity men's robe was purchased for my brother Qui Gon Jinn - I've owed him this for months, we even went to </span><a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/goldhawk-road-ill-be-back.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Goldhawk Road to buy the fabric together</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I'm honest it's the steaming of 5 metres of wool that's putting me off!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, I also bought fabric to make one for P so I have 10 metres of fabric in my stash to make 2 men's robes - that's a lot of steaming! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I made my <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-harry-potter-magic-cape.html" target="_blank">Harry Potter cape</a> it took me the whole of 'Hello Dolly' stood in front of the TV. I might get through a box set of dvds prepping fabric for my brother and husband!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These skirts look pretty similar but there are differences and I love a classic skirt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - I do love the batwing shape, if I make it with a vintage pattern</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can cross off 2 for the price of 1 garment!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the Style pattern for work, I think it would be a really</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">useful addition to my work wardrobe. I'd be brave enough to tackle this</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">now I have a machine that doesn't chew buttonholes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the Simplicity pattern is so lovely, both styles, but I'd probably make the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shirtdress (View 2), I do not have the figure for the nipped in waist/full skirt sadly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was lucky enough to get both of the patterns above in last year's </span><a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/sew-weekly-reunion-swap-awesome-parcel.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sew Weekly Reunion Swap</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://zibergirl.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barbara</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> sent them to me with lots of other goodies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to make both but I didn't have the right fabrics in my stash to fit in with the <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/autumn-in-tokyo-dress-sew-weekly-reunion.html" target="_blank">Pantone theme</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I would make the lilac version (View A, short) of the Fit & Flare dress and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think View 3 (yellow) of the Style pattern is gorgeous for the summer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm actually torn about the Butterick. My instinct is A, probably because the picture is polka dots!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Girlie wants me to make her View B, she loves the sleeves - I'm not sure if I'm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are more casual - I'm be aiming for the maxi version of the News of the World pattern, I really like that it's a zip front</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I plan to make the short sleeved version of the Woman's Weekly pattern, I'm thinking</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know whether to play Vintage Pattern Bingo. Basically this is <strike>a bit like</strike> exactly copied from <a href="http://sarahlizsewstyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/lucky-pattern-game.html" target="_blank">Sarah Liz's Lucky Pattern Game,</a> I would give them all a number and select at random.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Or I can go through my stash and figure out which of these I already have suitable fabric for - thus removing the need to do any more fabric shopping!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are my semi-finalists - I am having to be really, really strict.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love Marie's <a href="http://www.astitchingodyssey.com/2014/02/vintage-sewing-pattern-pledge-will-you.html" target="_blank">Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge</a> - it's really made me focus.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not a priority but I love it, I want to be wafting<br />
around in a girlie nightie, not lolling about in my pjs!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I <strong>definitely</strong> need this car coat in my life but I don't <br />
have anything even vaguely suitable in my stash -<br />
it's reversible so I need to buy very specifically</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm ruling it out because of the neckline but I need this<br />
scalloped hemline in my wardrobe</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyvlmrxY1EreLdyjgjeNjj68Bf7Qlzc_g8zSjA_GGNEIfQUt51R1PV0f3yBBiv_NvVirmIypyj6FSYK8JLxewnFLLKq928ZzDqcKxhzW8DflgQegyUp4RkimyQAbIjOrdnF5LX__6PwU/s1600/P1030163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyvlmrxY1EreLdyjgjeNjj68Bf7Qlzc_g8zSjA_GGNEIfQUt51R1PV0f3yBBiv_NvVirmIypyj6FSYK8JLxewnFLLKq928ZzDqcKxhzW8DflgQegyUp4RkimyQAbIjOrdnF5LX__6PwU/s1600/P1030163.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love it but do I need a sleeveless jacket? <br />
Not terribly practical - I've got another pattern that<br />
will work better for me</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81wMFIyUBbaRGYkK3c3zc5mc1kSulfQpYfHdZty1myFGwDJcwg_MJf1HJsygxXNf4xl4levf0Jg_rjL3nBX1AAfZgd9IymkVdN7jDBS1xzx2TAv19c0YaDZepXEJ1qSgYk87lcmSRzMc/s1600/P1030165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81wMFIyUBbaRGYkK3c3zc5mc1kSulfQpYfHdZty1myFGwDJcwg_MJf1HJsygxXNf4xl4levf0Jg_rjL3nBX1AAfZgd9IymkVdN7jDBS1xzx2TAv19c0YaDZepXEJ1qSgYk87lcmSRzMc/s1600/P1030165.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I suspect this might not be flattering on me - I'm not exactly willowy!<br />
But I love the sleeveless/with collar version so much and<br />
I would stand exactly like the illustration - all the time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very similar silhouette to the vintage pattern I've made 4 times before<br />
so I'm ruling it out but at some point I need to make this long sleeved version with the<br />
fur collar</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOowHo4X4HMn5inJfNJX2vE0CYsDf152SSEXNAwvf9MiOQ_p9SmJ0Erhr6RmGO61vcXYtkRKrEA8lriSMzd_GCRv5N5XvLaI4PlZK8W-5IPBKPOmOgTMdnnpxjmOejaOWqnPDLpeBuEP8/s1600/P1030157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOowHo4X4HMn5inJfNJX2vE0CYsDf152SSEXNAwvf9MiOQ_p9SmJ0Erhr6RmGO61vcXYtkRKrEA8lriSMzd_GCRv5N5XvLaI4PlZK8W-5IPBKPOmOgTMdnnpxjmOejaOWqnPDLpeBuEP8/s1600/P1030157.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am definitely not 'junior' - one that's perhaps a bit young for me<br />
Perhaps my daughter would like them</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perhaps I'm pushing it with a 'junior & teen' pattern when I'm <br />
rapidly approaching 50 although I do love the <br />
red version with the obi style belt<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXg569AEwxZsj8hJMIEz3RAsJrTa6wXPObIwCw0Pi_kgawaRoZgz0QUxCtL9SKWvnbTDWpAx5x5CE5jjCEtIBxoNgEsyyPGvPg61SwRso0znUNXEGJK6QCHwCxjt9tfhpO2TbiLbfODIg/s1600/P1030176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXg569AEwxZsj8hJMIEz3RAsJrTa6wXPObIwCw0Pi_kgawaRoZgz0QUxCtL9SKWvnbTDWpAx5x5CE5jjCEtIBxoNgEsyyPGvPg61SwRso0znUNXEGJK6QCHwCxjt9tfhpO2TbiLbfODIg/s1600/P1030176.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have another sundress I want to make more than this one<br />
so it's on the back-burner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I want to save this until I'm more experienced with vintage patterns because<br />
it's a beauty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This stunning Valentino pattern deserves to be made on it's own, <br />
the focus, the star - not part of a bigger plan<br />
I think I'm actually in love with this pattern :)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I'm down to the final 21 - I can manage with that number</span></div>
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Jacq Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04720788276272548617noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515200276404197969.post-29478283467069483282014-02-09T17:31:00.002+00:002014-02-12T21:45:00.551+00:00Crafty Happenings - Week 6<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Sunday - I hope wherever you are the weather isn't too awful. We've had terrible rain and high winds but the flooding is only in the centre of town and few properties are effected. We've been really lucky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">OK, weekly, crafty round-up:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I saw some embroidered napkins </span><a href="http://www.simplesimonandco.com/?s=cloth+napkin" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I actually found the Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorial </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqwdNqMZ8Ro" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for a self-binding baby blanket</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">made much more sense <em>for me </em>when it came to figuring out the corners.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I had a little bit of a play with the embroidery stitches on my machine</span></div>
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Inner fabric was from Britex when we were in SF in November</div>
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Outer fabric was part of last <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/crafty-happenings-week-5.html" target="_blank">week's haul</a></div>
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This is a total result - getting stuff in and out of the stash in a week :)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For me - exactly the same as I made for my Mother at Christmas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- this has been 85% done since the second week of December, nice</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to have it finished</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">P and I went here on Monday - it was even his idea!<br />
We were looking for fabric for our bedroom curtains -<br />
no joy so far but I didn't come home empty handed</td></tr>
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- £3.50 per metre I think</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White polka dot print cotton for a quilt I'm planning<br />
- £5 per metre</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Would you believe it, more dots!<br />
£1.50 per metre, practice knit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A ponte knit for my Kitschy Coo Lady Skater dress<br />
- £4.50 per metre</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh good grief would you look at that - more polka dots<br />
- a bargain knit to practice with, I want a batwing sleeved top<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved this floral - 3 metres of the print & the lining fabric<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fun cotton - this is for a gift for my friend,<br />
she always wanted to have an old-fashioned sweet shop!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terrible photo but the only one I remembered to take!<br />
I won a bunch of vintage baby crochet patterns on ebay,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bunch of zips I picked up in The Fabric Warehouse yesterday<br />
- yep, we're still looking for curtain fabric<br />
- no, we still don't have any!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I decided to join in with Marie's <a href="http://www.astitchingodyssey.com/2014/02/vintage-sewing-pattern-pledge-will-you.html" target="_blank">Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge</a> this week.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I think this is a fabulous idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I've spent a lot of time photographing and sorting patterns to have a manageable choice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I've saved them all on their own blog page - this is actually really helpful so I'll do it with my other patterns at some point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My commitment is 4.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm nearly at the final stage of weeding out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">That's it for me this week</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh I am on a roll, I've got to get these numbers down otherwise there's just too much choice and what will happen is I actually won't make a decision and nothing will get made. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, I'm going to make all of these one day, every single one of them - just not for the <a href="http://www.astitchingodyssey.com/2014/02/vintage-sewing-pattern-pledge-will-you.html" target="_blank">Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I've already got it down to 47, here goes ...</span></div>
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She made this for herself when she was a young woman<br />
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Not 'different' enough</h2>
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the skirt is too similar to the vintage pattern I've already made<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well obviously I'm too old for the backless number!<br />
I like the little jacket and skirt but they're not standing out at the moment -<br />
I've got to be really, really ruthless!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, that's another 15 off the list - I'm down to 32!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well I thought I'd just photograph and organise all my vintage patterns and then it would be easy to pick what I'm going to make to take part in Marie's </span><a href="http://www.astitchingodyssey.com/2014/02/vintage-sewing-pattern-pledge-will-you.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge.</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've got them all photographed and saved on a special page on the blog, all 66 of them, I don't have a problem at all and it's such a lovely even number.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I need to record dates and sizes I think, get a bit more organised, that'll help enormously.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I've eliminated the measly 3 I've <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/vintage-sewing-pattern-pledge-im-in.html" target="_blank">made already</a> - that would be outright cheating, especially as I've made them multiple times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So that leaves me with 63. That's it, time to get ruthless and pick out the ones I'm definitely not going to be making any time soon. The reasons for them being on the 'not making' list vary a bit:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They're just not 'me'</span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't think I'm a 'skirt and waistcoat' kind of woman - but this look might come back, you never know.<br />
So I'd better hold on to them just in case!<br />
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my bosom will end up looking like a shelf - sounds ridiculous, trust me<br />
it's a real issue!<br />
I'd have to alter it a bit to make it work for me and have other<br />
patterns that would work better I think so this is on hold</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It love this and it's Maudella - but a bit frilly for me, that bosom again!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what I'm going to wear when I'm important!</span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delightful - this brings me joy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frankly I am too old for this pattern! But I love it so, and it reminds me of the clothes<br />
my mother used to make and wear<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reminds me of the first 'grown up' outfit I was bought when I was 11 :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's Biba - enough said!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unless I get invited to a fancy dress and want to go as a 60s actress I can't see<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure about this neckline but it reminds me of a dress<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reminds me of my Geography teacher at Grammar School - <br />
I did not enjoy secondary school, she probably doesn't know it, or even remember me, but<br />
she helped make it bearable. And she was brilliant at macramé!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this so much but need to go somewhere posh - isn't it gorgeous?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Girl bought me this for Christmas - it's glorious but I am never going to make my own <br />
leather gloves, it's just not happening.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am delighted when I find a Barbara Hulanicki designed <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/biba-beyond-barbara-hulanicki.html" target="_blank">sewing pattern</a> but<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not ever going to make this - but<a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/fabulous-auntie-s-little-bit-of-shopping.html" target="_blank"> Auntie S</a> told all her ladies at ballroom dancing that I sew<br />
and they gave me patterns, loads of patterns, of things they had made for themselves in the past.<br />
I can't part with those, a gift from one sewer to another means something special.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sorted through my vintage sewing patterns this week - that caused much hilarity here as P objected to me including a 1990s pattern in this category - makes him feel old apparently! However, as the accepted definition seems to be 'over 20 years old' in that pattern goes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have 66 in total - and have so far made a grand total of 3 of them! That's a measly 4.5%. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P looked at them and said 'You don't have enough fabric.' - I love that man! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And I've made this one 4 times - 3 for me, one for My Girl, <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/shut-up-and-sew-something.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And I've made this twice - one example is <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/out-of-dog-house.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
As it was 50p in a charity shop I've had my money's worth!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, it would appear, if I actually pull my finger out and make up a vintage pattern, it's a success and I make it multiple times. This seems like a winning combination - I should make some more!</span></div>
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<strong><em>During 2014 I will sew up at least four of my vintage sewing patterns.</em></strong></div>
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<strong><em>Anything else is a bonus</em></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm going to make a new page and add all the photos of my vintage patterns - I think I need to have a bit of a sort out first and decide what I'm going to make.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look at that - a blue sky and no rain - we've had a couple of days like that this week, it makes me feel so much better :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Well, given these Crafty updates are all I'm posting at the moment I'm ridiculously late with last week's but I have an excuse - it was P's birthday, My Boy was home from Uni with his Girlfriend for a visit and My Girl moved out into a flat for the first time. Frankly, it's been manic and, despite having a few days off I am totally knackered!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I didn't manage much of a crafty nature but everything counts right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> My Girl and her Flatmate need a draught excluder for their front door - yes, I appreciate this is a doorstop but I had found the pattern I'd previously used for this so I just made it longer ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Done - and using a curtain remnant <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/crafty-happenings-week-1.html" target="_blank">I bought only a few weeks ago</a> and the remains of a bag of toy stuffing I've had knocking about for years - I'm calling this £2.00 - bargain!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both of these fabrics were 50% off in the sale - I have a plan.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had the print at the front already - my brother gave me an early Christmas voucher for Britex<br />
when we were in<a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/postcard-from-san-francisco.html" target="_blank"> San Francisco</a> at the end of last year.<br />
It was always destined to be napkins for our dining table - I just needed the right backing fabric -<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/triangle-therapy.html" target="_blank">And this is the table runner I started last April</a> - <br />
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Oh no dots, shame :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know I haven't finished <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/crafty-happenings-week-2.html" target="_blank">my quilt</a> but this layer cake was<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No I don't need any more wool but it was ridiculously cheap <strong>and </strong><br />
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trace them onto grided sewing paper. <br />
I have very strong memories of my mother making patterns this way when I was very small<br />
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Even the illustrations on this book blend in with the sofa!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh I've nailed the pattern but for some reason it's enormous, it was over 5' long - it's supposed to be about 4' square when finished (approx. 120 cm) which is pretty generous for a baby shawl I think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No idea what's going on - I have the correct yarn and the required hook size (2.5mm). Funnily enough my tension is usually fairly tight and I tend to go up half a size - it would have been absolutely massive if I'd done that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, with maths that has made my brain hurt, I've figured out the pattern repeat/sizing again and I'm going to reduce my starting chain to 225 stitches, not 305.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You absolutely need a bag for that kind of adventure (I was the Yellow Fairy in case you were wondering, it's something of a supporting role, it mainly requires doing as you're told and being entirely adaptable to an ever-changing storyline!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here's my Finished Object overview</span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Does my version look like the pattern?</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">I didn't really use one - it's just a basic drawstring bag with a boxed bottom. There are a million tutorials out there if anybody needs one.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What skills did I need?</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">None at all, very basic. But I was very good and used my overlocker to make sure the seams were good and strong and dragon-proof.</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Was the fabric recommendation correct?</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used just over half of it as this is a good-sized bag (to fit in wands and fairy wings). I'll make another one for Annie with the remainder as she needs somewhere to store her tiaras apparently :)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>How long did it take to make?</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About 20 minutes start to finish.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did I learn anything from the process?</span></strong><br /><strong></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Yes, if you know your audience then the simplest of projects gives great pleasure :)</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total cost?</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">The fabric was £12.00. I had to buy co-ordinating ribbon. No pattern obviously, stash thread - about £7.00.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will I make it again?</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Of course, she's got to store her jewels somewhere!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Oh, I did have to get creative, one back isn't really lapped - Ernie the kitten ran off with the piece of fabric and I couldn't find it - I had to use the tiny bit I had left. Of course, the original cut piece turned up after I'd finished!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">I managed to get 3 plain cushions out of that width, and by cutting the fronts and 2 back pieces out in a different order each cushion front is different. Result.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>How long did it take to make?</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Probably an hour and a half - and at least 20 minutes of that was searching for the fabric Ernie had hidden!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did I learn anything from the process?</span></strong><br /><strong></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm a total skinflint and love making something for almost nothing!</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total cost?</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">The fabric was £5:00, bought <a href="http://www.agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/crafty-happenings-week-2.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I had loads of zips in my stash - I tend to bulk buy in charity shops, they don't match one another but they go with the colours in the fabric (mostly) and you can't see them because they're lapped! I reused the cushion inserts so I think about £5.30 for all three :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a totally manic week, hence even my Crafty update isn't on time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It took me 2 attempts to get the chain and foundation row right - a bit of a faff with a chain of 305 but I'm there now. I'm on a course in London this week and I thought I might take it to entertain myself on the train but I haven't nailed the pattern yet - I think I'll end up in a muddle. There's only so many times I can face frogging before I fall out of love with a project so I'm not going to risk it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I put myself on a pattern fast last year - I love them but I had so many, pretty much none of which I'd even attempted. I was starting to feel a bit overwhelmed with them. So, unless they were fabby old patterns that I was saving from oblivion, lost in the depths of the local charity shops, I didn't buy any. And even some of those old patterns I gave away when I hadn't used them in 6 months. I can't help it, I love the illustrations and notes past sewers have made.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, I have kept a mental list of patterns that I've very nearly bought on several occasions. By the end of the year I'd forgotten about most of them but the Lady Skater Dress was still firmly on my list, despite being a pdf which I'm not terribly keen on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So now I just need to assemble it all and get brave with the knits!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I spent some of Friday with P's lovely Auntie S - she's been crafting for over 70 years and I love spending time with her. Not only do I get terribly well fed, I always get a bag of goodies she's found me (zips she's found in her sewing box, vintage hooks and eyes etc). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't make anything this time - I usually get a lesson in a craft I've not tried before! It's proper Blue Peter prep with 'here's one I made earlier' and bits I have to try before she lets me move on to the next stage!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't get to Sewing Club on Sunday as we were away all weekend in Brighton celebrating a birthday - so I bought a <em>tiny </em>bit of fabric to scratch the crafty itch! Little A loves dressing up and I'm going to make some bags for her to keep her stuff in, I thought it would encourage her to tidy up her own things. I think this fabric was perfect for storing her costumes in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And I've been slowly catching up with the backlog of posts on blogs I follow, I'm under 100 so getting there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm looking for fabric for new bedroom curtains - I keep picking up bits of fabric in every shop I go into - this may eventually negate the saving of making the curtains myself, unless we choose the fabric pretty soon!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This silver fabric is entirely hideous to work with (and look at!) - £3.50 per metre</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're having a fundraiser at work on Tuesday - it involves an Abba dance routine (I am not sure how I got talked into it!) and very dodgy costumes. I'm having to make alterations to 3 of the tops. This silver fabric is part of my attempt to cover our modesty - the overlocker has been an absolute godsend with this awful unravelly fabric - on the plus side you now can't see our underwear through the costume!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We are going to be hopeless, I'm hoping the sparkly fabric temporarily blinds the audience!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">800g of 4ply baby yarn and a 2.5mm hook - <br />
order arrived in the post this week</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our friends J&C (whose wedding stationery I made </span><a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/wedding-stationery-done-dusted.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) are expecting their first baby in June - lovely news :)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 magazines I picked up for a song in the market</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm a total cheapskate - I do love crafty magazines but they're so expensive and I often only like 1 or perhaps 2 projects so I don't buy them regularly. These are a couple of months old - doesn't bother me in the slightest for 75p each!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took a trip to Hometown in Rochester on Wednesday - it's a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wonderful quilting supplies shop. I even managed to have a coffee with <a href="http://houseofpinheiro.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Rachel</a> so it was a lovely crafty day. Oh and my purchases mean I've got enough stamps on my card for a 'free' metre of fabric on my next visit - P and I apparently have a different understanding of what 'free' means!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've managed to cut and attach all the setting & corner triangles -these are the first 4 rows sewn together, only another 7 to go to finish the centre of the quilt.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also signed up for this <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/class/Quilting-Big-Projects-on-a-Small-Machine/51?_ct=sbqii-sqjuweho-qbb&_ctp=51,31" target="_blank">Craftsy course</a> this week -<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So that's it - I apparently fit crafty moments into my week and even I don't notice.</span></div>
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I've been reading lots of Year End/Year Beginning posts over the last few days - catching up with my favourite blogs.</div>
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I love looking at the round-up posts and reading the thought processes that make something a hit or a miss for that person, it's so individual.</div>
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I thought about doing something similar but, if I'm entirely honest with myself, it doesn't really work for me - you've only got to look at how out of date my yearly Achievements pages are to see that! I am going to update my Achievements page for last year (when I get half an hour spare), otherwise I'll forget entirely. </div>
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Plus, I'm an outstanding Starter but I don't finish a project before I start the next one. I know, I'm probably doing it wrong. It just doesn't work for me - I'm sure I'd be a million times more productive but I have to be in the right frame of mind. Crafting is a pleasure for me, it feels more like a chore if I make myself finish a crochet project when I'm in a sewing frame of mind. And I'm never going to be the world's most productive clothes maker because I'm actually comfortable with a pretty small wardrobe of pieces that work together for me.</div>
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So, I'm going to come at this from a different angle this year. This is the first of my weekly posts of craft-related progress in my life. It might be something I've bought or made the plans for or, hold onto your hats, actually got on and made! But for me this year is about the steps forward, not the finished items. I have a feeling this will be more motivating for me - it's certainly worth a go.</div>
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I kind of tied myself in a knot about taking decent photos but it isn't going to happen, if I'm going to do this regularly I'll have to take them when I have time - given the current weather in the UK expect them to be poor quality and taken when it's dark and raining!</div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Here goes then:</span></strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The biggest pieces of each one are sufficient for a bag -<br />
I've been making lots of tote bags lately and have orders for more.<br />
This weight of fabric is perfect.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Supplies</span></strong></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A great needlepoint book from the Oxfam shop for £1.49<br />
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8 reels of white and cream thread for my overlocker - <br />
I must be using it more than I thought as I've entirely run out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have <strong>a great many </strong>craft books so, even if they are a bargain, <br />
I don't buy them now unless there's a pattern/project that<br />
I love - I really want to make this bird cushion, it's beautiful.</td></tr>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Cross-stitch</span></strong></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Progress on the Batman & Friends cross-stitch I'm making for P -<br />
originally this was going to be a Christmas gift but trying to sew in<br />
secret was <strong>not working at all</strong><br />
You can find the pattern here <a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/weelittlestitches"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #627349;">http://www.etsy.com/people/weelittlestitches</span></span></a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Quilting</span></strong></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My new A1 size cutting mat arrived this week - goodness it's brilliant,<br />
I can't believe what a difference it makes having had only a tiny little<br />
one before, it was really for card making and just wasn't suitable.<br />
I'm whizzing through my cutting out now.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first Jelly Roll quilt (fabric bought for me by my brothers last April!)<br />
All the squares are sewn together and I've figured out the sizes for corner and <br />
setting squares.<br />
I can't make any more process now until I pick out my border fabrics</td></tr>
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Jacq Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04720788276272548617noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515200276404197969.post-7769715206342264252014-01-01T22:53:00.001+00:002014-01-05T18:01:43.199+00:00Hello Blog - Remember Me?<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello Little Blog</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bet you're feeling a bit neglected, left off the Christmas card list, overlooked.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I managed a Draft post about <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/happy-john-denver-muppets-day.html" target="_blank">John Denver and the Muppets Day</a><br />
but never posted it </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Expectations were high as we had F & A to stay for the weekend<br />
- Uncle P did a brilliant job of breakfast :)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">To be honest Little Blog, you were just one more thing on a very long list in the last 6 weeks or so and I knew I could let you slide off the end. I've struggled to even keep up with all the brilliant blogs I follow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I even had a bit of a wobble and wondered whether it was worth putting you back on the list at all, perhaps we'd reached the end of a road - I know, very unfriendly.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I enjoyed a wonderful Christmas Lunch with friends from the Rochester Sewing Club<br />
- Julie was delighted with her Secret Santa present from Rachel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foxy Sewing - Made by <a href="http://houseofpinheiro.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/foxy-sewing.html" target="_blank">Rachel</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brilliant knitted pincushion by Julie for Polly<br />
- I admire anything knitted, being entirely pants myself!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/more-craft-bags.html" target="_blank">Another craft bag</a>, for Rachel - I totally forgot to photograph this after I'd made it, just<br />
not in a bloggy frame of mind</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My gorgeous present, made by <a href="http://www.jakandgeegee.co.uk/" target="_blank">Polly</a> - this appeals to me so much, <br />
I'm delighted with it, and it's all marvellous polka dots on the inside</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The little oriental fans are my absolute favourite.<br />
Polly was in the middle of Christmas madness, family birthdays and<br />
house moving. How she found time to make this is beyond me!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I've been snowed under (sorry, pun entirely intentional) with Christmas, worrying family stuff, the death of a friend and colleague I admired so much, work re-structuring/potential job losses and just general, all-round crapness. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ernie and Elmo did their bit to help us feel more Christmassy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elmo had to make a concerted effort - at this point it was becoming clear My Boy<br />
wasn't going to make it home for Christmas and <strong>she</strong> misses him badly. Not me, I'm fine<br />
about the whole thing, honest ... poor Elmo</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I had a decision to make - I could just about make all the gifts I so desperately wanted to give or I could photograph and blog a couple and accept I wouldn't get the others done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I decided to actually do the stuff that keeps me sane and figure out where to go from there. Life is, after all, about the living of it rather than keeping a record, right?</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For another Sewer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For my 'pink' friend S</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For my Sister-in-Law's talented Mum - whose knitting<br />
keeps F & A in jumpers :)<br />
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There was another bag for My Girl, a Jane Austen cross-stitch for my brother and his wife, a <br />
Pirate Izzy costume for A and a<br />
stuffed penguin for My Boy. <br />
None photographed but completed with love and done in good time :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made a pre-Christmas dash to Swansea to see My Boy and his Girlfriend<br />
- so lovely to see them</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Christmas decoration for our tree, made by My Boy's Girlfriend -<br />
so thoughtful<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Despite the terrible weather and power cuts, we managed<br />
to take P's parents and his aunts and uncles out for a Christmas lunch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sadly there's an aunt and uncle missing from this group, <br />
sad losses to the family in the last couple of years.<br />
I'm so glad we managed to do this - it was lovely to get everyone together.<br />
I love how much effort they all made dressing up festively -<br />
they're a fine bunch of people :)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Christmas is over, spent with my brother and his family (and yes I still owe him a dressing gown - goodness, the guilt!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We saw the New Year in with My Girl, my Best Friend and her husband which was lovely. I've had a chance to catch my breath today and I realised how much pleasure you give me Little Blog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">How great it is for me to have a record of what I've made (well it would be if I made any effort whatsoever to keep my Achievements pages up to date!). And I've made some great friends and am part of a brilliant sewing group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm not really one for Resolutions but I think you and I should stick with it little Blog. And, despite being an Excellent Starter I'm determined to try to be a Finisher this year - it's certainly worth a go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So, can we make up? I'll update my 2013 list of completed projects and then it's onwards and upwards for 2014 :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">xxxx</span></div>
Jacq Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04720788276272548617noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515200276404197969.post-73314912761174874142013-12-27T10:16:00.001+00:002013-12-27T10:17:39.538+00:00Merry Christmas & A Happy, Healthy 2014<div class="separator" style="text-align: center;clear: both; "><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8lh1V4jfvRk/Ur1TYSkBq0I/AAAAAAAAB14/k45v64oj7BQ/s1024/Photo%25252025%252520Dec%2525202013%25252006%25253A38.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8lh1V4jfvRk/Ur1TYSkBq0I/AAAAAAAAB14/k45v64oj7BQ/s500/Photo%25252025%252520Dec%2525202013%25252006%25253A38.jpg" id="blogsy-1388139369159.743" class="alignnone" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a></div>
<p style="text-align: center;"> To you and yours</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">From me and mine</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and wish you</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">All the very best for 2014</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Jacq</p>
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<p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Jacq Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04720788276272548617noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515200276404197969.post-23394528917268521402013-11-28T22:20:00.002+00:002013-11-28T22:21:11.942+00:00Thankful<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK but I am absolutely chuffed to have been at my baby brother's wedding last week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And as it was in America, here's my Thanksgiving photo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a joy to be part of such a fab day - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I got through my reading without weeping ... or at least I can pretend I did, as you can't see my face!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The groom is my brother Yoda, the best man is my brother Qui Gon Jinn - I <em>just might </em>still owe him<br />
<a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/goldhawk-road-ill-be-back.html" target="_blank">a dressing gown</a>!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I finished the <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/lifes-selvedge.html" target="_blank">Princess Bride cross-stitch</a> that I made for a wedding present - <br />
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Well, here is the young Mum-to-Be in the maternity dress I made for her, when she was at the height of 'all day sickness' and feeling terrible ...<br />
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... and now you can see why the fabric choice was perfect for her! She loves this dress and I am so pleased to have been able to make such an <a href="http://agoodtalkingto.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-lisette-continental-like-youve.html" target="_blank" title="">individual dress</a> for her.<br />
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I'd never made baby shower gifts before so I kept it simple:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A while back I very excitedly replied to Rachel (</span><a href="http://houseofpinheiro.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">House of Pinheiro</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) because she'd posted about the possibility of having a local sewing group. Fortunately for me the suggestion was to meet in Rochester and that's not far from where I live at all - result!
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honestly, I didn't know what to take with me. You get used to having all your stuff around you at home - I tried to plan but, in the end, kept throwing stuff in my various holdalls 'just in case'. I thought bags would be a good idea, something simple to complete, so took the pattern (and the 2 larger sizes I've tweaked a bit) that I downloaded </span><a href="http://verypurpleperson.com/2010/04/making-reversible-bag/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I've made it lots of times before, although I don't tend to make it reversible, and I like a zipped pocket and a closure of some sort. But it is totally brilliant for adding your own touches too.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Emmie forgot her sewing machine power cable - despite the fact that she and I had managed to fill the back of my car with stuff and nearly gave ourselves a hernia trying to get it all to the venue! On the plus side she had pdf patterns to put together and cut out so she got loads and loads of prep done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rachel's experienced at group sewing and she didn't get much done either (so I felt a bit better!) but she was absolutely right, it was a really good day for swapping ideas and thinking creatively, I'm really looking forward to future meet ups.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I might need something like this - before I do myself a mischief trying to cart my machine around but my heart yearns for something more like this ...</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.... which is far less practical of course but it is covered in dots!
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, here's the thing ... last time we visited I was not sewing stuff. I bought bits and bobs for card making but I was not in the market for fabrics, patterns and trims. This time clearly I am!</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The place I'm desperate to go to is Alameda Flea Market but it's not on when we're there (honestly, rubbish wedding planning - I have complained!). So that's one less option. Serendipitously we're in a hotel literally round the corner from Britex. And my brother's house is a stone's throw from Stone Mountain & Daughter. If anybody has any recommendations I'd be glad to hear them - I've got to make the most of my limited time!</span></div>
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I'm really enjoying working with this pattern, there's just the right mixture of repeats and need to concentrate which mean it isn't boring AND I can watch the tv at the same time :)
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Jacq Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04720788276272548617noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515200276404197969.post-32708402624049917332013-10-20T22:32:00.000+01:002013-10-20T22:34:43.816+01:00Do you want a cake with that crochet?<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If you're in the UK you'll know the 'Duck' weather's pretty much settled in - at least for a couple of weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There's nothing for it, best to stay in and make stuff, interspersed with tea and cake. In fact, if you're really dedicated to this approach, make the cake too. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">This is where I would post the photo of the rock cakes I made this weekend ... but we've eaten them! We don't mess about, we're throwing ourselves into this, proper commitment is what you need!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://alittleofwhatyou.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sam</a> left the following comment after my last post and rather than just email her an answer I thought I'd stick the reply here :)</span><br />
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grandchild, due early next year.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Obviously this is just my opinion but I've taught a few people to crochet this year and these are some of the patterns I've made, or the other beginners have had a go at, with pretty good results. Here are 4 that are really easy and look lovely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Most importantly, your friend really needs to sign up for Ravelry Sam, then she's good to go ...</span></div>
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The pattern is a free download on Ravelry.<br />
The pattern recommends worsted weight yarn - I used double knit with no<br />
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It's handy if you don't know if the baby is a boy or girl because you<br />
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Note - the pattern is written in US crochet terms so 'sc' is UK double crochet - <br />
and that's pretty much what you use all the way through - very simple!<br />
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the pattern is from the brilliant Lucy of Attic 24 <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/neat-ripple-pattern.html?cid=6a00e551101c548834015392372f15970b" target="_blank">link here</a>.<br />
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I have made this pattern a couple of times - funnily enough on the<br />
second occasion for the little chap above - once he'd outgrown his baby Tiramisu<br />
I made a Ripple for his cot.<br />
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The pattern is a bit more complicated but, once you get going, has<br />
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The first one I made had 4 colours and a set repeat, <br />
the second was random - both looked fab.<br />
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Lucy explains it expertly on her blog, with a detailed<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It looks far more difficult than it is - basically you're working </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">UK double crochet and then just adding bobbles which are</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">super easy once you try them - and beautifully</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">explained in the tutorial.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The really important thing is the yarn. I don't think there's any point in being a yarn snob for baby blankets - they are going to be put through all sorts and will need to be washed regularly and dried fast. On that basis I would use acrylic yarn every time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The following is just my opinion, for what it's worth:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I started using Stylecraft Special DK (as recommended by Lucy above) and it's brilliant stuff and comes in a huge range of colours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I don't have a local stockist that has more than a few of the colours available so I order mine from <a href="https://www.masonsneedlecraft.co.uk/zcart/" target="_blank">Masons</a> - I've always had really good service from them and their prices are good and P&P reasonable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hope that helps</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">x</span></div>
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