Scraps and Threadtales

I overdid it a bit this past weekend so my eyes were a bit "wonky" today. A good day to sort fabric and iron...not a good day to ...

One of the things on my "to do before leaving England" list was to visit a sheep farm and to see a lambing. Even though it was a ...

Well it doesn't feel much like spring this weekend. Bits of snow fall, then sun, then black rain clouds...and all of those changes in l...

First, thanks for all the feedback on the chair question in my last post. It looks like the shabby chick roses win. I will work on one thi...

Hope everyone is having a great St Patrick's Day! I am wearing green going to make some Irish bread! I am in need of an opinion and my ...

The winds are so strong in our part of the UK they even canceled the horse races at Cheltenham. The big shock was finding a large section o...

I have got to admit one of the things I really love about England is tea. Not just drinking it (though I dashed into the Cheltenham Museum ...

We had terrible wind storms and rain last night. Add that to the cats wanting to stay safely in the bed with us (storms can't get them ...

In the U.S. this is National MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Awareness Week. To do my bit I am going to try and post everyday combining a bit about...

Bits and bobs...that is one of my favorite British expressions. And it is the best way of explaining my sewing the past few days. A littl...

The past week you could just feel spring sneaking into the area. Just in time for Mothering Sunday some of the spring flowers like daffodil...

A few months ago I participated in the BBC program Flog It! I just got word that it will be aired on Monday at 1545 on BBC 2. I am a bit n...

I made a house block for Bonnie using the pattern on here web site. I didn't square it up just in case... This was a really fun block ...

This morning went to Fairford to do something very British - we saw Hunters on horseback. They were not actually hunting - it was a scented ...

I haven't been able to do too much sewing the past week. The cold I had the end of January came back with a vengeance...I've been p...