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Hello and welcome to my blog, where I love to share a little of my life with you...I am so lucky to be a textile artist and maker...inspired by the beautiful countryside around me and by all sorts of things in my life....if you fancy a creative WORKSHOP take a look here or taking a peep at what's in my ETSY shop click here...thank you for paying me a visit today!



Thursday, 1 March 2012

reasons to be cheerful...day 4 hooray!

well another day is rolling past...I am so enjoying posting these daily goodies...I did a long 'photoshoot' yesterday and had a great time...being creative with your own home and your own possessions is a wonderful way to look at things afresh...and to see where things need cleaning, tidying, sorting....to be reaquainted with your own lovely things...and maybe not so lovely items...just for now I am totally focussing on the former...
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comfy chair waiting...you can sit and chat...or look out of the window...or read a book...it's a funny old chair... a small bedroom chair... ideal if you have shorter legs...especially as it has a rather saggy bottom!...came from my grandparents flat in Whitley Bay so has happy memories of tea overlooking the sea...it has a cheap Ikea throw to disguise the fact that the seat is well overdue a major re-upholstering...
and a basket of beauty...another one handmade by my dearly beloved...a wonderful Christmas present...currently with just  the odd half-finished item...don't you just love knitting...the texture and feel of wool...the colours...just delicious to look at even if they are work in progress...


my favourite cushion knitted from some beautiful sea-blue wools...impressively I  even managed  buttonholes...and I love the texture of moss stitch...so simple but effective...


and the crochet throw made from some real odd mixes of colours but sentimentally attached as it was made by my old Guider so I love it...


and so does Bethany cat...a great judge of comfort and how to sleep anywhere...if a person isn't available a squishy old chair will do...cats are so good at just 'being' we can learn a lot...and always be willing to sit and spend some quality time communing with a purring knee warmer...bliss!

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