Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
Posted in Book Review on Feb 19th, 2008
I’ve just finished reading Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell. I read it because Jane Brocket recommended it in The Gentle Arts of Domesticity (in the section on The Domestic Library page 28).I enjoyed it – it was certainly domestic. In someone ways it reminded me of E F Benson’s Mapp and Lucia novels (although less tongue [...]
Posted in Book Review on Jan 27th, 2008
As I’m a bit of a janeite, I buy every book I see about Austen. Even some rather dreadful sequels and continuations. I have even made a few cross words. So when I saw this book at Dymocks I just had to have it. I’m still collecting my thoughts about this book – overall I [...]
Posted in Book Review on Jan 19th, 2008
We’ve been reading Salvation Creek for book club. It’s a memoir by Susan Duncan who was unfortunate to lose both her brother and husband within a matter of days. This tragedy bought about a midlife crisis of sorts – she packed in her job and decided to try to find a place in the country [...]
Posted in Book Review on Oct 31st, 2007
So my new books have arrived … I haven’t had a chance to look at them properly, but they’re beautiful productions. I had a quick flick through both books and I wanted to make pretty much everything. I particularly liked the scallop edge quilt in Amy’s book – I thought it would be very quick [...]
Posted in Book Review on May 20th, 2007
I’ve been busily trying to finish quilting my ‘seattle’ quilt with my new sewing machine. I call it my Seattle quilt because I bought the fabric in Seattle in 2002 (yes that is five years ago and I’m still trying to get it finished!). So not much to show on the craft front. However, I [...]