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I've been dress making crazy these last few weeks. I'm hoping being wardrobe ready will help speed up the arrival of some warm weather. It hasn't happened yet but I'm ready for when it does. This number is my first... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at comfortstitching

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winners

Thank you to all who entered the giveaways held here this past week. I loved reading about all the fabric lines you are excited about. Makes me feel crazy happy knowing that there are so many of you out there... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at comfortstitching

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project book pouch

I made this project pouch almost a year ago. I wanted something that could hold everything I needed in one place when I was in the middle of embroidering something. When my book came out with it's pullout pattern pages... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at comfortstitching

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The intrepid thread special and a giveaway

Today we are going fabric browsing again (told you it was a favorite hobby of mine). For today's trip we are flying over (virtually speaking but buckle up anyway) to Milpitas in California USA to visit Julie Dueck of The... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at comfortstitching

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fat quarter shop special and giveaway

For today's post we are going fabric browsing (one of my all time favourite activities to do in any spare minutes I can clock up). Fat Quarter Shop is an online fabric store that has grown phenomenally since it began... Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2013 at comfortstitching

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my space

Life has been pretty good here, things are starting to come together but there are always little set backs being overcome (for the good of all, these are getting fewer and fewer). One of these set backs happened just as... Continue reading

Posted May 6, 2013 at comfortstitching

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some inspiration and some winners

Geranium top by Rose & Dahlia Thank you to everyone who entered my pattern giveaway, the winners are Anna and Sonia - Congratulations to you (I've just emailed you both) I've been spotting so many cute things stitched up using... Continue reading

Posted May 3, 2013 at comfortstitching

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Love this Amy! It's the perfect pattern for Posy :)

Commented May 3, 2013 on Posy + Honeycomb = Love! at nanaCompany

giveaway

Thank you so much for all the kind birthday wishes I received yesterday! I thought today might be a good opportunity to have a little celebration here on the blog to let you know how much I appreciate you all... Continue reading

Posted May 2, 2013 at comfortstitching

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Bear with me

It's my birthday today and until the family get home from work and school, I can think of no better way of celebrating than basting and quilting my scrappy trips quilt (it's been whistling to me from the shelves for... Continue reading

Posted May 1, 2013 at comfortstitching

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step inside

As promised last week, I'm back to show you around a little of my new home. Unsuprisingly it was my sewing room most of you wanted to start with so here we are. As expected there is a ton of... Continue reading

Posted Apr 23, 2013 at comfortstitching

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follow me do

I'm sure pretty much every one of you is already aware that google reader is soon to be no more but since I have been absent from the internet o' blogosphere this was big news to me. So just in... Continue reading

Posted Apr 22, 2013 at comfortstitching

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finally

This morning, the very first thing I saw when I woke up was a rainbow. It made me think that today could turn out a good day. And it was. Because today, after waiting almost two months since we moved... Continue reading

Posted Apr 19, 2013 at comfortstitching

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Almost there

It's been a while since I last blogged but all will soon be back to normal. We moved house last month but have had no Internet since then. Which makes it kind of impossible to post here. Tonight I'm at... Continue reading

Posted Apr 3, 2013 at comfortstitching

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Posy fabric

Stuck at home in the snow earlier this week I took the opportunity of taking some pictures of the Posy fabric I was cutting up for a new quilt project. These designs are perfect if you are over the coldness... Continue reading

Posted Jan 24, 2013 at comfortstitching

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book report dress

As my girls get older, I find that it is dresses that they are getting the fussiest about. Lots of styles that work on younger girls don't seem to suit the tomboy tendencies of girls just a few years older.... Continue reading

Posted Jan 22, 2013 at comfortstitching

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stop start hexagons

This is a little project that I have going on right now. I started a few months ago and I only work on it in dribs and drabs, whenever I have a little time. It's coming along nicely and now... Continue reading

Posted Jan 17, 2013 at comfortstitching

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January icecream

Following on from yesterday's post, another recent winner in the little lady dressmaking department was this sweet little Icecream Top (one of the 3 options offered in this pattern). This time I used this print from my Posy line called... Continue reading

Posted Jan 15, 2013 at comfortstitching

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stripy hopscotch

As my daughter's grow older, I find that it is getting more difficult each passing year to sew them clothes that they will actually wear. They are getting very fussy particular about what they will or will not wear (there... Continue reading

Posted Jan 14, 2013 at comfortstitching

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Scrappy trips quilt

My Scrappy Trips Around The World quilt top is done. I might rename it the speedy trip around the world because I started out last Thursday evening cutting the strips and sewed the last row on to the top yesterday... Continue reading

Posted Jan 9, 2013 at comfortstitching

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then this happened..

I usually try to avoid starting a new quilt at 9.30 pm on the 3rd of January but as soon as Megan started showing off her Scrappy Trips quilt in progress at the end of last year I fell hopelessly... Continue reading

Posted Jan 7, 2013 at comfortstitching

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Little Red redo

Happy New Year! I hope you've enjoyed a good start to the year of 2013? I started out as I mean to continue, by stitching up my Little Red Riding Hood embroidery, again. I stitched the original 3 years ago... Continue reading

Posted Jan 4, 2013 at comfortstitching

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the frosty quilt

May I present to you in all it's starry eyed glory, the finished Frosty Quilt. This one just made itself, all I had to do was be present and hold the fabrics together whilst the machine sewed them up for... Continue reading

Posted Dec 18, 2012 at comfortstitching

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The good elf

I finished up my Diamond Gansey socks and gave them to my eldest daughter. She kept hinting she wanted them the whole time I was knitting and she has been a good elf lately (most of the time). She was... Continue reading

Posted Dec 17, 2012 at comfortstitching

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big stitch, small stitch

During the summer, when my book Little Stitches was first released, I gave each of my daughter's their very own copy. To my delight, they have now stitched several pieces each and I thought it might be an idea to... Continue reading

Posted Dec 14, 2012 at comfortstitching

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