tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63839683813072421072024-03-13T16:28:42.491-07:00So, Sew JoJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.comBlogger212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-37943610071789388372017-05-21T10:17:00.002-07:002017-05-21T10:18:15.870-07:00Just a few bits to show Hi there, I thought I had better get something on the blog before I got into trouble again. I have been working on some baubles to take to Canada at the end of the month.....yes!.. I am off again.😲 Our grandson is graduating from High School, so we are going over to attend the ceremonies and celebrate with the family. It also gives me the opportunity to make (and take) some baubles for them. <br />
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This design of bauble was the very first one I ever made some 15 or 16 years ago.<br />
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and its still one of my favourites<br />
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This one I made last month in silver and gold but never really loved it, so, I have added some colour and like it much more.<br />
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Pretty in Pink and Purple<br />
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altogether I have got 6 to take with me so am happy with that. All of the patterns are from <a href="http://www.spellboundbead.co.uk/">Spellbound beads</a><br />
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I have also got hooked (literally) on the "dress a child" dresses. Some have already been given to the ladies and these are just a couple more<br />
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Its been great, as I used up some fabrics that have been sat in the cupboard, and the crochet cotton has been in a basket waiting for a project, so its 'win win' all round .<br />
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I loved making my " High tea" crochet blanket (which in my house is to be used as a table cloth) so made up the blocks to take on my holidays for quiet days.<br />
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Have to confess that I couldn't resist crocheting a few. Who knows I may find time to get some of my charm packs sewn ready for yet another one before I go.<br />
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See you next time, happy hobby days.Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-15650366634244563212017-05-08T12:05:00.003-07:002017-05-08T12:05:43.982-07:00Just For Ena Oh my, I have been to my sewing group today and had a ticking off because I haven't added to my blog recently and all I can say is I have not been idle, but I do have a new laptop and have still got to get to grips with customising my photos etc......well that's my excuse!<br />
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I love to sit in the evening knitting, so I have made yet another two pair of socks with fingerless mitts to match<br />
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<br />I love the pale butterfly and think it will end up on the white bauble <span style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"></span></div>
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and tassels have now been added to the repertoire. I have to say this tassel gave a few problems to start and I thought this would be the first and last one I made, but now its finished I might have a go at another....they are so pretty1 <br />
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Before my holiday a friend gave me a birthday gift as a holiday <a href="http://fannyludesigns.com/high-tea-crochet-fusion-quilt-tutorial/">project</a>, she had cut and sewn all the squares so all I had to do was the blanket stitch and the crochet. It was duly packed and I spent a few happy hours stitching and hooking away. The result was lovely and the whole thing was so enjoyable to do that I have decided to make another. So fabrics cut and machined. now for the hand sewing and crocheting<br />
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I had been invited to a patchwork group to show them the technique of Foundation Piecing. I had to make a couple of samples and decided to use them in May's Mini Mania Challenge ....waste not want not!<br />
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Last but not least is the 'Challenge' we all received from <a href="http://highampiecemakers.blogspot.co.uk/">Highampi</a><a href="http://highampiecemakers.blogspot.co.uk/">e</a><a href="http://highampiecemakers.blogspot.co.uk/">cemakers</a>. We all had to make the same block and if you go<a href="http://highampiecemakers.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/put-kettle-on.html"> here</a> you will see that we all made a lovely job.<br />
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So as you see I have not been completely lazy lately - just avoiding the computer, I think.<br /><br />Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-86004839946265536232017-03-28T10:57:00.001-07:002017-03-29T09:49:39.795-07:00Long time no see<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi there to you all. I know its been ages since I last wrote on my blog, but sometimes life just gets in the way.<br />
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I have just returned from a 7 week holiday in South Africa........yes, 7 weeks!..I have to say that I honestly didn't know how I felt about being away from home for that long, but as it turned out it was great. We spent the first couple of weeks in Cape Town with my daughter, her hubby and our two grand children. There is always a list of things the children want to do and this year the top of the list was a trip to 'Ratanga<a href="http://www.ratanga.co.za/"> </a>Junction' with the "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXMVetJuEto">Cobra</a>" being at the very top of the list of rides, but my favourite (and one that we went on about 8 times) was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sYSarR4s5Q&t=25s">Monkey Falls</a> (you really should click on the link and enjoy). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By the time this photo was taken we had both worked out where the camera was </td></tr>
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Mr D and I then had a trip up to Durban to visit some friends that have both had a rough year. The weather was very mixed (although always warm), the first week was so hot and humid I even developed a heat rash - mind you with temps. of 36 deg C it wasn't surprising. After a few days we left my friend V and travelled just a bit further up the coast to Salt Rock. We arrived there on the Sunday, and Monday it started to rain. By Tuesday we had caught the tail end of a Cyclone and in all the time I lived in Natal I don't think I have ever seen it rain so hard and for so long I believe that in 24 hours over 12 inches of rain had fallen!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cool pools </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool Cocktails </td></tr>
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Our next stop was Victoria falls. In all the time we lived in S.A we either didn't have the money or the time to visit this beautiful tourist venue. Getting into Zimbabwe was a bit of a trial because although we knew we needed a visa and had checked online, there was some confusion as to how we could pay (the web site said we could pay in US$, Rand or credit card, but web sites can be out of date we were told!). We were the last folk in the airport and getting a bit frustrated but eventually managed a card payment...Phew!!! The driver that picked us up gave us a few hints and tips about visitors to the Falls and also said she would take us to the bank for US$ but unfortunately the banks had no money (nothing unusual we now know) so we managed with Rand and credit cards. The falls were magnificent and well worth the effort of getting into the country. You just cannot believe the spray that rains down on you as you wander through the rain forests, and unbelievably its warm so locals call it a free shower. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having a rest on the way down to the gorge </td></tr>
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We also decided on a Sunset Cruise on the Zambezi river. We thought a small boat would be more friendly, and rather than a full meal we chose a boat that offered snacks and drink. I think it was a little African style, but the guys on the boats were brilliant spotters. We saw hippos, crocs, and an elephant (which was unusual as there had been so much rain they didn't often come to the water as they had plenty inland)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice and relaxed </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the Captain and the Bar!!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were so many </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> And such a beautiful sunset</td></tr>
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Afternoons in Zimbabwe were spent around the pool.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love empty pools</td></tr>
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This part of the holiday came to an end and we had to return to the airport - and what a surprise that was! Firstly there was an exit tax that nobody had informed us (or any of the other passengers about) and at $50 each it wasn't a cheap escape. I couldn't believe the airport, as there was not a soul to be seen!....... beautiful airport but empty! The biggest surprise was when we realised that there was only 10 passengers on the Airbus 320 back to Joburg!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terminal 1 </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our departure Lounge </td></tr>
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Our last stop before returning to Cape Town was to see friends in Johannesburg. Oh how the area has changed since we lived there! I cannot believe the amount of shopping malls and designer shops, not that we spent much time in them, we were off to the Vaal River for some R and R. Time was spent relaxing by the river, bit of fishing and then trips in the boat looking for Monitor lizards and fish eagles and other wild life. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Personal tour guide and spotter </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Muck!!</td></tr>
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I did of course get some sewing, knitting and crochet done while sitting around </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was a DIY birthday gift from a friend </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas gift </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A friend was battling to get this finished so I took it over. </td></tr>
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Then on our last weekend, back in Cape Town, our daughter Jan and I had a "girly" sewing time as the men and children were off to a 'Dads and Kids Camp'. What a lot of sewing got done!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cardigan for granddaughter Issy coming up </td></tr>
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I cannot believe that this was from the daughter that had no interest in sewing!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan made two of these </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also made two</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two pairs of leggings </td></tr>
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Not bad considering we only had Friday afternoon and Saturday.. </div>
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Our last day in Cape Town was spent at Noordhoek Cape Point Vineyard. A picnic and lazing in the shade......just the ticket!! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a view </td></tr>
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Hope you have enjoyed my holiday.....</div>
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-970599188096746942016-08-31T09:11:00.003-07:002017-03-28T07:16:54.040-07:00Busy doing not much at allI wonder if it is the sun that has chased away my enthusiasm for sewing but all I have to say is there has not been much of any going on in this house. I did manage my Mini Mania Challenge for this month, but even that gave me a few headaches ....... I decided to make a few different size plates and to try something new. I started with the largest plate and sewed three different fabrics together to make a multi coloured plate, but what I didn't realise until I had sewn them altogether was that if you only use three colours the middle blocks will obviously be all the same...bit of a Derrrrrr! moment, still live and learn as they say...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one measures about 7" from point to point </td></tr>
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back at the sewing machine to make a smaller one, but only two colours this time<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">each blade was 3" at this stage</td></tr>
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now for the fun bit</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Points sewn </td></tr>
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got the yellow and green together nicely, but then tried even smaller and goodness knows what happened to them but they certainly didn't make a plate...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Something definitely wrong here </td></tr>
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bit of jiggery pokery and finally got there</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">don't look too closely at the quilting...I was tired! </td></tr>
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I am still playing with beaded baubles. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love making these </td></tr>
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and finally this should be all about my scarf/wrap.........I must have spent about 4 days knitting a pattern row, then the next row, only to unknit these as something was wrong. I finally gave up as I always seem to have the correct number of stitches (261 at this point) and just couldn't get the pattern to work...and life's too short! I'd like to think the pattern was wrong, but I very much doubt that so as a last resort .....<br />
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I have often shown you photos of my Tuesday evening country walks, but the evenings are drawing in now and the sunsets are more difficult to capture, but this is what we do half way around - when the evenings are as warm as they have been in the last couple of weeks...<br />
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I really am falling down on my blogging lately, but I think I might have lost my mojo for sewing as well. I might blame it on the stunning summer we have had, but that wouldn't be true as we have had a rubbish summer really. There have been the odd days of sunshine and I have tried to make the most of those days with some long walks and the occasional bike ride.......no photos sorry? <br />
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I did sew last month's challenge but can't say that Seminole quilts are my favorite - still you always learn a few things along the way, so that's a bit of a consolation.<br />
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I have also spent time watching the Olympics (which I am really enjoying) and knitting up the yarn I dyed with L If you remember we only dyed 50 gr. hanks and there's not a lot you can make with just 50 gr, but fingerless mitts work very well. All the patterns came free from Ravelry.... If you want patterns, Ravelry is a good place to look. <br />
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I had a trip back to Lichfeild and <a href="http://www.spellboundbead.co.uk/">Spellbound beads</a> 😱😱 gilts got me again. I bought mainly beads this time, and as soon as I got home I started playing. My sister in law S had bought a pattern for the Emperor bauble a couple of years ago at Alli Palli and neither of us could get our heads around it at the time, so it was pushed to the back of the pile and forgotten until this visit to the shop. I thought I would try it again as this is one of the patterns in the.book I bought. Would you believe it, this bauble is no more difficult than any of the others so I have been busy and started whipping up the tassels. I have to say I am really enjoying beading at the moment, even to the point of buying myself a new box to (hopefully) keep them all together<br />
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-35284603428618269222016-07-29T07:50:00.001-07:002016-07-29T07:50:40.602-07:00'Bits and Bobs'I feel I have been neglecting this blog recently, but life has been getting in the way a bit, so apologies all round. <br />
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My sewing machine has also been neglected, but I have managed to get this months Mini Mania Challenge completed, but more about that after they have been shown on Flickr .... End of the month is show time! <br />
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In the past I have made quite a few pairs of socks and there's always about 35 gr. of yarn left over and as I hate waste, these bits are kept. "Low and behold"- just the right project came up and this little shawl was born. I did think I had enough yarn to finish the lace edge cast off in one colour, but soon realised I was going to run out - so even the lace cast off is made up of two different scraps. Think it's turned out OK - it's used up scrap, cost me nothing and kept me out of mischief....winner all round I'd say!<br />
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I have been dying to knit up some of the yarn that L and I had fun playing with a few weeks ago. We only dyed 50 gr. in each dye lot, so I thought I would make some fingerless mitts as they wouldn't need much yarn. I have chosen two different patterns and soon realised that some patterns just don't show up when knitted with variegated yarn, but who cares when they look like this.<br />
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After my mistake on the second pair of mitts I did take a break and beaded up a bauble or two. I had a head start, as when I made one a few weeks ago I had made an extra bow tassel - so only two to make this time (usually three bow tassels) I have to say I love making these, but they are a bit fiddly and terrible to photograph. Still did my best.<br />
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This one is a practice one, using some old beads that I had..... note they are not all regular size beads so look a bit scruffy. Note to self .... if you're going to spend the time, make sure you have decent beads !<br />
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<br />Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-59593697873252694972016-06-30T00:31:00.000-07:002016-06-30T00:31:46.796-07:00Mini Mania Challenge June #16This months challenge was Stars. Easy you would think! The first problem was the 3 colours that we were told to use being Yellow, Aqua, and Purple! As you can imagine there was much discussion on what is Purple and what is Mauve! Eventually, it was agreed that the Purple police would not be visiting, so just use what we had in our stash. We could use as many shades of these colours to make our quilt, and there had to be at least 4 Stars and we could choose a different background colour. My first thoughts were to make scrappy stars, but that didn't work for me, so I decided to play.<br />
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I started with a 12" block which I increased in size to give me an 18" finished block. <br />
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Then I started to reduce the star pattern, and tried to work in my colours<br />
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I started with the smallest star, which measures 2" finished. I then added that to my 4" finished block, hoping that my decreasing worked, and that it would all fit together.<br />
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<i> </i> I got a bit nervous after joining the first two so chose to make the big Daddy size star next.<br />
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-69252205248553840962016-06-26T11:22:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:22:44.904-07:00Up and Down times....All I seem to have been doing lately is getting in the car and travelling. We have made the trip to London a number of times (nothing exciting - hospital visits) We just seem to get over one journey then it's time to do it again. We also had offered to take our granddaughter to Heathrow as she was travelling to America joining one of the 'Camp America' groups for the summer, so that was another trip down the M1 and the dreaded M25. Actually we have been lucky with the traffic, so that's a bonus. Mr. D and I had a trip to Cumbria, up there one day then back the next. We had lovely weather while we were up there, walked along the prom at Grange over Sands, something we never did while we lived there, and I believe there was torrential rain and storms in the South - so once again we have to count ourselves as the lucky ones. <br />
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The weather this summer has been atrocious, but one flower in the garden seems to have benefited. With so much rain I have been picking the blooms and having the benifit of these beauties in the house<br />
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I can't say I have been in the best of spirits and there comes a time when you just need to get out and do something a bit different. I used to do most of the gardening, but these days it's been handed over to Mr. D, still I needed to do some heavy digging. I don't really enjoy weeding, but give me a patch of ground, a garden fork, and I am a happy bunny.<br />
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but not sure if its going to get finished today - look at the sky!<br />
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There has been a bit of crafting going on, albeit only knitting. I finished my first shawl in The Shawl Society over at Ravelry and a finish to the scarf that I started after a trip to <a href="http://www.purlwise.co.uk/">Purlwise</a>, the yarn shop at Kimbolton, (I'm not sure if the pattern has a name), It seemed if you bought the yarn you could have the pattern as a freebie Yeah!<br />
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I also tried to make some sort of keeper for my double pointed needles, and my interchangeable needles. It took me ages to start this project and I have to say it didn't have my full attention but I did get it finished. Problem was, the first time I took it for a road trip the needles fell out......back to the drawing board!!<br />
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T-hen a friend showed me a neat keeper for double pointed needles, so I thought I would have a go<br />
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-34668136079875980862016-06-08T07:57:00.000-07:002016-06-08T07:57:03.587-07:00Knitting needles flashing away I feel I have been neglecting my blog recently, so I apologise but I did show you my Mini Mania quilt in the making, and I have been busy knitting too.<br />
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It seems that shawls are the 'in' thing to knit at the moment and as I have some nice yarn stashed away, I decided to have a go. This first yarn was bought last year at Fiber East and is a lace weight silk mix, which I think came in a skein of 110g. and after completing the shawl I still have 79g left, so definitely enough for a second shawl. <br />
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This second shawl was made from a 20g ball of Subline Lace ( extra fine merino wool), well I say 20g, but I ran out of yarn as I was casting off so had to join the second ball for the last few stitches......still there is plenty left for some fine knit fingerless gloves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was where I had to join the second ball...BOO HOO!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blocking the shawl.....must find some pins now.</td></tr>
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The other knitting I have been doing is the bead knitting for my half dolls. Before I can start knitting I have to thread the beads onto my yarn, which starts with threading them onto sewing thread, then transferring the beads onto the cotton. Believe me - threading the beads takes almost as long as the knitting, but it's a job that can be done while watching the T.V. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Transferred to the cotton and knitting on the go.</td></tr>
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A friend has some antique half dolls so I did a deal.......I would do the knitting and she would share one of her dolls with me. </div>
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She chose her doll first, and I chose to use this skirt pattern.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isn't she a darling!</td></tr>
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For my doll I made the same skirt but as she is a little smaller I altered the length of the skirt , but now I think it needs to be a bit longer, so maybe I will have to do some re-knitting<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lilac beaded skirt to go with her purple flowers</td></tr>
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Our summer has been a long time coming this year, but one consolation is that these beautiful Iris's have lasted a lot longer in the cooler weather.</div>
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Hope to catch up again soon.<br />
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-75460129915661562542016-05-31T00:08:00.000-07:002016-05-31T00:09:22.466-07:00Another Month bites the dustOh my goodness where did the month go! It doesn't seem like yesterday when I was showing you my Drunkards Path Mini Quilt and today it's the "show and tell" for May's Cathedral Window Challenge. <br />
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I did try my luck with this one, offered it up as this months challenge, (to be fair I had made it a year or so back), but I got a big 'No' ( from the rest of the group - Boo Hoo!) so I had to make a new one<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of the flowers were embroidered, and now is my sewing machine cover</td></tr>
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So - off to the cutting board<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all cut now pressing </td></tr>
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The folding not too shabby, let's hope the next step goes as well<br />
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I was not sure what I was going to have in my windows, then <a href="http://highampiecemakers.blogspot.co.uk/">Higham Piecemakers </a>had one of their social 'all day' sessions - 'Collage Creation' was the title. Janis brought lots of scraps and a lot of it was Liberties Lawn and I knew that would work perfectly in my windows. Very kindly Janis allowed me to take a few scraps.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I believe these are all off cuts from Liberties hexigon kits </td></tr>
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I had to put some sneak peeks onto flickr and these were the ones I chose<br />
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and this is my finished Mini. As you can see it finishes as a 6" square..... too tiny for my sewing machine so hand sewing was the way to go. I would love a full size quilt just like this, but I don't think I have enough hours left in my lifetime to complete it<br />
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Wonder what next months mini will be. Pop over to <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2845212@N23/">Flickr</a> and see the other beauties.<br />
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-65203499712178567182016-05-11T07:28:00.000-07:002016-05-11T07:28:55.923-07:00Pink Jobs and Blue Jobs????Do you have pink and blue jobs in your house? I don't think we do really, but our jobs have changed since Mr. D has retired. Pink jobs used to include the garden, decorate the house including tiling etc. etc.which I know most folk would consider these 'blue' jobs. Nowadays many of these jobs<u> have</u> turned into 'blue' jobs along with shared cooking (what a treat), bits of shopping, tidying the house. This weekend the sun was shining and it was actually warm , so I wanted to power wash the drive and patio ready for the 'stunning' summer I long for, but I had the distinct impression that Mr. D now felt this should be a 'blue' job, but after a bit of discussion out came the power washer and this was me a few hours later.<br />
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<u>These next few jobs are definitely on the Pink list (big grin)</u></div>
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This week is crochet week again, and last time we met we were shown the boxes for<a href="http://www.emilysstar.co.uk/"> Emily's star</a> that some of us started to fill with bonding squares, hats, booties and incubator size quilts for our local hospital. One thing that was in the box were little comfort toys for the babies, so I thought I would have a go at making them. I have to say I have not got very far.........ONE is complete, but I did have good intentions, even bought a soft fleece blanket ready for the many that I should have finished...Blah! Blah! Blah!<div>
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I did have an unexpected trip to my sister-in-law (S) last week and we took the opportunity to go to Lichfield to<a href="http://www.spellboundbead.co.uk/"> Spellbound Beads </a> The shop looks a bit boring from the outside, but inside is a wonderland of beads.<br />
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<br />We just couldn't resist, so came away with a couple of kits. and S bought beads which she plans to make into one of these....<br />
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You would not believe just how many beads are in that skirt, it takes almost as long to thread the beads onto the perle thread as it does to knit the skirt, still keeps me off the street.<br />
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Don't forget if you would like to join our <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2845212@N23/pool/">Mini Mania group over at flickr</a>. The next challenge is Cathedral Windows, the instructions are<a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2845212@N23/discuss/72157667810698105/"> here</a>.<br />
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-72083745505608670182016-05-02T11:15:00.000-07:002016-05-02T11:15:35.953-07:00Aprils Mini Mania Challenge Tah Dah!!!Yep! It's that time of the month again.....Mini Mania Challenge 'show and tell'. This months challenge was the 'drunkards path block'. We also had to use solid coloured fabric which suited me as I had used solids on my 'Pineapple block' challenge and fabric <i><b>still</b></i> hadn't found their way back into the cupboard. Now I have only made drunkards path once before and that time each block was about 6" square and all sewn by hand. This time I wanted a 2" finished block and machine pieced, so a bit of Internet trawling and I came across this <a href="http://www.stitchedbycrystal.com/2012/10/tutorial-quilting-curves-drunkards-path.html">website</a> that showed you how to make your own template, then I found <a href="http://sewnbyleila.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/23-drunkards-path.html">this one</a> so thought I'd have a go at making my very own templates.<br />
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But I wasn't happy with the result, and so I then had one of those light bulb moments! A couple of years ago I did a quick workshop at one of the quilt shows. This workshop was to show you how you could frame a circle with fabric. I have used this technique on a couple of occasions and thought I could make it work for my blocks. Out came the compass again and voila! My drunkards path blocks were born.<br />
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Sandwiched and quilted, I am rather pleased with my little mini quilt. This one will end up in a large quilt at the end of the year, that why it has no binding.<br />
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<br />Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-78833033671150537922016-04-24T10:18:00.001-07:002016-04-24T10:18:41.808-07:00Perhaps we should never tidy our sewing rooms!!!!!This has been a bit of a mixed few weeks. I took Mr. D for a walk around Foxton Locks, a repeat of the walk I did with my friends, but this time in daylight so we could enjoy the joys of Spring. The first of the wild bluebells (some were white just to be contrary) and daffodils that I have seen this year, mind you we were away at the beginning of Spring. <br />
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I still haven't got back into sewing, but I am enjoying making the crochet doilies. I have tried a few patterns for the 'ladies that crochet' and made a few into a dream catcher, but I can't have hundreds of them hanging around - so! what to do with the rest? I have a plan, but I might save that to reveal in another post......sneaky of me!<br />
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At the weekend I decided to look through and tidy all my yarns.........big mistake! I started well, but soon got distracted when I came across some perle threads which a number of years back I used for knitting miniature dolls clothes and some skirts for half porcelain dolls. Porcelain dolls! Where are those dolls? Every cupboard, box, drawer, nook and cranny was searched.....no dolls! This is the time when the saying 'My brain is like a Teflon pan. Nothing sticks' is very appropriate. My sewing room was then turned upside down for the umpteenth time. Then as I last resort I looked in the garage where a few boxes for the charity shop had been stacked Yes, you guessed it, one box had strayed into the wrong pile and my half porcelain dolls, along with some skirt patterns, were finally discovered. Phew! Lucky rescue........<br />
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Probably the longest part of making these beauties is threading the beads onto sewing thread ready to transfer to the Perle.<br />
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<br />Finally something finished to show you....<div>
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-25495863658588618822016-04-13T10:44:00.001-07:002016-04-13T10:44:55.351-07:00Walking and working......As the clocks were set to British Summer time at the end of March it meant that 'we ladies' could start our evening country walk again, but the weather hasn't really been very good to us until last night. Although it took a bit to get me out of the chair I was really pleased I made the effort as it turned out to be a really lovely evening with a beautiful sunset. We walked around Foxton Locks (Leicestershire), and ended up in the village,<br />
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As the sun went down the sky looked like it was on fire.<br />
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Now, have you ever had that item in the house that you feel you could make more attractive -- but never had the time to get around to it? I have an old office chair which is used at my sewing machine and it is covered in typical office upholstery fabric, so a number of years ago I draped a small quilt over it as I was a little intimidated about reupholstering it,<br />
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But today was the day for tackling it. Mr. D was out for the day so I had access to the tools (have to say I feel they are my tools as much as his!). <br />
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A few more tools added and I am now at the point of no return.....<br />
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Bit of cutting stapling and sewing -- Voila!!!!<br />
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-55179218075381460672016-03-29T08:47:00.000-07:002016-03-29T08:47:41.062-07:00Still looking for my MoJoOh my! Am I having a problem getting my sewing "mojo" back. Don't get me wrong, I find it's sometimes good to have a break but this week is a sewing week at my local quilting shop and I can't get any enthusiasm for any sewing and I'm blowed if I am going to sit in the shop knitting or crocheting when I could be on my comfy sofa at home! I suppose I will come up with something to do and it will be nice to catch up with the other 'ladies that sew'. I did make a bag when I first got home, so I might just cut some more fabric up and make another, it can always be a gift.<br />
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When I go on holiday I take some small hand sewing to do at quiet times, and this holiday was no different. I took all of my hexigon 'stuff, and I also took some embroidery, but the main thing I did was knit.....Yes in 30 dec C I was knitting fingerless gloves. The thing is I think fingerless gloves are so handy and they are quick to knit. In the end I made 6 pairs..... all with different yarn, and therefore they all came out slightly different. <br />
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The other thing I have been wanting to play with since our trip to France before Christmas, are crochet Dream Catchers. I love the idea of snowflakes, so the first one I attempted was a crochet snowflake which I love, but I am not sure about the big gaps, so Pinterest was studied over the weekend.....<br />
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<br />Do you remember the Higham Piecemakers Christmas Challenge? We were all given a fat quarter of background fabric (either white or cream) which had to be used along with the workings for a clock. I have made clocks before as gifts for friends, but never one for me, so, this is my clock which sits very happily in my sewing room. I finished my one before the holiday, but it missed the big reveal day as that was the day we were travelling back home. You should go over to<a href="http://highampiecemakers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/its-time.html"> Higham's blog</a> to see what the other ladies made......they are brilliant. <div>
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These lovely spring flowers were a late Mothering Sunday gift from my daughter. Not only do they look lovely, they smell beautiful too.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Off for the first evening walk of this year tonight, so hope the weather stays dry and I might get a few photos for next blog time. Keep fingers crossed it stays dry<br /><div>
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We arrived in South Africa the day after my birthday, so we were treated to a wonderful lunch at Harbor House Restaurant, which seems to lean out over the sea, such a beautiful venue, and scrummy food.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That Sea looks so tempting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a setting!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was my 'starter' Shrimps and Avocado Yum!</td></tr>
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The children were both at school, so we took our turn with the school run's. Mr B. comes out of school 1 1/4 hrs before Miss I, so we spent the time watching the children playing in the school playground. Each class has their very own climbing frame and there are no 'health and safety' police around, so the kids learn to be careful.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is part of the school building. Those tree's call out to the children to climb them</td></tr>
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and we were lucky enough to be there to celebrate Pancake evening. A fire is lit in the middle of the paved area, pancakes are provided, and there is always folk dancing for all to join in.</div>
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The children have quite a few after-school activities, but on free days we would try to go for a treat somewhere. I think our favourite treat was cycling along Sea Point Prom. with a nice cool ice cream at the end of it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You have to admit I'm getting pretty good at cycling with the camera in one hand </td></tr>
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and once you have finished your ice cream cone, you can share the rest of the tub<br />
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and Mr.B could not be left out<br />
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Mr D and I had a couple of days to visit old haunts. Kirstenbosch Gardens is always worth a visit, ( I could write a whole blog about Kirstenbosch but today its just a few photos)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beginning of wonderland</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cool pools </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These Lillies grow along the central reservation of one of the Highways, and they are a joy to see growing in the wild</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can't beat that mountain as a backdrop for the Botanical Garden</td></tr>
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We also traveled back to our old home town, walked along the beach then took a drive up 'Chapman's Peak' for a selfie photo shoot </div>
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Getting better at these 'Selfies'<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Its been a while, but I used to cycle up here.....30 mins up, 10 mins to get back down</td></tr>
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I have to show you this piece of Art, Its very clever... odd bits of metal strategically placed<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bit more of a clue in this photo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tah Dah! its to bring attention on just how endangered the Rhino is </td></tr>
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As a family we had a weekend away in Bonnievale. The cottage we rented was right by the river, and we had the use of canoe's and the river was wonderful to cool off in ....once we got through the weed.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Relaxing on the stoop </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look no hands</td></tr>
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All too soon the holiday came to an end, but the weekend before we flew home Mr D and Mr A had a weekend away. A "father and child bonding weekend" for children attending the school our grand children go to. The weekend is organised by the Dads and they all take part in making the weekend fun. Some cook, some make coffee and cool drinks, some act as life guards and take walks up the mountain. some tell bedtime stories and some just help out where ever they can (that was Mr D) </div>
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This months challenge was to make a mini using this<a href="http://littlemushroomcap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/3_-Pineapple-log-cabin-block-Paper-piecing-template-by-littlemushroomcap.com_.pdf"> template</a> from <a href="http://littlemushroomcap.com/">Little Mushroom Cap </a> I decided to use plain colours with white, and as the plan is to use all of these mini's in a large quilt I wanted to sew as many blocks as I had colours. I was only happy with 12 of my colours so the work began.<br />
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Have to tell you these were not completed in 5 minutes<br />
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Once they were completed I now had to remove all this paper......<br />
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I want this mini to be just a bit bigger, so to add some borders, but not just plain borders.<br />
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As I am away on holiday I may not be able to join in the next challenge, but if you would like to join please head over to<a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2845212@N23/discuss/"> here</a> tomorrow and the next months instructions should be posted.<br />
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-57910204204371700252016-02-06T22:13:00.001-08:002016-02-06T22:13:34.196-08:00Hi thereJust thought I would pop in to show you a couple of the things I finished before jetting off across the world. <br />
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This little piece of embroidery was for me to take overseas, but I just thought I should test it out first. The plan is to sit with my grand daughter so I just had to see whether it would be suitable...that's my excuse!!!<br />
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My sock knitting hasn't stopped, Not sure, what I am going to do with them all, but it keeps me out of mischief<br />
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And lastly, we had bought my grandson a Star Wars Quilt (he's mad on Star Wars) but it only had one pillow case, so what would happen if that one goes in the wash????? I cut the pillow case up, added plain fabric to the back.......Voila! two pillow cases for the price of one... Yeah! Pillows for him, now what about Little Miss.......happened to have a some hexies hanging around, so added those to some newly bought pillowcases and 'Double Voila'! new pillowcases for all.<br />
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Mini Mania time again......In December, because there is such a lot going on for most people we decided that we would give ourselves two months to complete the December mini and now its time to reveal all. As you may remember our quest this time was a sampler quilt, which had to have at least 9 blocks and to be no bigger that 20" x 20". Once again I am going to patch all of my mini's into a large quilt at the end of the year, so knowing this I have used 16 sampler blocks. <br />
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Part of the fun in making these quilts is sorting through scraps to see what can be made.....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is me being tidy with my scrap</td></tr>
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Then I had to choose my blocks.... the first one I chose was flying geese<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes I like it</td></tr>
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on a roll<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm like it even more </td></tr>
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I thought I was cracking on until I met this block....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phew! this one nearly drove me crazy</td></tr>
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Believe it or not it took me about 5 hours to make this fiddly little devil. I think it was all the teeny weeny pieces. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15 done and dusted</td></tr>
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I needed one more block and for the life of me couldn't find one that I wanted to use, I then remembered a<a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/1460021@N21/"> swap group</a> I used to <i>play </i>with ..... we used to swap 3.5" blocks, so after sorting through <strike>hundreds</strike> loads I found the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/silort/5548088837/in/pool-1460021@N21/">cups</a> made by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/silort/">Silort </a>and as the cups worked with my colours I added them. If you have a few hours to waste, go and have a look at the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/1460021@N21/">swap group</a> and see how brilliant the ladies are,....just remember the blocks are all 3.5" square. <br />
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Anyway back to my quilt... I added sashing and the borders<br />
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and finally<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tah Dah!!!</td></tr>
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All of the groups quilt can be seen <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2845212@N23/pool/">here</a>.<br />
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-36062388759486232662016-01-22T08:55:00.002-08:002016-01-22T08:55:29.210-08:00Two weeks into the dreaded "lurgy" and needless to say I am beginning to think I am over the worst of it and beginning to feel human again. YEAH!<br />
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Last Monday it was supposed to be the most depressing day of the year, and as I had felt ill for a week I was about to agree. Then the postman arrived and delivered an unexpected parcel..........<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From America</td></tr>
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This parcel was from my friend Dee. Dee lives in America and I met her through <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29893965@N08/">flickr</a>, which for you that don't know is a photo sharing group that has a number of specific groups i.e. quilting etc. I joined in September 2009 and that Christmas someone organised a 'secret Santa swap' and Dee was my Santa. Since then we have kept in touch and even met up on a couple of occasions when Dee and her hubby visited the U.K. I am always amazed that you can become such good friends when we hardly ever see each other, but friends we are.<br />
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Now just look at what I received....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a haul</td></tr>
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There were 4 charm packs, 16 fat quarters, and the little pot holder (which incidentally was the shoo fly mini that I gave our<a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2845212@N23/pool/"> Mini Mania group </a> back in June.....how special is that?). Needless to say my Monday was greatly improved, and I cannot understand what I have done to deserve all of this!<br />
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I havent done much in the last week or so, as my brain would not allow me to concentrate, but there may be a couple of things that I can show you.<br />
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At Christmas I received a kit from <a href="http://suehawkins.com/">Sue Hawkins </a> I greatly admire her work, its just so neat. I am almost finished it, just a few more stitches.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It will be a scissor keeper</td></tr>
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<br />and I am getting some embroidery ready for my holiday.........not that I have done much of this, just added pen to paper..<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute isn't she?</td></tr>
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<br />I think this weekend will see us getting suitcases down from the loft, and if the weather is good a nice walk would be a treat<div>
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-58239513923484868802016-01-17T03:59:00.001-08:002016-01-17T03:59:28.092-08:00From the sick bayThis will certainly be a quick post. I have caught one of these awful viruses and with each day I think this will be the turning point and I will feel better, but as yet that t hasn't happened....Boo Hoo! I have even been trying some old fashioned home remedies ....any port in a storm as they say.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lemons, Ginger, and honey, ready to make into tea.</td></tr>
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Feeling sorry for myself and coughing my heart up doesn't get much crafting done, but I have finally finished my second red bauble. I must have waited about 10 years for this day..Yeah!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They are a little bigger than the original, </td></tr>
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Just before I caught this bug I had crocheted a few snowflakes (prep. for next Christmas), but, fool that I am, I gave them to a friend before taking photos so I only have this one to show you.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Its about 4" across, and hard as a rock with the glue that stiffened it.</td></tr>
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We woke this morning to a winter wonderland, I usually would have loved a walk but today I am giving that a miss......that just shows how sick I feel. Still enough of that, tomorrow will be the beginning of my return to normal ( I hope).<br />
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Keep well and keep warm XJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-61796332627821318462016-01-05T07:51:00.000-08:002016-01-05T07:51:14.028-08:00Happy New Year xx Happy New Year to you all. I hope you all had a great Christmas and I wish you health, wealth and happiness for 2016.<br />
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We spent Christmas in Yorkshire, and as most of you know the north was suffering from all the rain we have been having, but our journey was uneventful, thank goodness. <br />
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Christmas morning is very relaxed (most of us still in P.J.'s) and gifts shared around.<br />
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Christmas Day and Boxing day we were kept home because the heavens still wanted to drown us, but on the 27th we girls had a trip to Leeds to see if there were any bargains in the sales, and on the 28th we took the chance to walk along the river to Bolton Abbey. The river was really flowing at a speed and you could see where it had overflowed in the last couple of days. <div>
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I have to say I was very spoilt with gifts this year and there is no way I could show you them all, but isn't this one just the cutest.....</div>
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I had been growing my Amaryllis bulb for about 8 weeks, and I could see that it would flower over Christmas so it had to come north with me......... so glad I took it...</div>
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Before Christmas I had been trying to make a particular patterned beaded bauble, well I finally cracked it. The glass bauble was bigger than the original, so I had to add more stars around its girth, but think its a winner and now only have to make one more exactly the same .......just to even things out around the fire hearth.</div>
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While I am busy beading, Mr D is getting on with his colouring.......anyone else get a colouring book this year??<div>
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-12307731138404586852015-12-22T12:12:00.000-08:002015-12-22T12:12:49.560-08:00Paris here we come...Our Celebrations began on Wednesday with a trip down to London to enjoy our Tea at Fortnum and Masons. Our hotel was by St Pancras Station, so we decided to walk which included going down Regents Street with all of its Christmas lights. Of course passing Liberty's meant we had to visit the store. The Christmas room was full of goodies, and the general decor was great.<br />
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On to Fortnum and Masons, who I have to say got my vote for the most festive windows in the West End. Each window was stuffed full of colour.<br />
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Our 'Tea' was of the savour kind, and what a fuss was made of us. The cake/sandwich stand was filled up with as much as you could eat, and you then had a choice of cakes from the cake trolley. We couldn't eat any cake so a very 'posh' doggy bag was made up for us.<br />
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Thursday morning we were up and ready for our train to Paris. The station is always full of travellers, but there is still a bit of space for a fun Christmas tree....Yes - its made up of all Disney stuffed toys.<br />
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We arrived in Paris on time, and soon found our way to the Metro, then booked into our hotel. We decided the 'Hop on Hop off' bus was the best way to see the sites and the weather was so kind to us, it allowed us to sit on top in the open air. By the time the bus had travelled its journey, Paris was in darkness so we had the added advantage of seeing the Paris Christmas lights/decorations. <br />
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Friday was our actual anniversary so we had a bit of a photo shoot on our balcony ( not really - just practising with the selfie stick).<br />
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We wandered down to Notre Dame and had a look at the Cathedral, then caught the bus again, this time we did spend some time hopping on and off to visit the sites. <br />
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Saturday.... a visit to The Palace of Versailles, and if you could only visit one place while in Paris, this has to be the one. The Palace is just huge and the opulence is unimaginable (no wonder the peasants rioted!). I can't imagine the beauty of this room in the evenings with the chandeliers lit and the extra candles that would be hidden behind the mirrors - truly like a fairy palace! <br />
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and who wouldn't want a bed like these.....<br />
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For our last supper in Paris we went back to a small typical French restaurant that had been recommended on our first evening. The meal was just as good as the first night and Mr. D had his Chocolate Soup as his desert......Yummy!!</div>
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We had a wonderful 50th Anniversary (thanks Neil and Megan, Sarah and Peter, Jan and Adam and my sister Jeannette), certainly many memories to be added to the long list. </div>
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-1823421971357274142015-12-17T21:44:00.000-08:002015-12-17T21:44:02.070-08:00CelebrationsThis week was a celebratory week. It began on Monday Celebrating Christmas at <a href="http://highampiecemakers.blogspot.co.uk/">Higham Piecemakers</a>. The group meets for the whole day, and often there is some sort of project that you can join in with if you want, but most of us are there just to enjoy each others company. We bring a shared lunch and I have to say the ladies do us all proud. During the day there was a Secret Santa, and a raffle for charity, but what we all look forward to with <strike>trepidation </strike>anticipation is the yearly Challenge.... Dar Dum!!! This year we were given a fat quarter of fabric and the workings of a clock......you guessed it - we have to use the fabric to make a clock-- great, as I could use a clock in my room. This challenge has to be finished about March time, but I wont be doing any 'show and tell' until the group has its big reveal day. <br />
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Tuesday was a quite day, but Wednesday was the start of our BIG anniversary weekend. Our children and my sister have clubbed together to give us a weekend in Paris. We travel in style on Euro Star on Thursday morning, but as it is an early (ish )start we decided to go down to London on Wednesday. Once we told the children of our Wednesday start this arrived in the post...........<br />
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Afternoon Savoury Tea for two. Yummy!!<br />
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Back on the Big Day 1965</div>
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First holiday as a married couple...<br />
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We moved to South Africa in 1982 with our 3 children. Guess who dressed us for this Punk Party!!<br />
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Studio Photos..... goodness it seems so long ago<br />
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Our Silver Wedding Anniversary..... we had a party with all of our friends.<br />
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A move to Cape Town 1991, back to just the two of us....<br />
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Our son and daughter-in-law owned a house at Bettys Bay Cape Town, where we spent many happy holidays and long weekend breaks. <br />
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Since we have moved back to the U.K. in 2000, we have been lucky enough to spend many holidays visiting family and friends in South Africa<br />
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This year we travelled back to Canada for a holiday and its always good to find somewhere new to visit. This is a photo taken at the top of the mountain at Squamish where they have opened the 'Sea to Sky' gondola. If ever you get the chance its worth a visit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue blue skies </td></tr>
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Life always has its ups and downs, but I can honestly say we have had many more ups and generally a fantastic 50 years together.</div>
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Hopefully my next post will have some fantastic photos of Paris. </div>
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Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13180389817395401210noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383968381307242107.post-14461694246919457042015-12-09T03:14:00.000-08:002015-12-09T03:14:21.477-08:00Crazy or What!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i> </i>A number of years ago I bought a kit for a beaded bauble from <a href="http://www.spellboundbead.co.uk/">Spellbound Beads</a>, the design was called Starry Night Bauble and I loved it. Last year while at the "Ali Pali" Exhibition I found another bauble that I thought I would like to make so again bought the kit. This year I decided to make a few more and searched Pinterest for some inspiration. You may have seen some of them in <a href="http://jo-sojosew.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/baubles-and-beads.html">This post</a>. What was not known is how addictive beading baubles is!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of different ones, </td></tr>
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<br />The one I really wanted to reproduce was the very first one I had made <div>
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I generally keep all of my patterns, but I have searched every draw, cupboard, shelf, box and cannot find it, SO lets have a play at working it out myself....</div>
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Goodness knows where to start, this looks like a spider!!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wish I could remember how to start!!</td></tr>
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It took a few more hours but I think I've cracked it<div>
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The glass ball I had bought for this ended up being too big so the beading wouldn't fit. Boo Hoo! I might just try to make some of the beaded dangling stars and somehow hang them inside my glass ball. </div>
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