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  • How To Make A Wrist Pincushion Revisited

    How To Make A Wrist Pincushion Revisited

    June 23, 2023June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    With the Great British Sewing Bee back on the television, I thought I’d revisit the wrist pincushion tutorial I wrote back in 2016. I still have the original pincushion, and I often use it when I’m sewing. We are who we are, and I still lose my pins…

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  • DIY Hand Warmer Heat Pack

    DIY Hand Warmer Heat Pack

    January 7, 2022June 24, 2025 Blog, Gentle Projects

    Having a DIY hand warmer heat pack in your pocket when it is cold is like a little treat. One of the reasons why I like to have a cup of tea while I’m out is so that I can warm my hands on it! Carrying a cup…

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  • pinwheel purse scrap project

    Pinwheel Purse Scrap Project

    January 22, 2021June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    Those of us who are inclined to be messy often jump on the “Let’s Get Organised” bandwagon in January, and in my house, this year is no exception. One of the things earmarked for sorting out is the fabric mountain behind the bedroom door. It has got so…

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  • Boxy Pouch Tutorial

    Boxy Pouch Tutorial

    May 7, 2020June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    This post contains affiliate links. Creativity is an odd thing sometimes. Usually I have lots of ideas, but this hasn’t been the case as much recently. Alan Turing apparently had his best ideas in the bath, and I suspect there’s something in feeling relaxed that helps ideas to…

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  • diy rainbow bunting

    DIY Rainbow Bunting

    April 17, 2020June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    Ooh lockdown! We’re now into the fifth week of this in the UK and it goes without saying that it is an odd time. I know we’re safe here, tucked up at home. Our house is on the small side, but it’s not that small. Not in comparison…

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  • bunting tote bag tutorial

    Bunting Tote Bag Tutorial

    March 29, 2019June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives

    Bunting Tote Bag Tutorial This is a post I actually wrote 3 years ago when a new law was introduced in the UK that required shops to charge for plastic bags. I’m recycling it because it fits in nicely with the Year of Bunting! For making the bunting…

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I invented a thing: Welly flowers! I went for two I invented a thing: Welly flowers!

I went for two lovely walks today round my snowy village πŸ’–β„οΈ

I love the colours in the last photo. It's so easy to think of winter of nothing but grey and monochrome, but today was beautiful. I noticed coppery trees in the sunlight, against a pale blue sky πŸͺΎβ„οΈπŸ’–

#winter #wintercolours #snow #norfolkfens  wildblossomlife
Being out in nature always feels precious. It does Being out in nature always feels precious. It doesn't matter very much what time of year it is, or what the weather is doing.

Today I wanted to get outside while it was still light. Yesterday it was after 3pm and it was already gloomy!

Today is lovely and bright, even though everywhere is damp and muddy after all the rain.

#winter #December #norfolkfens #slowingdownabit #wildblossomlife
De influencing your Christmas. You're welcome 🀣 De influencing your Christmas. You're welcome 🀣πŸ₯³πŸ€ͺ

We got the tree from the same place we always do. It's a bit too big for the space. My youngest boy suggested measuring the space then measuring the trees before choosing one, but nobody remembered when we went to get the tree 🌲 

I love all our decorations that hold so many memories but it looks nothing like the aesthetic, perfectly decorated trees that I have mostly seen on here. Actually, it looks a bit less of a mess than it has in the past. That could be because my helper is now taller and doesn't try to shove the decorations all on the same branches.

The telly is on in the first picture. We were watching something with James May and his buddies making things in his giant shed, except kids with phones who were not.

My youngest wanted to check how much space there was under the tree. Thankfully he didn't knock it over!

The cat thinks she is a Christmas decoration.

Aaaaannd... The last 2 pictures show how much mess was made getting the tree in .

Merry Christmas! πŸŽ„πŸ””πŸ’•

#deinfluencing #realchristmas #mess #catsofchristmas #wildblossomlife
I went out looking for red, but what I noticed was I went out looking for red, but what I noticed was green!

The theme of December's Wild Blossom Companion is red, so I thought I might look for red things. There are plenty, berries, post boxes, horses (and humans) wearing red coats. But what caught my eye were the greens. 

πŸ’š Lichen
πŸ’š A green fence 
πŸ’š Green patches on the bark of a tree
πŸ’š Some green leaves still
πŸ’š One of many colours on an oak leaf

It's as though now the leaves are mostly gone, other greens are easier to spot. When we have a good look, what we see is not always what we expect πŸ’šβ€οΈ

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