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Picnic Placemat

April 12, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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How to Make a Picnic Place Mat When the weather is nice, my boys and I love to eat outside. Sometimes we like to go to a park, or to the beach. Sometimes we just sit at our picnic table in the back garden. A little problem with…

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Today I should have done housework and attacked th Today I should have done housework and attacked the garden, so I went for a walk and took a nap. I would not feel better if I had done the things I should have done instead of the things I wanted to do. Sometimes the boring things can wait ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒž #norfolk #summer #creativelife #getoutside #fieldnotes
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A new project! It was years ago that I realised A new project! It was years ago that I realised that the landscape here in Norfolk is so often stripy. Fields, hedges, lanes, the sea, clouds, all manage to arrange themselves into a series of stripes. The idea of making a neat little drawing or a painting might feel like too much, especially if you are somebody who likes the idea of making art but are afraid of doing it wrong. Making a picture by assembling stripes can feel much less intimidating. Some of the decisions have already been made, and the stripes mean that one thing in particular is the focus, rather than all of it and not knowing where to start because it's all too much. The next thing I'm going to do is sew the stripes together, then I might add some embroidered poppies to the foreground. At the moment it is under a tea towel to protect it from the cats! This idea is a creative invitation from June's Wild Blossom Companion. I've assigned a theme to each month, but plenty of the themes can be revisited at other times of the year as well. If you'd like more information about the Wild Blossom Companion, there is a link in my bio ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿ’– #creativelife #wildblossomlife #wildblossomcompanion #stripes #Norfolk #seasonalcreativity #creativeinvitation #creativeideasforsummer
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