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Sewing loose covers – and the kindness of strangers

My daughter and son-in-law have moved to the South-East of England and last weekend I went down by train to visit. I had made a promise to make a new slip-cover for their wing chair while I was there. My daughter had gone to some trouble to find suitable furnishing fabric, and in end hadContinueContinue reading “Sewing loose covers – and the kindness of strangers”

Needlecraft is in the news

Now I know I have blogged before about quilting in the news (click here to see that post) and in that case it was a local newspaper. There was, however, a longish article in the national newspaper The Observer dated 30 April, entitled ‘A stitch in time saves stress down the line: needlecraft is the cool newContinueContinue reading “Needlecraft is in the news”