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Pictures of Paris and Playing with Patchwork Fabric

As promised, here is more of the low-down on the recent trip to Paris. We travelled by EuroStar from London:It worked beautifully, and we traversed the Channel Tunnel with minimum disruption and inconvenience (unlike my previous experience in a coach, where I felt like a sardine). Arrival at the Gard du Nord in beautiful sunshineContinueContinue reading “Pictures of Paris and Playing with Patchwork Fabric”

Embroidery for 2015

There was a time when all little girls were taught to sew and to embroider. There are even some dated samplers, like this one, made 201 years ago, in 1814, which provide us with the name and age of the maker.  Quite something for an eight-year old! These days, we rightly expect girls to haveContinueContinue reading “Embroidery for 2015”