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End of an episode
The tidal wave of orders which began accumulating in August and peaked in October have now subsided. I can finally stop paddling like a panicked dog and can now pant, relieved, on the shore…as it were....
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Hamish MacColl detained under the influence of Lavender
As if button eyes and lanolin content are not challenge enough, now it turns out that Lavender…yes lavender must not exit our shores. Hamish MacColl, adopted by our community nurses granddaughter, was...
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Guess the address
David (postmaster) and I have a new game to quell the tedium of endless parcels. I say something to David in the accent of the parcel destination and he has to guess where it’s bound. Today was Nevada...
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Head fuzz
Swallow brooch about to migrate to a new home. Yesterday was due to be the day that I embark on the next blind order. 5 Roman blinds for customer Mitchel, 3 bay blinds and a couple of charcoal strip...
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Out of the Blue
Greece? Guess again Lately, in fact, more than lately…we’ve been revelling in the most bizarre weather. Clear, unadulterated skies, dazzling sunshine, porcelain capped mountains and even the...
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Lambing Live
Ours hasn’t started yet. I say ours in the community sense since our croft hogs (young sheep) are still blissfully innocent (and blisteringly fast). However, all the full time farmers are gearing up...
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…and distractedly on.
Geezo, how distracted am I! I can’t seem to focus for a minute on anything without spinning on my heals back to the computer for another peek at Facebook. This networking business is seriously...
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Electricity down down down.
No pictures today because I forgot to carry my camera to the croft both before and after lunch. However, the day most definitely warrants a post as it was an unusual one. It was the day when our barn...
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CHAOS TO …less chaos.
In a frenzied cloud of creativity There’s quite definitely a recurring theme about my life. It has to do with order and chaos and how I constantly seem to be on a quest to turn the former in to the...
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DO THE LINEN SCRUB
I did know that various hats would be worn as a sole trading textile designer, but I didn’t reckon on a lab coat. Yes, of late science has come into play to discover why the valencia linen was...
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Colour and Choir
Today I was sewing small fragments of coloured felts together to make the central panel in a strip blind. It has been some time since I’ve made one and the combining of many colours to create impact...
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TITTLE TATTLE
Don’t get me wrong. I’m glad you do, but I can’t help musing as I sew the fourth “clucky egg cosy” of the morning that these who spend well earned, precious finances on tweed fancies to keep eggs warm...
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SPARTAN POSTURING
Lately I have been teaching as well as making, but not textiles… music. However, I am having to fit an increasing textile workload into a decreasing amount of time since Mondays are spent amongst...
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Resolutions
Mogwaii mandala! After a glut of rich food, socialising and an absence of schedule I find myself craving hunger and a plan going forward. Yesterday I downloaded a free mind mapping app and a...
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Critters a la Mogwaii
A new Mogwaii range is emerging of our croft critters. I’ve been having fun combining fabric with sketch to give them their final garb. I muse as I’m sure all designers do as to whether all will find...
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Cushions
You either love them, or you HATE them. Having made and sold them for 13 years I think I can safely say that the majority of women and house proud/gay men would place themselves in camp 1 while a...
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Applying some Mussel
So, it turns out I’m not the only one feeling the freeze from notonthehighstreet.com curation team as they attempt to purge the site of anything they deem to be un “trendy”! A short time spent on the...
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Hello Etsy my old friend…
It has been a while since I fretted on pan Atlantic forums about immoveable displays, deactivated listings or convo’d with customers about this, that or the next crafted ditty. Once again, I have been...
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Time Out
The island can be a bit of a womb; Comforting and consuming but hard to leave . However, we managed last week and bolted down to Edinburgh for a city stint with scraggy dog in tow. Great to have my...
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Keep Shtoom
I have loads of pictures of personalised baby cushions that never see the light of … a screen. Annoyingly, but understandably I can’t go plastering pictures of them on social media until I’m sure the...
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