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Spongeware
I am very excited at the moment as I am going to Stoke on Trent to the Emma Bridgewater factory tomorrow for the Special Book Launch Day for Collectors! Fifty of us from all over the country will be...
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Book Launch
Two interesting happenings this week, the first being my visit to the Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke. It was a special gathering for collectors to mark the launch of Emma's book "Toast and...
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An early 19th Century Coverlet
My apologies for being absent for so long. I have been away and it has taken a little while to get back to writing, mainly because this post is a special one!Remember in my last post I mentioned that...
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Little Welsh House Quilt
I can't quite believe it, but it nearly three years since I showed you the beginnings of this little quilt. On the 23rd July 2011 to be exact and for those of you who either can't remember or who have...
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Happy Easter
After having a lovely sunny week here in Wales, today when my next door neighbours are having a family egg hunt in their garden, it's cool and cloudy with rain to come. Such a shame! Sending you all a...
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Kaffe at the American Museum again!
Last week I visited the latest Kaffe Fassett exhibition at the American Museum in Bath! I will spare you the details of our journey, suffice to say that the roads leading in an around Bath were...
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Miss Anne Pritchard's Patchwork Bedspread
Sorry it has taken so long to keep my promise of more pictures of the early 19th century bedspread which I posted a little while ago. I was hoping to have done a bit more research, but sadly I have...
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Keep Patching!
Have you heard of Boro? I had vaguely and now there's been an exhibition at Somerset House in London all the great and the good will be now be fully aware of them? It was also a selling exhibition...
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Pretty, flowery quilts!
The Chelsea Flower Show is upon us and as usual I'm in my annual gardening mood. I'm not a proper gardener, but I love visiting gardens and am interested in garden design which links in well with...
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Three little Welsh Quilts
I came across this photograph in my files, it must have been taken one September judging by the garden? Not sure which year though?These three little quilts had been on exhibition and I was giving...
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A temporary blip?
So sorry I have been absent for a few weeks. I haven't been feeling at all creative, though I am trying to finish a few projects!I think that's the trouble frankly. The excitement for me is when I am...
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Edwardian Houses
I'm sorry to have been away so long! I haven't been feeling like blogging and have been considering having a Facebook page instead! Several friends have asked me why I haven't been writing here and...
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Not English?
I recently found this quilt online in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. I am delighted to say that I have actually visited this splendid museum which has an outstanding collection...
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Liberty/Persephone Pomegranate Pots
My favourite store Liberty of London has again teamed up with my favourite pottery person, Emma Bridgewater and yesterday launched a new range of pots which will be on sale for six months. EB does...
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Eye on Elegance Exhibition, DAR Museum, Washington DC
Sorry about the last post, I was going to share a new project with you and accidentally pressed the "publish" button! It certainly brought in more comments than I usually get, so maybe I should try a...
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New Project
Sorry about the teaser the other week! It is so easy to press a wrong button on Blogger and I didn't realise I had until I got comments!I got bored trying to finish things and decided that as I...
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Lucious stitching!
Sometimes you see something that is so wonderful that you simply have to share!This is a detail of a portrait of Catherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham, who was a very close friend and confidant of...
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A little break!
I have been doing a bit of gadding about! Sharon and I have been staying in a Facebook friend's little house in Derbyshire for a few days!It was quite delightful and a lovely base for visiting some...
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Big Day for EB!
I am still preparing the next Stoke on Trent post, but in the meantime I have to share with you these pictures of Emma with the Duchess! Better publicity you could not buy?No prizes for guessing what...
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