tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19439893223521626772024-02-07T03:37:24.178+00:00PoppysnestClaire Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04846284418272499850noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943989322352162677.post-43572022280794411092015-05-21T12:06:00.002+01:002015-05-21T12:06:21.206+01:00FINSHED QUILTS - No, really, I have completed articles to show off!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Firstly may I say a big thank you to all the readers who have been visiting my blog even though I abandoned it for a few months. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I make no excuses for my absence.....I just didn't have time to blog. Okay Im going to make a few excuses; actually Im going to list them!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1. Got a new addition to the family - Charlie. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">She is lovely but SO energetic. So she needs a good walk every morning. I have been walking her on the beach daily - this completely wipes me out for the morning. This is where we walk....nice aye?!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">2. It was Big B and Big G's birthdays....bit lame that excuse.....!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3. We had bathroom leaks, which resulted in kitchen ceiling leaks, which explained the MUSHROOMS growing out of the kitchen walls....so that took up quite a few weekends. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">4..... This one I'm very excited about.... I bagged myself a pitch at the newly opened Petticoat Lane Emporium in Ramsgate. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It opened on 14th Feb and I got my pitch on the 11th April. Very exciting as I was given 48 hours notice to get up and running. Luckily, the ever patient and accommodating Mr J sprang into action and we had a pretty corner all ready for eager buyers!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I added these last night! I hope they are a big hit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Anyway the reason I started this post was to show n tell two projects that I finally finished after months and YEARS in the making! I kid you not...YEARS in the making. Shame on me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The first is this baby quilt, here is an upside down pic!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It is cot sized and it is for my nephew...It was his first birthday pressies... mum liked it a lot and so did my, frankly BEAUTIFUL nephew! When he saw it he squealed, laughed and ran around on top of it and then lay on it smiling! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It is made from new and old fabric. </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The most amazing bit about this quilt is the fact that I quilted it on my machine. Big achievement for me. </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It isn't perfect, I'm sure some of the lines are wonky, but hey the overall effect is lovely. The binding is a different story -to be honest its shockingly bad. It was a mare to do and I swore a lot whilst sewing it on. Hideous experience, one I won't be repeating, EVER AGAIN.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It turned out okay in the end. Because it was put together in only a way that I can manage, it was a pain to quilt; and finish. The corners of this quilt are all different, some bulky, some 'sticky outy' - but Big G is happy with it, even if it didn't get completed during her primary school years; or for her 16th like I promised..,or her 17th!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> Because it was sitting on my desk (so that I wouldn't forget about it), Big G would use it, half finished, pinned together, as a blanket on the sofa!!!!! Talk about making me feel guilty! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I hope this post wasn't too waffly, mis -matched and weird.... I hope to be back soon guys, in the mean time enjoy the sun. It is out today and it is glorious!</span></div>
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Claire Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04846284418272499850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943989322352162677.post-14825412069535051812015-02-11T11:50:00.003+00:002015-02-11T11:52:45.910+00:00LOVELY FAIRY LIGHTS DIY <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Good morning readers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">See what I did with the title...Lovely fairy lights?! Anyway! I thought of this idea a while back but only got around to it today...I thought it would be simples pimples, but no! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In the meantime, here is my lovely finished piece. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So I unravelled three arm lengths of wire and twisted the wire around itself to make it stronger. However, it was still a bit thin and pathetic at this stage! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Soldiering on I wrapped the wire around the lights. FAIL! The wire was far too weak to mould and shape properly. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Very happy with this little twinkly heart in the end! I might try and make a star shaped light decoration next....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Wishing you all a very happy rest of the week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A while back I bought a hexagon hole punch as I wanted to make a hexi quilt. I bought the wrong size, the hexagons were WAY too small for a quilt. So it languished in a drawer for months - I found it yesterday and POP! A DIY was born. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I already had the frame from a recent trip to Ikea. I used the mount inside the frame as my canvas. You can use any used frame you have, and simply cut a thick piece of white card to the correct size if the mount is not white or a bit grubby!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So here's how I did it:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Gathered coloured card in 8 complimentary colours.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Punched out (approx 100)hexagons.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- I drew a faint pencil line down the centre of my mount - to keep me straight!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Played around with the arrangement of the colours. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- When I was happy with how it looked, I took a photo using my phone.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Using a glue stick and the photograph on my phone I carefully glued all the hexagons into place. Don't forget to rub out the line as you go. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Et voila! A stunning piece of modern art - for free!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I do hope you enjoyed this DIY and are inspired to make something beautiful for your home too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Till next time....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I have a little DIY to show off today. I made my very own version of Wycinanki (Polish paper cutting). </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Whilst putting together a Folk Art Pinterest board last week I decided to have a go.</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have always been fond of Polish Folk Art. </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The colours are so vibrant and often Wycinanki is symmetrical; I do like a bit of symmetry. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If you are not familiar with this wonderfully colourful and intricate form of paper cutting - pop over to my <b><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/fancyacuppalove/" target="_blank">Pinterest board</a></b> and have a nose if you like. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I cut out quite a few different shaped flowers and leaves last week, playing around with styles and layering. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I selected what I thought went well and finally got around to finishing my little work of art today. Here it is, rather crudely attached</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> to a glassless frame! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I am hoping to find a nice frame in a charity shop soon, then I can mount it properly. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I do hope you all had an excellent Christmas time with your loved ones. We certainly did... it was hectic but lovely. Unfortunately the day before Mr J was due back at work, I got the lurgies, not quite the flu, but nastier than a cold. 5 days later and I still have it. So I'm starting this year slowly, very slowly. It's incredibly annoying as I haven't been able to do any crafty creating at all for the last two weeks... I have LOTS of ideas that are swimming around in my mind, mostly coming to the fore front when I'm trying to get to sleep or I'm in the shower. </span></div>
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<br />Claire Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04846284418272499850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943989322352162677.post-80647769561626492272014-12-19T12:06:00.001+00:002014-12-19T12:06:34.536+00:00Pushing myself to make things that I haven't got a clue how to!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hello again! Yes three mini posts in one day! I'm a like a bus! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Last week I set about making an owl doorstop for a friends daughter. I googled and looked on pinterest for a relatively easy tutorial. I couldn't find one that I liked so I set about making my own pattern. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'm sure that there is proper pattern paper you can buy, but I got out my trusty greaseproof baking paper and started sketching! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The front, back, wings and feet were easy, it was the side panel that was the trickiest bit to do. I wanted the sides to taper in to a point near the top where the ears are located. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It took me a while to get my head around this bit....and because I had to REALLY CONCENTRATE (!!) I didn't take a single photo of ANY of the steps I took. All I have is one pic of the finished product!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So here she is! Pretty isn't she?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I think they are sweet! I have yet to actually make them into cushion covers... I will show you all the final products when I get around to it. </span></div>
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<br />Claire Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04846284418272499850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943989322352162677.post-23504194253833219812014-12-19T11:40:00.000+00:002014-12-19T11:40:31.982+00:00A christmassy garland<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Do you remember earlier in the month I made a few 3 dimensional christmas trees using gold card and an old book? No? Well you can have a peek <b>here. </b> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Thank you so much for reading my ramblings and leaving lovely, encouraging comments too!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Last week I got the decs out and my sad looking wreath. </span><br />
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<br />Claire Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04846284418272499850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943989322352162677.post-25347442971528997762014-11-18T13:10:00.000+00:002014-11-18T13:10:58.010+00:00Bloomin' tension<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I have been lusting over numerous photos on Instagram of wonderfully crocheted granny squares! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I have wanted a granny square blanket for as long as I can remember. They are so expensive to buy and the ones you find in charity shops are often made with the most hideous colours! Hence, the donation?!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So, I decided to turn my multi sized granny squares into bunting! Oh yes! Surprising!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">PS - Sorry for the dreary photos, but it is very dark and grey here today, and yesterday, and the day before that come to think of it. I MISS THE SUMMER!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Mr J has been able to get home most weekends and has been busy doing lots of DIY. He is currently in the cellar 'spider proofing' Big G's room! This involves removing badly made floor to ceiling cupboards and replacing them with a fake wall. So yet again my house is upside down and an absolute mess. I'm not moaning but it does mean that I will spend much of the beginning of next week cleaning, rearranging stuff and painting yet more walls.</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #990000;">My pine cones have opened up and dried out nicely. Two of my favourite postcards I received this month, some pretty vases purchased in Ikea and a remembrance card for Mr J's granddad who died last year, aged 100. </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I am a bit fed up of painting, but probably not as much as Mr J is; spending every day off doing huge DIY projects! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">So not a lot of sewing or crocheting has been going on this week. I am however still continuing with my mammoth crochet blanket - one looooooong row at a time!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">It was middle B's 7th birthday mid week and we celebrated this weekend with pressies and a cake. I used leftover wallpaper to wrap his pressies. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Not easy to wrap with wallpaper, it doesn't like to fold so you can't get clean crisp edges - but 7 year olds don't notice such minor details! I then used left over wrapping paper to make a sweet garland to hang. I couldn't find the Happy Birthday garland that we use for every birthday, I'm sure its nestled safely between some fabric in one of my cupboards. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I whipped up a new one. Took me about 5 mins to make. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I had my birthday a couple of weeks ago too, and as usual was completely spoiled by my family - especially by Mr J.</span><br />
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<i style="color: #990000; text-align: center;">Please note that my kitchen table is NEVER this sparse! EVER! But Mum and I had just finished wallpapering this wall so I decided to take a quick pic. Birthday flowers from Mr J.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I am a huge fan of Rob Ryan's work...I mean HUGE. Mr J went overboard (not complaining) in Ryan Town and bought me a lazercut of my favourite piece of Mr Ryan's work. You can see it on the left of the photo, all framed and ready to be hung. <i>Swoon.</i> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">When in London a few weeks ago I went to Ikea and stocked up on lots of frames. I spent an afternoon framing all the new prints we (I say we! Mr J is the gadgets/appliances man and I am the interiors lady - we stick to our roles!) have bought for the home. I now have no finger nails left, but I do have a mini art gallery to admire until I get the time to hang them. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I am still enjoying being part of the <a href="http://www.postcrossing.com/" target="_blank">post crossing</a> community. So nice to receive mail from around the world...some tell you about their culture and lives, others just want to say Hi and practise their English, and there are a few that use it to create beautiful mail art - just to make someone on the other side of the world smile. I have to admit that I use it as a create outlet. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Mr J and I celebrated our 4th (going out together) anniversary yesterday - I couldn't be happier if I tried. I bagged myself an amazingly kind, thoughtful and funny man when I honestly thought I'd be a single forever! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Thanks for stopping by my lovelies. Have a great week and I'll see you all on Instagram till my next post. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This week I went along to my new 'local' car boot sale with a wish list, and enough pennies in my pocket...I found lots of lovely embroidered hankies, tables clothes, and antimacassars. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Well if you have been avidly been following The Great British Bake Off (who hasn't?), then you may recall that Chetna, who sadly got the boot this week, lives in my town! Very exciting to have a local celeb...a talented, useful local celeb. Ouch!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Oh......I've lost my thread now, as the neighbours just knocked on the door and asked me to keep an eye on their cat...didn't even know they had one...so I had better keep an eye on ALL local tabbys for the next 16 days!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So...food festival...oh yes! Big G follows people on Twitter and apparently that includes Paul Hollywood from GBBO!?! I heard a scream, followed by "Mum, Mum, Paul Hollywood and Chetna are at the food festival right NOW! We have to go NOW! Oh my God my hair is a bit greasy, wait for me to get changed, oh my God, oh my God....", it went on!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When we arrived at the foodie area and did a walk-run looking for the demo tent. We found it, but no Paul or Chetna...panic... I then spotted some 'security' talking behind the tent, I mouthed "follow me" to Big G and waltzed right past the a bit rubbish (at their job)security people and walked up to Paul Hollywood and said "Hello Paul", "Hi" he grumbled back, looking a bit grumpy. Not one to be deterred easily, I informed him that my daughter was a massive fan and would he mind if she had her photo taken with him. He stopped cleaning his motorbike helmet and posed.....not smiling, but posed non-the-less. </span><br />
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Claire Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04846284418272499850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943989322352162677.post-24638620207818051522014-10-02T14:28:00.000+01:002014-10-02T14:28:51.001+01:00Finding my feet<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hello my dears</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The past two weeks have been about finding my feet. I stumbled across a knit and natter evening in a lovely teeny weeny pub in Ramsgate. </span><br />
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Claire Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04846284418272499850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943989322352162677.post-79671428761318005642014-09-19T10:30:00.004+01:002014-09-21T17:04:14.173+01:00From A to B<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Good morning my lovely blog readers. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I fear I have have left it too long....I haven't blogged since July. That wasn't my intention. My apologies. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The reason for my absence...we moved house. I previously typed my blogs from my little house in the heart of South London, but now I do so from the Isle of Thanet! Its not really an Isle. We are the sticky out bit in Kent. What a pretty sticky out bit it is....</span><br />
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Claire Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04846284418272499850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943989322352162677.post-3548895708517198652014-07-22T13:18:00.002+01:002014-07-23T10:28:08.458+01:00Picky pickers<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My children are city kids. They are not fazed by the underground tube, dirty litter strewn streets, chicken shops on every corner and people being unfriendly. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My children are city kids. They are fazed by insects on fruit, rotting fruit on the ground being eaten by all manner of creatures. Oh deary me! What has become of my children? What have I done to them?!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We went fruit picking earlier this week at a Pick Your Own farm (a first for Big G, middle B and myself). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">At first I was mortified - both of them were squealing - <i>ohh there is a hole in that cherry, why won't the flies go away, none of these cherries look very nice, I'm not eating any cherries that have touched a rotting cherry..</i>it went on...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">... and so did I. <i>Ooooh look at this branch, it is heaving, aren't the insects here lucky to have such delicious food to nibble on. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Thankfully after about 10 minutes both children forgot their city ways and were squealing with delight at the fruit they were finding and picking. Do you know they haven't got on so well in years. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We have been going back and forth to the seaside for months now, looking for the right primary school for middle B and perfect sixth form for Big G. We have now found them. The children are now excited and looking forward to moving out of London and starting their prospective schools. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Looking around a school only takes an hour or two - the rest of the day is ours to do with as we pleased. And pleased ourselves we did. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Don't be shy - enter my </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">giveaway</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> before time is up! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I recently sat down to look and admire some quilts on Pinterest, I gazed at many, and thought about how wonderful they were and what skill and time must have gone into making them. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I have blogged before about my love of quilts and in particular this beauty that I snapped up, well I say snapped up, I practically dived on the item when I saw it at a car boot sale one Sunday morning last year. I could not believe my eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Obviously I'm delighted that said owner did not want it, did not care for it or appreciate its beauty as it is now in my, full to the brim, linen cupboard. Actually its in the hot press (as Mr J would say) as there is no more room in my floor to ceiling linen cupboard. That cupboard makes me happy. It makes me go all gooey inside. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Anyway, back to the point - sitting at computer, lusting over quilts, when I decide that I am going to make one. Yes I know I haven't finished Big G's one...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and I have still to finish this one...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">but the urge to make one was overwhelming. I googled how to make a hexagon quilt, found a brill tutorial on you tube and then set about looking for a hexagon shaped object about the house.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A stressful, near tearful hour later, NO HEXAGON shaped objects to be found. Quite unbelievable considering the amount of stuff I own! Anyway I was not to be dissuaded or put off, so I changed shape. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ummmm...yes! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have a diamond shaped thingy, it is a regular shape, it can tessellate, and it only has four corners to grapple with. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">One dismantled and cut up cereal box later, I had tacked some material to several diamonds and sewn them together - ta DAH! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As usual I didn't actually think the project through. I should not have made a star (but how could you not) because I now have to keep adding to it, I cannot start another star and add it to what I have put together already as it doesn't fit! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It was at this point that I thought - maybe I'll turn this particular project into a cushion! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Making these little diamonds is so easy, quick (once you've cut out the templates) and a super duper way to use up scraps, I knew this of course, but I'm amazed at how little material you need for a diamond. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I ordered a hexi paper punch last night as I am going to make a hexagon quilt in the not too distant future. Cutting the shapes out is the dodgy bit, I'm sure my diamonds are getting bigger...must keep an eye on that!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And so a new found love for hand sewing has been born.</span></div>
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