tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86984430005753442502012-01-25T05:44:27.972+08:00Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.comBlogger1511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-91365255928208882252012-01-11T16:59:00.006+08:002012-01-11T17:23:30.152+08:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><br style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">a visit to the op shop from miss s, rendered a bag of goodies for me to alter and play with...</span><br style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">this was two over sized... i have to say "shifts" for over sized bodies....obese bodies....</span><br style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">originally two squares stitched together, with a hole for the head to go through....</span><br style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">the fabric got me in...</span><br style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">i cut off the side seams and was left with nearly a 2 metre piece of fabric from each shift...</span><br style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">summer fashion in the shops here, seems to be all about colour, bright, contrasting colour, with no connection.....</span><br style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;"></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">here is what was born....<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0sOhS9_mPVA/Tw1REGSGnbI/AAAAAAAABDQ/gPbAIHY_lds/s1600/pen%2Bdrive%2B012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0sOhS9_mPVA/Tw1REGSGnbI/AAAAAAAABDQ/gPbAIHY_lds/s400/pen%2Bdrive%2B012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696298234541415858" border="0" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">not loved by Miss S...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PxddYZGx4iw/Tw1Q_-9grXI/AAAAAAAABDE/WVc-vboMmeA/s1600/pen%2Bdrive%2B002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PxddYZGx4iw/Tw1Q_-9grXI/AAAAAAAABDE/WVc-vboMmeA/s400/pen%2Bdrive%2B002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696298163856518514" border="0" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;"></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">but I am certainly a happy recipient of a new summer dress....<br />let out the drawstring and it goes from a 10 to a 12...<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gz17DMVxBEk/Tw1Q8JUkT2I/AAAAAAAABC4/Dw5BArjeA7o/s1600/pen%2Bdrive%2B001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gz17DMVxBEk/Tw1Q8JUkT2I/AAAAAAAABC4/Dw5BArjeA7o/s400/pen%2Bdrive%2B001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696298097918103394" border="0" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are two more over sized shifts to dice into....</span><br style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">oh the possibilities....</span><br style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">i cut this pattern from an existing top that i love, added some length and an uneven frill on the bottom.... i know the photos don't show it, but the back is slightly longer than the front...</span><br style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">i have so many projects to start....wish i could find more hours in the day....</span><br style="font-family: arial;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-9136525592820888225?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-22547420388903087682012-01-07T09:14:00.009+08:002012-01-07T09:38:31.512+08:00my granny always served tea in a pot and always with a new, fun and interesting tea cosy that she had made...<br />she always produced a new one for our family get togethers ...<br />if only we had saved them....<br /><br /><br />nothing like a burst of colour to brighten up a grey day...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-msskNAXgWYY/TwedqgZqn2I/AAAAAAAABCU/X5BjQ8ZjnkE/s1600/pen%2Bdrive%2B038.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-msskNAXgWYY/TwedqgZqn2I/AAAAAAAABCU/X5BjQ8ZjnkE/s400/pen%2Bdrive%2B038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694693607410933602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />a quick and easy project, pattern worked from a memory...<br /><br />now it makes us all smile every time we look at it sitting on the bench...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6uS8xR_eAjY/TwedjR1YrfI/AAAAAAAABCI/L4dTEE9pvrw/s1600/pen%2Bdrive%2B036.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6uS8xR_eAjY/TwedjR1YrfI/AAAAAAAABCI/L4dTEE9pvrw/s400/pen%2Bdrive%2B036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694693483241582066" border="0" /></a>and then i crocheted one for a comparison....<br />hummm i think the knitted version is nicer and certainly easier to use as far as stretching over the pot...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nYT9pCwQ1og/TwefJliLbYI/AAAAAAAABCg/fRUr1adU9Ek/s1600/pen%2Bdrive%2B031.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nYT9pCwQ1og/TwefJliLbYI/AAAAAAAABCg/fRUr1adU9Ek/s400/pen%2Bdrive%2B031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694695240876387714" border="0" /></a><br />as for keeping the tea warm, they both do the job very well...<br />they are sooo easy i am sure they will be the 2012 'go to' gift...<br /><br />afternoon tea anyone?<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-faXFioFEL40/Twefvf1YeII/AAAAAAAABCs/MIxlN8BenlM/s1600/pen%2Bdrive%2B024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-faXFioFEL40/Twefvf1YeII/AAAAAAAABCs/MIxlN8BenlM/s400/pen%2Bdrive%2B024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694695892181350530" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2254742038890308768?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-17290044267820658292012-01-02T14:04:00.011+08:002012-01-02T14:33:10.540+08:00a new year breaks the blogging hiatus..amazing what holidays can do....life slows...time to think...time to do....<br />sorry to have been missing for so long...i hope you still remember me...i promise to be more reliable in 2012...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">so this is one of my christmas morning converstions with 25 year old son....<br /><br />mum...tom i dont think you can wear those boardies to christmas lunch they look disgusting.<br />tom....jenno, they have been around the world, they're my favourite, i love them.<br />mum....tom they are revolting, threadbare.<br />tom.... ok then, but dont throw them out....infact why dont you make me a new pair<br />mum....why dont your buy some, you now have a full time proper job remember.<br />tom..but they are really comfy boardies and i cant find any new ones i like.<br />jen..i will have to unpick them to get a decent pattern...cough cough (jen thinks to self...terrific, that gets rid of those boardies!!)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">so unpick we did..<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jatw3GRh3z4/TwFKs-UOd2I/AAAAAAAABAc/JLcc8IIzJts/s1600/IMG_0163.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jatw3GRh3z4/TwFKs-UOd2I/AAAAAAAABAc/JLcc8IIzJts/s400/IMG_0163.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692913540475549538" border="0" /></a>and here is the result...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jZKvdP_OlQM/TwFMFt2AjEI/AAAAAAAABBM/h4RsS8KdmbM/s1600/IMG_0169.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jZKvdP_OlQM/TwFMFt2AjEI/AAAAAAAABBM/h4RsS8KdmbM/s400/IMG_0169.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692915065062198338" border="0" /></a>and they fit...and he loves them...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YNmAIxJrOgM/TwFMSwuABeI/AAAAAAAABBY/t3BLCFWhrk8/s1600/IMG_0167.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YNmAIxJrOgM/TwFMSwuABeI/AAAAAAAABBY/t3BLCFWhrk8/s400/IMG_0167.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692915289172215266" border="0" /></a>and i loved using my double needle..<br /></div>i havent used it in months, and i'm asking myself why not..it gives such a great finish...<br />there are terrific tutorials on the web for threading your machine to accomodate it...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-losjqEswL3Q/TwFM1fKs3qI/AAAAAAAABBk/204Row43Q3o/s1600/IMG_0165.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-losjqEswL3Q/TwFM1fKs3qI/AAAAAAAABBk/204Row43Q3o/s400/IMG_0165.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692915885756178082" border="0" /></a>wishing you all the very best for 2012..<br />i hope your new year is full of much fun, love, laughter and time to craft...<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-1729004426782065829?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-56841519649494582282011-03-24T20:30:00.003+08:002011-03-24T20:34:23.020+08:00after a long hiatus, i finally found some stitching time...<div>finally...</div><div>and as i went to photograph the new projects.....</div><div><br /></div><div>I DROPPED MY CAMERA!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>sniff sniff...and.... sniff sniff some more...</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-5684151964949458228?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-14159799759621382982011-02-14T20:25:00.009+08:002011-02-14T20:59:58.563+08:00I don't usually knit in summer, our climate is too hot..<br />but this year we have had a mild summer (or is it an early autumn?) and i have been in need of a cardigan...that perfect weight cardigan...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B_vuP9tB70I/TVkk2E03wrI/AAAAAAAABAE/K-Mjnr-zlcU/s1600/softness.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B_vuP9tB70I/TVkk2E03wrI/AAAAAAAABAE/K-Mjnr-zlcU/s400/softness.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573526525274735282" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I did a <a href="http://stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com/search/label/knitting">winter version of this</a> and loved it..comfy, casual, easy to wear...<br />so decided i could do the maths and knit in a cotton, managing the pattern alterations with the changed tension...pretty straight forward...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FHh3cJ88rkY/TVkh0-dD90I/AAAAAAAAA_0/uRJxd-5Uwuw/s1600/jo%2Bsharp%2Bcotton.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FHh3cJ88rkY/TVkh0-dD90I/AAAAAAAAA_0/uRJxd-5Uwuw/s400/jo%2Bsharp%2Bcotton.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573523207849506626" border="0" /></a><br />and low and behold it worked...<span style="font-size:78%;">(sorry night time photo)</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NsxrVcNf-VA/TVkkUPNBkOI/AAAAAAAAA_8/5acHdEIgAEs/s1600/cardigan%2Bfront.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NsxrVcNf-VA/TVkkUPNBkOI/AAAAAAAAA_8/5acHdEIgAEs/s400/cardigan%2Bfront.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573525943944843490" border="0" /></a><br />its been just perfect..and I have worn it a lot...<br />the only alteration was to widen the sleeve edge for a drape...and to add a button closure...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CFOsXQpDPQc/TVklYyM3FoI/AAAAAAAABAM/Vma0wkkOUYU/s1600/cardigan%2Bbuttons.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CFOsXQpDPQc/TVklYyM3FoI/AAAAAAAABAM/Vma0wkkOUYU/s400/cardigan%2Bbuttons.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573527121570502274" border="0" /></a>Pattern: Jo Sharp Yoke Cardigan...from <a href="http://www.josharp.com/library/knit-issue-10-preview.aspx">Modern Knits</a><br />Yarn: Jo Sharp aran weight cotton<br />Colour: White.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-1415979975962138298?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-45219646254267739932011-02-04T15:30:00.015+08:002011-02-04T16:15:55.457+08:0022 years ago, i sat in a hospital bed for 3.5 months waiting for #2 son to be born...<br /><br />i kept boredom at bay by making a quilt...completely by hand...for the expected bambino...<br /><br />he arrived pre-term.... our lovely Mstr. W.....and he has been in a hurry to get things done ever since...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TUuySm5gAhI/AAAAAAAAA_U/5wvey99GLI4/s1600/Willo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TUuySm5gAhI/AAAAAAAAA_U/5wvey99GLI4/s400/Willo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569741396922860050" border="0" /></a><br /><br />that hand pieced quilt has been on his bed always...on the farm... at boarding school... and now at uni...<br /><br />he has requested another...an update...a birthday gift...<br /><br />we gathered japanese fabrics.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TUu0bT_DzzI/AAAAAAAAA_c/-64HuRcpWlQ/s1600/Japan%2Bprint%2B2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TUu0bT_DzzI/AAAAAAAAA_c/-64HuRcpWlQ/s400/Japan%2Bprint%2B2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569743745487982386" border="0" /></a>and leather....and velvet... from his great- grandmothers sewing box....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TUuuit4gL2I/AAAAAAAAA-s/ptw2HzuHoDc/s1600/velvet.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TUuuit4gL2I/AAAAAAAAA-s/ptw2HzuHoDc/s400/velvet.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569737275629121378" border="0" /></a><br />and we stitched them into a quilt top...<br /><br />'wonky square'....because he is a perfectionist....<br /><br />this time, not a hand sewn stitch to be seen...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TUuthlX06EI/AAAAAAAAA-M/LH232ORlR_8/s1600/quilt%2Btop.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TUuthlX06EI/AAAAAAAAA-M/LH232ORlR_8/s400/quilt%2Btop.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569736156653086786" border="0" /></a><br />so now, do i tackle the quilting myself....or do i send it off, to be done in a flash.....<br /><br />happy birthday lovely boy..we are so very proud of you...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TUuyDBdURuI/AAAAAAAAA_M/o-xsIyFc7Is/s1600/P1050772.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TUuyDBdURuI/AAAAAAAAA_M/o-xsIyFc7Is/s400/P1050772.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569741129174501090" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-4521964625426773993?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-63383340078817988352011-01-16T11:47:00.010+08:002011-01-16T12:12:04.014+08:00my family have gone to beach house, but i have a few days of work before i can join them...<br /><br />a quiet house...<br /><br />into the stitching room to fill my time...<br /><br />a lovely piece of fabric from<a href="http:/tessuti.com.au/"> tessuti</a>..a joy to work with...sorry i don't remember what it was, a seersucker stripe, and i think it may have some silk in it as it has a lovely sheen..<br /><br />made in 2 hours as the <a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-2560-misses-dresses.aspx">pattern </a>told me i could, from cutting to blogging... easy...<br />a few adjustments from <a href="http://stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com/2010/11/blending-in-with-furniture.html">last time.</a>..<br />centre back and front cut on the fold...<br />a band around the hem...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TTJsIGIbr6I/AAAAAAAAA94/_fA4M0gCmNs/s1600/Hem%2Bbanding.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TTJsIGIbr6I/AAAAAAAAA94/_fA4M0gCmNs/s400/Hem%2Bbanding.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562627376096718754" border="0" /></a><br />satin shoulders...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TTJrlb2ZpBI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/06ct8juiDd8/s1600/bows%2Bof%2Bsatin.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TTJrlb2ZpBI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/06ct8juiDd8/s400/bows%2Bof%2Bsatin.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562626780631245842" border="0" /></a><br />i had trouble photographing this being home alone...<br />my companion helped me...see him sneaking into the background..<br />first from afar...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TTJr-qrb16I/AAAAAAAAA9w/zZARp2sumPQ/s1600/he%2Bcame%2Balong.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TTJr-qrb16I/AAAAAAAAA9w/zZARp2sumPQ/s400/he%2Bcame%2Balong.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562627214108514210" border="0" /></a><br />then closer...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TTJr0pECOhI/AAAAAAAAA9o/nO4BX1OIOlQ/s1600/he%2Bwanted%2Bto%2Bhelp.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TTJr0pECOhI/AAAAAAAAA9o/nO4BX1OIOlQ/s400/he%2Bwanted%2Bto%2Bhelp.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562627041876130322" border="0" /></a><br />until finally i got the message...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TTJrrrrW6DI/AAAAAAAAA9g/rUNI_Sgf2T8/s1600/he%2Bdid%2Bhelp.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TTJrrrrW6DI/AAAAAAAAA9g/rUNI_Sgf2T8/s400/he%2Bdid%2Bhelp.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562626887959111730" border="0" /></a><br />Nelson...loyal...lovely...always by my side...my black labrodour...L.O.V.E....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-6338334007881798835?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-91265154765369660892011-01-05T09:41:00.011+08:002011-01-05T10:55:41.402+08:00for miss s...<br /><br />gather drape dress no.3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSPWHuYssRI/AAAAAAAAA8g/unViv-Rgfbg/s1600/DRAPE%2BNO%2B3%2BDRESS.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSPWHuYssRI/AAAAAAAAA8g/unViv-Rgfbg/s400/DRAPE%2BNO%2B3%2BDRESS.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558521793304375570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />one piece...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSPWvLSfA7I/AAAAAAAAA8o/MtZO5RnPSJU/s1600/drape%2B%25233%2Bcutting.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSPWvLSfA7I/AAAAAAAAA8o/MtZO5RnPSJU/s400/drape%2B%25233%2Bcutting.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558522471077839794" border="0" /></a><br /><br />cleverly constructed....<br /><br />easily sewn...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSPXU1hRpgI/AAAAAAAAA9A/LsxwlZKqV3c/s1600/drape%2Bhip.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSPXU1hRpgI/AAAAAAAAA9A/LsxwlZKqV3c/s400/drape%2Bhip.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558523118069327362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSPXdY3QQpI/AAAAAAAAA9I/iza8PxiOQvo/s1600/drape%2Bsleeve.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSPXdY3QQpI/AAAAAAAAA9I/iza8PxiOQvo/s400/drape%2Bsleeve.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558523264995705490" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.tessuti-shop.com/products/drape-drape-book">drape drape</a>... yet to disappoint...<br /><br />has anyone stitched any of this book in woven fabrics...<br />i wonder how they would sit/fit?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSPbFhF_kgI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/fCX-XXg8fMw/s1600/drape%2B3%2Bfinished.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSPbFhF_kgI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/fCX-XXg8fMw/s400/drape%2B3%2Bfinished.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558527252934660610" border="0" /></a>miss s is off <span style="font-style: italic;">celebrating</span> exam results at<a href="http://www.southboundfestival.com.au/"> Southbound</a>, so she cant model this for you...<br /><br />oh to be a school leaver again, i am envious of the freedom...<br />no real world responsibility yet....<br />i cant get off my merry-go-round, and she is yet to get on hers...sigh...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-9126515476536966089?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-29253383410786243682011-01-02T16:04:00.005+08:002011-01-02T16:25:09.452+08:00<div style="text-align: left;">another great top from my new<a href="http://www.tessuti-shop.com/products/drape-drape-book"> japanese book</a>... drape drape...<br /><br />i am so impressed with these books...the patterns are just gorgeous...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSAyKyS7skI/AAAAAAAAA8I/pQVkVhk5lvQ/s1600/sheer%2Bdelight.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSAyKyS7skI/AAAAAAAAA8I/pQVkVhk5lvQ/s400/sheer%2Bdelight.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557497101056455234" border="0" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.tessuti-shop.com/products/drape-drape-book"></a><br /><br />fabric purchased while in melbourne from <a href="http://thefabricstore.com.au/"> the fabric store </a>in fitzroy.<br />100% sheer cotton gauze...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSAzbtB-jRI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/Yx_B2zHF3s4/s1600/sheer%2Bdelight%2Bon%2Bwhite.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TSAzbtB-jRI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/Yx_B2zHF3s4/s400/sheer%2Bdelight%2Bon%2Bwhite.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557498491212565778" border="0" /></a>shame i cant get a photo from behind because the folds are just as lovely...<br /><br />i cant wait to wear this top it just feels...right...<br /><br />#2 son asked if i had cut up the fly net....boys!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2925338341078624368?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-49241729991725854312010-12-28T17:11:00.005+08:002010-12-30T19:57:33.021+08:00just before christmas a much anticipated parcel arrived from tessuti....<strong> <br /> <br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Drape Drape</span> <br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">ISBN 978457911253</span></strong> <br /> <br /><div id="wrapper"><div class="content clearfix"> <div id="contentWrapper"> <div id="left-col"> <!-- banner goes here --> <br /><div id="product-page"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div id="top-strap"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div id="product-images"><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0017/0222/products/p1110088_large.jpg?1292148636" class="product-image" rel="lightbox[ product]" title=""> </a> <a href="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0017/0222/products/p1110088_large.jpg?1292148636" class="product-image" rel="lightbox[ product]" title=""><img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0017/0222/products/p1110088_medium.jpg?1292148636" alt="Drape Drape 2" /></a></div></div><noscript></noscript> and it did not disappoint... <br /><div id="il_fic"><div id="il_ic" style="left: 50%; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TRaNsT3h6jI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/0b6JrzkkJmU/s400/table.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554782982795029042" border="0" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>we ate, and laughed and played games..</div><div>and we swam, it was 38degrees celsius!</div><div><br /></div><div>and for the first xmas ever...</div><div>my family was not complete...one remains in the bolivian jungle....</div><div>and i missed him...alot...all day...</div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TRaNEUgkQJI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/bqAoxcObA7M/s400/tom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554782295772381330" border="0" /><div>and i hope he is safe, and having fun hunting those anacondas, and i hope he received his christmas gift before he left...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>and when all went to bed after a big day, i had a quiet moment and checked for messages in case #1 son had contacted us...and he hadn't...how could he from the bolivian jungle..and i was sad again...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>and then....and then....</div><div>another christmas surprise from<a href="http://sixandahalfstitches.typepad.com/six_and_a_half_stitches/"> afar.</a>..</div><div>thankyou 'A' you are so talented, and i feel so lucky to receive your kindness....</div><div><br /></div><div>it was definitely a silver threaded christmas, and <a href="http://sixandahalfstitches.typepad.com/six_and_a_half_stitches/2010/12/cast-your-mind-back-a-few-months-to-about-october-or-september-that-long-really-i-have-had-the-following-words-that-i.html">silver|song</a> has drifted through my mind all night....</div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TRaG0578G6I/AAAAAAAAA6I/DyEMYl9ZbwE/s400/silver.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554775433871629218" border="0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2615168763683053901?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-20575033017260686312010-11-29T11:44:00.009+08:002010-11-29T12:23:22.254+08:00we have studied hard...and sat final exams...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPMjaLCL-kI/AAAAAAAAA5E/Jaj03nfWjug/s1600/study.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPMjaLCL-kI/AAAAAAAAA5E/Jaj03nfWjug/s400/study.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544814498768747074" border="0" /></a><br />we have graduated...with laughter and tears....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPMjqWBnsLI/AAAAAAAAA5U/VZbIoainYCw/s1600/girls.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPMjqWBnsLI/AAAAAAAAA5U/VZbIoainYCw/s400/girls.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544814776597065906" border="0" /></a>we have survived leavers week...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPMjkVPITBI/AAAAAAAAA5M/sKH6hO6gBn8/s1600/ballons.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPMjkVPITBI/AAAAAAAAA5M/sKH6hO6gBn8/s400/ballons.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544814673306078226" border="0" /></a><br />we have won two awards...<br /><br />miss s is very much like her dad...<br />award 1. citizenship...<br />but she loves art, textiles, and craft, and most things visual..like her mum...<br />award 2. materials &amp; design...<br /><br />Congratulations miss s, your dress was stunning...hours and hours of hand stitching and sequencing...months in the making...all worth it...<br /><br />But yet, we have come home from boarding school, and now have to fit/stuff all belongings back into bedroom cupboards..<br />if you could only see that room!!.....<br /><br />breathe mother....<br /><br />This is how i found <span style="font-style: italic;">that</span> award winning dress!!!...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPMkOF2_vFI/AAAAAAAAA5c/XMy_cWZra8o/s1600/dress%2Bin%2Bcupboard.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPMkOF2_vFI/AAAAAAAAA5c/XMy_cWZra8o/s400/dress%2Bin%2Bcupboard.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544815390732827730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPMontUGJpI/AAAAAAAAA5s/M22LVPnkgvo/s1600/dress2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPMontUGJpI/AAAAAAAAA5s/M22LVPnkgvo/s400/dress2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544820228867106450" border="0" /></a><br />note to self...must do some more parenting...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2057503301726068631?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-27622998896968778112010-11-28T17:00:00.009+08:002010-11-28T17:17:14.754+08:00meet the sarrouel pant...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPIdmIXDaKI/AAAAAAAAA48/3TQ2SiECWGc/s1600/sarrouel%2Bpant.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPIdmIXDaKI/AAAAAAAAA48/3TQ2SiECWGc/s400/sarrouel%2Bpant.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544526632162912418" border="0" /></a><br />made for miss s...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPIankv3gPI/AAAAAAAAA4c/6QP0AKd8mEg/s1600/s%2Bpant%2Bj.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPIankv3gPI/AAAAAAAAA4c/6QP0AKd8mEg/s400/s%2Bpant%2Bj.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544523358428168434" border="0" /></a><br />from this book...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPIbDE7r_1I/AAAAAAAAA4s/aYxILL1j0Ck/s1600/japanese%2Bbook%2Ba-z.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TPIbDE7r_1I/AAAAAAAAA4s/aYxILL1j0Ck/s400/japanese%2Bbook%2Ba-z.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544523830924148562" border="0" /></a><br />what fun...<br />now for a blouse to compliment...<br /><br />'n' has been asked for, with alterations... add this, and leave that, and longer here..and shorter there...<br /><br />I DON'T READ JAPANESE...how am i meant to adjust the pattern...i have hard enough time just tracing the thing from the book?....<br /><br />yes darling girl, of course i will give it a try!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2762299889696877811?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-2648589680729788502010-11-22T10:23:00.012+08:002010-11-22T11:00:19.375+08:00what a great holiday....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnW6F0ommI/AAAAAAAAA3M/-SJhMyC8c_0/s1600/melbourne.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnW6F0ommI/AAAAAAAAA3M/-SJhMyC8c_0/s400/melbourne.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542197109939804770" border="0" /></a><br />wandering through the streets... <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnXA6_FiTI/AAAAAAAAA3U/G10QQxUjpm4/s1600/laneway.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnXA6_FiTI/AAAAAAAAA3U/G10QQxUjpm4/s400/laneway.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542197227289938226" border="0" /></a>with no plan...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnXH84zBpI/AAAAAAAAA3c/-lpEyUDrIU8/s1600/eye%2Bcandy.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnXH84zBpI/AAAAAAAAA3c/-lpEyUDrIU8/s400/eye%2Bcandy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542197348059514514" border="0" /></a>...no destination...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnX3oHw-sI/AAAAAAAAA30/noK6_Gzq2OE/s1600/yarra.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnX3oHw-sI/AAAAAAAAA30/noK6_Gzq2OE/s400/yarra.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542198167118871234" border="0" /></a>lunch with friends in a city park.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnXPBw_BQI/AAAAAAAAA3k/n1xP4I_PgAg/s1600/lunch.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnXPBw_BQI/AAAAAAAAA3k/n1xP4I_PgAg/s400/lunch.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542197469628007682" border="0" /></a>just <a href="http://tessutti.com.au">looking</a>...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnYd4dp-mI/AAAAAAAAA38/ORnWLYxefJY/s1600/signs.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnYd4dp-mI/AAAAAAAAA38/ORnWLYxefJY/s400/signs.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542198824340683362" border="0" /></a><br />and <a href="http://assemblage.typepad.com">meeting</a>.<a href="http://jorth.blogspot.com">fellow</a>.<a href="http://nikkishell.typepad.com">bloggers</a>.from <a href="http://soozs.blogspot.com">afar</a>..thankyou K!!!<br />it filled the senses...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnXXnb_c8I/AAAAAAAAA3s/e30oqS2z8PE/s1600/fed%2Bsq..JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnXXnb_c8I/AAAAAAAAA3s/e30oqS2z8PE/s400/fed%2Bsq..JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542197617179456450" border="0" /></a>and emptied the wallet...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnZGt9QSSI/AAAAAAAAA4M/yIkRTQR45x8/s1600/shopping%2B2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TOnZGt9QSSI/AAAAAAAAA4M/yIkRTQR45x8/s400/shopping%2B2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542199525895063842" border="0" /></a><br />and it made me sad...as the reality hit, and stood before me... my baby is no longer...she leaves the nest to gather and weave the fabric of her own life...treasured memories...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-264858968072978850?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-22946608748697855272010-11-08T09:14:00.008+08:002010-11-08T09:36:26.332+08:00what a quick knit...a gift completed....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TNdQuvw_17I/AAAAAAAAA2s/scdVZnzMnlo/s1600/jumper.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TNdQuvw_17I/AAAAAAAAA2s/scdVZnzMnlo/s400/jumper.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536983030901495730" border="0" /></a><br />however i think miss s has spied it, and we are off on holidays in a few days...i bet it goes into her suite case...<br />i dont mind, it was such a quick knit i have time to make another for the alpaca breeder, and probably enough wool....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TNdQ9ttKPeI/AAAAAAAAA28/r5johbZmSDY/s1600/jumper+sleeve.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TNdQ9ttKPeI/AAAAAAAAA28/r5johbZmSDY/s400/jumper+sleeve.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536983288046566882" border="0" /></a><br />short, cropped just at the waistline...intentionally no closures so it can be worn through the summer months...but i did find this pin in the new <a href="http://josharp.com.au">jo sharp</a> store in cottesloe a few months back, and will put it to good use...<br />(have you west aussies been into the new 'knit' store? gorgeous, huge range, <span style="font-style: italic;">great</span> bargain bin, and a completed sample of all of the patterns from her books...it's worth a visit...and the lady behind the counter has sooooo much knitting knowledge, she is a fantastic source of knitting info...thanks barbara)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TNdRfj8arHI/AAAAAAAAA3E/5_2mZtcYlI0/s1600/jumper+pin.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TNdRfj8arHI/AAAAAAAAA3E/5_2mZtcYlI0/s400/jumper+pin.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536983869541756018" border="0" /></a><br />having uploaded the photos, i think this needs blocking..i never seem to do that, too impatient....<br />bring on the holiday...melbourne town here we come...yippee<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2294660874869785527?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-38172350585569042672010-11-05T16:18:00.008+08:002010-11-05T16:31:21.887+08:00a new summer dress for me...<br /><br />pattern: New Look 6890<br />fabric: silk satin/poly mix<br />will be great by itself or worn over white linen trousers<br />the only alterations i did with the pattern was to cut off about 20cm in length and remove a bow on the front gathering...im not a bow sort of gal...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TNO-QP9BP0I/AAAAAAAAA2A/jA93kPtmc2o/s1600/P1050415.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TNO-QP9BP0I/AAAAAAAAA2A/jA93kPtmc2o/s400/P1050415.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535977553338122050" border="0" /></a><br />i just wont be able to sit in our lounge room<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TNO_tHvcqBI/AAAAAAAAA2g/4oSYfxeAsAY/s1600/P1050421.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TNO_tHvcqBI/AAAAAAAAA2g/4oSYfxeAsAY/s400/P1050421.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535979148861548562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TNO-Wrz5QfI/AAAAAAAAA2I/OgcatiS33KI/s1600/P1050418.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TNO-Wrz5QfI/AAAAAAAAA2I/OgcatiS33KI/s400/P1050418.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535977663895257586" border="0" /></a>or i will look like part of the furniture....<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-3817235058556904267?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-56654739709692879112010-10-25T14:27:00.005+08:002010-10-25T14:57:43.258+08:00ooohhh the posts have been sparse on the ground lately...<br /><br />the days have been busy.....<br /><br />the weeks seem to fly...<br /><br />this is a gift for an alpaca breeder with love from me, the merino breeder...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TMUl0AHl5zI/AAAAAAAAA1w/lHjfp9vmYfY/s1600/cardigan+%26+wool.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TMUl0AHl5zI/AAAAAAAAA1w/lHjfp9vmYfY/s400/cardigan+%26+wool.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531869292609791794" border="0" /></a><br />she is special...she has EVERYTHING a girl needs... and turns 50 in a few weeks...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TMUl8uDWpYI/AAAAAAAAA14/i0wcbWXdhrI/s1600/Needles.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TMUl8uDWpYI/AAAAAAAAA14/i0wcbWXdhrI/s400/Needles.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531869442378999170" border="0" /></a>Yarn: 8ply 100% Merino Wool Rustic Cedar Fleck from Bendigo Woolen Mills<br />Needles: size 9<br /><a href="http://www.josharp.com/products/pattern-books/default.aspx">Pattern: Jo Sharp Modern Knits.Yoke Cardigan</a><br />Yardage: 10 x 50gm balls.<br /><br />Its knitted with 2 balls at once, so it is quick to grow..just awkward using such large needles in my small hands...<br /><br />crafting has been consistent, just no time to photo the results..<br />summer shorts for boys x 6<br />summer dress for miss s x 1<br />summer top for miss s x 1<br />shirts for boys x 2<br />quilt top pieced and sandwiched - now awaiting quilting...<br />dish clothes knitted x 4<br /><br />the list goes on...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-5665473970969287911?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-66971570660345877952010-09-12T15:29:00.007+08:002010-09-12T15:50:01.296+08:00i fleeting visit to the city on saturday let me fly into my favourite fabric store in Perth...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TIyC7mSaNKI/AAAAAAAAA08/9DgmOStuu6I/s1600/C%26I.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TIyC7mSaNKI/AAAAAAAAA08/9DgmOStuu6I/s400/C%26I.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515927604023669922" border="0" /></a> iwent in to purchase another skein of wool, but to my delight i discoverd they had recently unpacked a large selcetion of japanese fabrics...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TIyFXPzLo6I/AAAAAAAAA1c/8BL2vDWq30M/s1600/jap+fabric.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TIyFXPzLo6I/AAAAAAAAA1c/8BL2vDWq30M/s400/jap+fabric.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515930278046704546" border="0" /></a><br />and they are to die for...i could not resist...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TIyFfTq_ixI/AAAAAAAAA1k/DIBsshHSgLE/s1600/Jap+bundle.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TIyFfTq_ixI/AAAAAAAAA1k/DIBsshHSgLE/s400/Jap+bundle.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515930416525052690" border="0" /></a><br />of course i justified it by telling myself i couldnt go to the upmarket that was being held today, so this was my treat...<br />i nursed them in my lap all the way home, creating in my mind...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-6697157066034587795?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-78001772511172387992010-09-10T09:32:00.008+08:002010-09-10T18:05:37.147+08:00there is lots going on in this household at the moment...<br />emotions are heightened...at least mine are...<br /><br />one chick flying to the other side of the world, one chick changing student houses and raiding cupboards, and the last chick gearing up for final school exams...plus work has been soooo busy...<br /><br />it has made me realise how much i depend on my stitching room to find the calm...to recharge...to find peace... seek solitude...and to re-balance...<br /><br />this has been a project that i can just sew without having to think..straight lines... one after the other and again some...to escape the emotions...5 minutes here...30 mins there...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TImQifkuFKI/AAAAAAAAA0k/YkUr07VTmac/s1600/quilt+on+line.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TImQifkuFKI/AAAAAAAAA0k/YkUr07VTmac/s400/quilt+on+line.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515098140957349026" border="0" /></a><br />now for the sandwiching and quilting..<br />the fabrics in this moda range (french general) have the most lovely reds, subtle, faded, yet with lots of depth...<br />the fabric was a gift, not something i would normally choose, and they have really grown on me...<br /><br />and whilst i love the reds...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TImQ9dl1YpI/AAAAAAAAA00/2OoskjzfZqU/s1600/block2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TImQ9dl1YpI/AAAAAAAAA00/2OoskjzfZqU/s400/block2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515098604281619090" border="0" /></a>the greys are to die for...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TImQwaZm_QI/AAAAAAAAA0s/oopqJulZ6Mk/s1600/block+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TImQwaZm_QI/AAAAAAAAA0s/oopqJulZ6Mk/s400/block+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515098380086738178" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7800177251117238799?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-73767238676547911982010-08-23T18:17:00.005+08:002010-08-23T18:27:51.442+08:00a boarders weekend in w.a. bought all the children home...<div>bush picnic...</div><div>bush football...</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/THJMZZAbG_I/AAAAAAAAA0U/5pMsq1LJmEk/s400/bush+picnic+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508549293320641522" /><div>special and magic family times...shared with friends...</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/THJMMdech9I/AAAAAAAAA0M/lvCClBV7RHU/s400/bush+picnic.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508549071182006226" /><div> and oh so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">fortunate</span> for the space and clean <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">environment</span> to play in...</div><div>p.s. the adults won the football game!!!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7376723867654791198?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-11112121855034220492010-08-21T10:33:00.006+08:002010-08-21T10:55:47.334+08:00a few months ago i won a <a href="http://http//stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com/2009/10/winners-are-grinners_29.html">give away</a> from the fantastically talented <a href="http://thelastpiece.typepad.com/">Sarah.</a>.. from the last piece.<br />Moda roll... french generals...lovely muted reds...it is a jam roll not a jelly roll, so the strips are only 1.5 wide..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TG891AfEN7I/AAAAAAAAAzs/0UhcAWxZDls/s1600/P1030762.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TG891AfEN7I/AAAAAAAAAzs/0UhcAWxZDls/s400/P1030762.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507688850170066866" border="0" /></a><br />over the past few days i have created these blocks, with no real direction....thinking i might shadow them down in colour grading...but.....<br />note to self...don't do that again...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TG8_kUR7dtI/AAAAAAAAA0E/17dPvQ9GvPE/s1600/P1050011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TG8_kUR7dtI/AAAAAAAAA0E/17dPvQ9GvPE/s400/P1050011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507690762449155794" border="0" /></a><br />now i dont quite know what to do with them...or what colour to use as sashing...or whether to keep patching....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TG8_Jx-s3II/AAAAAAAAAz8/CYDpp0KgWS8/s1600/P1050013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TG8_Jx-s3II/AAAAAAAAAz8/CYDpp0KgWS8/s400/P1050013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507690306565102722" border="0" /></a><br />the dilemma....<br />would love some suggestions...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-1111212185503422049?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-74802873526114815102010-08-15T15:10:00.006+08:002010-08-15T15:19:44.129+08:00another one of<a href="http://stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/request.html"> these...</a><br />for number two son....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TGeTcmrUq7I/AAAAAAAAAzE/dt-Hj2K7Ngs/s1600/bag+outside.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TGeTcmrUq7I/AAAAAAAAAzE/dt-Hj2K7Ngs/s400/bag+outside.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505531189111598002" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">a little late for the football season...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TGeUjIh0ytI/AAAAAAAAAzc/VVnAusXXSZ0/s1600/bag+insides.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TGeUjIh0ytI/AAAAAAAAAzc/VVnAusXXSZ0/s400/bag+insides.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505532400789408466" border="0" /></a><br /></div>ready for road trips???<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TGeTtxx4LnI/AAAAAAAAAzU/hkDsU9iPImM/s1600/bag+end.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TGeTtxx4LnI/AAAAAAAAAzU/hkDsU9iPImM/s400/bag+end.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505531484149657202" border="0" /></a><br />two down one to go...next time girly old school!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7480287352611481510?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-48049802932509685552010-08-01T10:28:00.007+08:002010-08-01T10:51:22.555+08:00i like nothing more than watching my hand made goodness being loved and used by others..<br />last years blanket...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TFTfcQz_pnI/AAAAAAAAAys/vI8iZESdolA/s1600/blanket.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TFTfcQz_pnI/AAAAAAAAAys/vI8iZESdolA/s400/blanket.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500266721568597618" border="0" /></a><br />it gets used every night by someone cuddle up on the couch...<br />swathed in creamy wool they read or watch television, or sleep...<br />i have observed from afar, wondering why i think the blanket looks unfinished...<br />friday night it dawned on me...it is unfinished, it needs an edge...<br />yesterday i swatched edging patterns most of the day...and last night i got started...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TFTfv2jvR3I/AAAAAAAAAy0/2Mmsl46j35o/s1600/blanket+ball.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TFTfv2jvR3I/AAAAAAAAAy0/2Mmsl46j35o/s400/blanket+ball.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500267058118477682" border="0" /></a><br />i hope it will then feel complete...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TFTgcwZ6JeI/AAAAAAAAAy8/fNNbCXGdNP0/s1600/blanket+edging.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TFTgcwZ6JeI/AAAAAAAAAy8/fNNbCXGdNP0/s400/blanket+edging.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500267829560747490" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-4804980293250968555?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-70024241029770715292010-07-31T15:47:00.014+08:002010-07-31T16:31:41.716+08:00<div><div><div><div><div>last winter i bought <a href="http://http://stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com/2009/10/whats-girl-to-do.html">this</a> from the 'op shop' with great intentions, but not enough fabric....<br /></div><br /><div>this winter i bought these from the op shop<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499975955822793618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TFPW_eAB05I/AAAAAAAAAyE/90f-q_1iaNA/s400/leather+pants.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>and i sliced them and diced them...</div><br /><div>bought a leather needle and some upholstery thread and turned them into this...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499976297114943426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TFPXTVaav8I/AAAAAAAAAyM/FrGGmjxng04/s400/leather+jacket+worn.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>i cant tell you have many leather jacket i have tried on over the past few months working out the pattern...cropped or band, zip buttons or open, collar or round neck...</div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499978688163701138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TFPZegw3YZI/AAAAAAAAAyU/uuL1QxlhX_M/s400/leather+jacket.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><div>i had to include all the pre-made seams...place them well.... so decided the simpler the better...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499979029972937426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TFPZyaGiatI/AAAAAAAAAyc/bBI39uU1EqU/s400/leather+sleeve.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>in the end, it was much easier than i expected...even the lining was simple...</div><br /><div>no real pattern, sleeves from vogue, front from a burda coat, and the back from a vogue jacekt, all morphed into one...</div><br /><div>having never stitched with leather before i soon realised you cant pin and you cant unpick because the evidence stays there for all to see...</div><div>can anyone help me with suggestions on how to button hole on leather, i think it needs a closure...</div><br /><div>and just because i am a proud mummy...look what my baby boy did a few weeks ago...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499982889986023762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TFPdTFxX4VI/AAAAAAAAAyk/svJBu7F7vXg/s400/Copy+of+tom+graduating.JPG" border="0" /></div><br />one down two to go.....<br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7002424102977071529?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-25399867715259213412010-07-27T20:04:00.006+08:002010-07-27T20:25:58.398+08:00<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">a gift...for baby noah...he has arrived early...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TE7NiaGmNgI/AAAAAAAAAxc/oI8RsLsG3GI/s1600/nohas+bag.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TE7NiaGmNgI/AAAAAAAAAxc/oI8RsLsG3GI/s400/nohas+bag.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498558186072192514" border="0" /></a><br />something quick and easy...so granny can take them on a long distance adventure...<br />easy they were...<br />quick they were not...far to fiddly to be quick...<br /></div><br /><br />1. print out the numbers from publisher...thanks microsoft...<br />2. find the stash fabrics<br />3. cut them out<br />4. sew them together<br />5. wash them to fray them<br />6. dry and iron them<br />7. stuff them with rice...probably should have used wadding<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TE7PbxYb3_I/AAAAAAAAAx0/IPgkj8AjTVA/s1600/noahs+number+4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TE7PbxYb3_I/AAAAAAAAAx0/IPgkj8AjTVA/s400/noahs+number+4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498560271085199346" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />tah.. dah...<br />rice bag numbers...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TE7PNqWn_zI/AAAAAAAAAxs/ndohiC5qlaU/s1600/nohas+numbers.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TE7PNqWn_zI/AAAAAAAAAxs/ndohiC5qlaU/s400/nohas+numbers.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498560028680388402" border="0" /></a>sorry about the very ordinary photography....<br />night time photography as these are leaving for melbourne in the morning...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2539986771525921341?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-56236553618113889142010-07-16T14:33:00.006+08:002010-07-16T14:55:11.615+08:00a gift....<br />with uni finally finished, number one son is heading overseas...indefinately...sniff sniff...<br />how did he get that big that quickly....<br />a scarf for the northern winter...made by mama...a touch of home to travel with...<br />inspiration from <a href="http://craftapalooza.typepad.com/crafted/2010/06/scrappy-crochet-weave-scarf.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Craftapalooza+%28Craftapalooza%29">here</a>...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TEAAwITcKVI/AAAAAAAAAw8/PzKVoEsRhZU/s1600/scarf+3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TEAAwITcKVI/AAAAAAAAAw8/PzKVoEsRhZU/s400/scarf+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494392372254746962" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">scraps of wool... about a ball of each colour...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TEABUkbI0XI/AAAAAAAAAxU/bIjwx_Z7xzI/s1600/scarf+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TEABUkbI0XI/AAAAAAAAAxU/bIjwx_Z7xzI/s400/scarf+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494392998278517106" border="0" /></a><br /></div>strips of cotton fleece, woven and knotted..<br />scrappy, warm, cuddly...<br />i hope he thinks of home when he wears it....<br />now a jumper is requested...i have 6 weeks...don't like my/his chances....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-5623655361811388914?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-73263945918978380532010-07-09T15:21:00.004+08:002010-07-09T15:28:49.621+08:00<div style="text-align: center;">i cant be..<br />i dont want to be...<br />but i am....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TDbPLWJFOII/AAAAAAAAAw0/3BkFE11ciIU/s1600/flowers+50.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TDbPLWJFOII/AAAAAAAAAw0/3BkFE11ciIU/s400/flowers+50.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491804589454080130" border="0" /></a>how can this significant birthday come about so quickly...<br />spoilt with gifts and my faouvrite flowers...<br />last weekend, spoilt....<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7326394591897838053?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-46407222138055253872010-06-27T12:49:00.006+08:002010-06-27T13:24:08.303+08:00Where have the days gone....<br />Full time work has occupied my time over the past few months, a very busy past few months..<br />50 minutes to and from work, has meant long days, leaving for work in the dark and arriving home in the dark..it left me wiped out..<br />i don't know how mothers with little children survive having to work full time, and keep a house in some sort of order.... i have new admiration for them..the juggling act must be horrific....whilst i now have some difficult work decisions ahead, i look forward to the immediate return of part-time existence....breathe.....<br /><br />How fortunate we all are to be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">crafters</span>, grabbing 5 or 10 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">mins</span> here and there during a busy day with something familiar and friendly in my hands was therapeutic...I was unable to start any major projects knowing they would never be finished, i promised myself to use the time to complete the projects in the "please finish me off box"..and at night i would <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">trawl</span> through my favourite craft blogs, dining out on the inspiration of others, and loving to see the fruits of their labour..what clever friends exist <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">across</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">blog land</span>..if only we could all meet..<br />and so here is what i have achieved..<div style="text-align: center;">the socks...started last year!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TCbcjBhsF4I/AAAAAAAAAwU/5YyIGe_JI4M/s1600/sock+finish.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TCbcjBhsF4I/AAAAAAAAAwU/5YyIGe_JI4M/s400/sock+finish.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487315690260797314" border="0" /></a></div>I am definitely off to the yarn store when next in the city to make another pair...i wonder what pattern I should try...any suggestions?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">the cardigan...started in 2008!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TCbc6h_PbxI/AAAAAAAAAwc/_4X-8OwqSDU/s1600/knitting.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TCbc6h_PbxI/AAAAAAAAAwc/_4X-8OwqSDU/s400/knitting.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487316094111674130" border="0" /></a></div> has been long and laborious but oh so worth it...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">the scarf..started 2010..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TCbdPsvl4fI/AAAAAAAAAwk/qVOBsCroTmY/s1600/ruffle+scarf.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TCbdPsvl4fI/AAAAAAAAAwk/qVOBsCroTmY/s400/ruffle+scarf.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487316457776079346" border="0" /></a></div> it was for a gift, but the birthday was so long ago i can now keep this as my own..its warm and squishy and twirly, and the cashmere extravagance was oh so worth it...<br /><br />and then the quilt...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"> made for a god daughter for her 18<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">th</span> birthday...started in 2008!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TCbdm-sGjWI/AAAAAAAAAws/-cVTeNeblJY/s1600/quilt+scraps.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/TCbdm-sGjWI/AAAAAAAAAws/-cVTeNeblJY/s400/quilt+scraps.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487316857730272610" border="0" /></a>and i was so excited about getting this finished, quilted and posted, i forgot to photograph it!!!scraps is all i have to show...i have requested a photo, so hopefully i can post about this later...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">and now I have the pleasure of a nearly empty basket, and the joy of deciding what should I make next...I think sewing is on the agenda...<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-4640722213805525387?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-56989065937232503942010-04-26T09:40:00.007+08:002010-04-26T10:02:29.695+08:00mum..mum...can you make me an overnight bag...to put all my junk in...when i am going somewhere...<br /><br />son...son...what you mean you no longer want to keep it on the floor of your car???<br /><br />mum...mum...abit old school, denim maybe...a couple of pockets...and not too big...<br /><br />son...son... i will see what i can do...<br /><br />so, on this ANZAC daylong weekend i have sat in the stitching room, listening to ANZAC stories on the radio of men and boys fighting for the freedom we are now privileged to have... and I have thought about our two sons who are the same age as most that went away to war....<br />and i cut and stitched and mended and sewed some more... i worked on lots of projects ( more about that later).... and i manage to complete several long ongoing projects...<br /><br />but here is the overnight bag i made...<br /><div style="text-align: center;">it has nice long straps...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S9TwYeb-WoI/AAAAAAAAAv0/g32L_VbXZak/s1600/nice+long+straps.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S9TwYeb-WoI/AAAAAAAAAv0/g32L_VbXZak/s400/nice+long+straps.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464256551185177218" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">it has two end pockets...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S9TwehICK4I/AAAAAAAAAv8/le50OVBXMls/s1600/outside+pocket.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S9TwehICK4I/AAAAAAAAAv8/le50OVBXMls/s400/outside+pocket.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464256654986062722" border="0" /></a><br />it is lined with old school check with a pocket for the trinkets....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S9Twi3pTohI/AAAAAAAAAwE/DBbyUL57Ogo/s1600/lining+with+zip.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S9Twi3pTohI/AAAAAAAAAwE/DBbyUL57Ogo/s400/lining+with+zip.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464256729750675986" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">it fits a whole load of stuff....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S9TwnfuMrzI/AAAAAAAAAwM/vlb4fFXEjJk/s1600/bag+with+washing.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S9TwnfuMrzI/AAAAAAAAAwM/vlb4fFXEjJk/s400/bag+with+washing.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464256809228087090" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">for you tom...made with my love...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S9TwS7XvrwI/AAAAAAAAAvs/zV6Ve1wxDgM/s1600/outside+bag.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S9TwS7XvrwI/AAAAAAAAAvs/zV6Ve1wxDgM/s400/outside+bag.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464256455872851714" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-5698906593723250394?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-53962296786647229912010-03-21T19:26:00.016+08:002010-03-21T19:54:25.031+08:00my weekend was spent in the garden.....<div>weeding...</div><div>mulching...</div><div>cutting back....</div><div>and the reward on sunday afternoon was to pick...</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S6YIC1i7wrI/AAAAAAAAAvk/Z8_6EBO1BGE/s400/vege+pickings.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451053243804926642" /><div style="text-align: center;">the silver beet we ate at dinner tonight...<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S6YH2jrdcaI/AAAAAAAAAvc/YSHUDvZV75o/s400/silver+beet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451053032850420130" /><div style="text-align: center;">rhubarb to be stewed in the morning...</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S6YHgdZU_2I/AAAAAAAAAvU/anzKzIfp-F4/s400/rhubarb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451052653206634338" /><div style="text-align: center;">spaghetti egg plant...i don't quite no how to handle these..i want to preserve them spiced oil...any other suggestions i would love to hear from you....<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S6YDp_uj9jI/AAAAAAAAAus/b3a_qqDjg8A/s400/egg+plant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451048418994812466" /><div style="text-align: center;">chillies for drying, and paste, and jam...<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S6YDdsk8AQI/AAAAAAAAAuk/NWh809rpb8U/s400/chillis.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451048207695741186" /><div style="text-align: center;">i guess tomorrow is going to be busy in the kitchen...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-5396229678664722991?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-34944360470576790982010-03-07T14:42:00.005+08:002010-03-07T14:56:54.388+08:00miss s is in her final year of school...(where have those years gone)....<br />she asked for a blank book to fill with final year memorabilia...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S5NMCURKSiI/AAAAAAAAAuE/GgLLiG7Zhbk/s1600-h/craft+020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S5NMCURKSiI/AAAAAAAAAuE/GgLLiG7Zhbk/s400/craft+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445779977105197602" border="0" /></a><br />so i stitched....<br />in school colours...<br />so she can record...and remember...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S5NMIpgFMhI/AAAAAAAAAuM/NrhdcAJ1pvY/s1600-h/craft+022.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S5NMIpgFMhI/AAAAAAAAAuM/NrhdcAJ1pvY/s400/craft+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445780085884138002" border="0" /></a><br />if you haven't looked at the <a href="http://alabamachanin.com/content/books">alabama stich book</a> yet..then you should...<br />its inspiring....and its lovely...and its all hand done which makes it so very special...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-3494436047057679098?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-26012915101850502452010-03-02T08:21:00.005+08:002010-03-02T08:37:29.397+08:00the start of 2010 has been hectic to say the least..i just hope that the pace slows down somewhat or i will not last the year..<br />my mind has been racing along with the weeks...funny how when you are too busy to sit and do, you see loads of projects to put on the wish list...<br />i have taken photos and will keep the ideas stored for a quieter time..<br /><br />there has been lots of craft/sewing/knitting happening here, just no time to post about any of it..<br /><br />before christmas i started free hand a skirt front the <a href="http://alabamachanin.com/store/alabama-stitch-book">alabama stitch book</a>..and then nearly on completion, the copy i had ordered arrived.. i just love it...<br />i think i love it because hand sewing is alot like knitting, you can pick it up and start and stop as you please...plus its portable so can take the project anywhere...<br />any how, this is it, and i have worn it to death already...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S4xbi7hg1zI/AAAAAAAAAt8/noDKLPZkQ_4/s1600-h/craft+025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S4xbi7hg1zI/AAAAAAAAAt8/noDKLPZkQ_4/s400/craft+025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443826705236023090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S4xbZbAapdI/AAAAAAAAAt0/zmiA1-BlxDg/s1600-h/craft+024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S4xbZbAapdI/AAAAAAAAAt0/zmiA1-BlxDg/s400/craft+024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443826541888447954" border="0" /></a>i certainly want to make another but will wait until i can get to the city to buy decent fabric...i am not going to compromise on fabric quality ever again...ever...<br />i learnt my lesson on that front once and for all over the weekend...but that needs a post all of its own...and when i am calmer about the whole project...<br /><br />p.s....its nice to be back in blog land...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2601291510185050245?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-20985000389590646342010-01-14T19:16:00.003+08:002010-01-14T19:28:05.615+08:00<div style="text-align: center;">yay...<br />summer holidays are finally here for me...<br />beach..<br />books...<br />family...<br />friends...<br />sleep...<br />NO WORK!!!!!<br />see you in february when i climb back onto the merry-go-round....<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2098500038959064634?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-31988660834613989602010-01-11T10:43:00.004+08:002010-01-11T11:03:50.699+08:00i have looked at many blogs that have constructed something from the <a href="http://http://www.amazon.com/Alabama-Stitch-Book-Celebrating-Contemporary/dp/1584796383">alabama stitch book.</a><br />i had to try my hand...<br />the book is not available in this part of the world..i even phoned the distributor to find out who was stocking it...nothing... so i have it on order and have bought the materials i think i needed ready for when it arrives...3-4 weeks...<br />typical me...i cant wait that long...<br />the wonders of the internet....i researched as much as i could, then contacted some<a href="http://artsycraftybabe.blogspot.com"> talented women</a> for helpful advice...<br />a trip to the city over the weekend gave me some hand stitching time in the car...<br />flying by the seat of my pants i have launched into this, with what feels like a blindfold over my eyes...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S0qSY6Xhc1I/AAAAAAAAAtk/jAuLnQnmSms/s1600-h/P1040074.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S0qSY6Xhc1I/AAAAAAAAAtk/jAuLnQnmSms/s400/P1040074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425309657803617106" border="0" /></a><br />who knows where it is heading...but i do like the process and the fact that the entire project is constructed by hand..<br />go have a look at this<a href="http://http://alabamachanin.com/"> amazing lady's</a> website...serious talent...the projects are really lovely....and if anyone reading this has any helpful hints...i'm all ears....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-3198866083461398960?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-40407678573170505802010-01-06T22:00:00.010+08:002010-01-11T10:43:39.976+08:00sewing for miss s is so much easier when she is home for fittings...<br />our time is running out with holidays drawing to an end...best get a move on with the summer clothes...<br />georgette shirt...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S0SY2Xk_jNI/AAAAAAAAAtM/8OmbWrfMgqY/s1600-h/P1040047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S0SY2Xk_jNI/AAAAAAAAAtM/8OmbWrfMgqY/s400/P1040047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423627911070452946" border="0" /></a><br />loose fitting...bell shaped, with tie at the back serving no purpose other than to create a visual interest...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S0SZAH0tEhI/AAAAAAAAAtU/JcTKkndoNCo/s1600-h/P1040048.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S0SZAH0tEhI/AAAAAAAAAtU/JcTKkndoNCo/s400/P1040048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423628078640075282" border="0" /></a><br />the neckline has hand cut flowers in the same fabric...spread at random, but placed heavier in the centreline....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S0SZs1GZhPI/AAAAAAAAAtc/tQsu0vL_sTc/s1600-h/P1040046.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 319px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/S0SZs1GZhPI/AAAAAAAAAtc/tQsu0vL_sTc/s400/P1040046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423628846708131058" border="0" /></a><br />the pattern is cut from a shirt of mine that miss s has her eyes on...many of my clothes seem to make their way into that suite case bound for school.... hmmmm, good thing her feet are a different size or shoes would go as well....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-4040767857317050580?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-67896313362114814522010-01-03T09:07:00.006+08:002010-01-03T09:19:52.848+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sz_vw8srKVI/AAAAAAAAAs8/o53u6EQme0A/s1600-h/P1040015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sz_vw8srKVI/AAAAAAAAAs8/o53u6EQme0A/s400/P1040015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422316100583631186" border="0" /></a><br />a quiet afternoon, unable to harvest due to the scorching temperatures, gave me an afternoon in stone cottage...<br />the order of the day... boardies for boys...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sz_u53Fq2AI/AAAAAAAAAss/9QSPkoBLPtI/s1600-h/P1040035.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sz_u53Fq2AI/AAAAAAAAAss/9QSPkoBLPtI/s400/P1040035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422315154185050114" border="0" /></a><br />i cut a pattern freehand, which meant i had a few construction issues, but generally they went together well...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sz_vBXOd3aI/AAAAAAAAAs0/jkeQ3Lb_Ycc/s1600-h/P1040039.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sz_vBXOd3aI/AAAAAAAAAs0/jkeQ3Lb_Ycc/s400/P1040039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422315283070967202" border="0" /></a><br />more pairs have been requested so they must have met the seal of approval....<br />now more pattern cutting to accommodate size differences...<br />i just need another free afternoon, this time without the harvest ban...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-6789631336211481452?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-62298378542253997692009-12-27T20:00:00.005+08:002009-12-27T20:46:36.894+08:00my granny died 18 months ago at 101 years old...<br />she was special to many people...<br />she knitted a babies blanket for all of her great grandchildren, the eldest is now 23, the youngest 18months...<br />she is about to have number 17, and it seems no-one else in the family can knit...how can the new bambino be the only one without a blanket..it wont be as special as grannies, but at least he or she can be swathed in a hand knit...<br />simple..moss stitch border...building blocks...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SzdWhvau9yI/AAAAAAAAAsk/KnmqOWN9SAA/s1600-h/P1040007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SzdWhvau9yI/AAAAAAAAAsk/KnmqOWN9SAA/s400/P1040007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419895814227949346" border="0" /></a><br />8ply...100% wool...soft green....lovely....<br />i think of granny every time i start to knit....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-6229837854225399769?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-73099841530041353832009-11-23T15:36:00.010+08:002009-11-23T18:32:10.129+08:00a weekend of illness meant i got some quiet time...<br />so i headed to stone cottage...<br />from this book...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Swo8ax8IeKI/AAAAAAAAAr8/vvKm55RxZHI/s1600/japanese+book.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Swo8ax8IeKI/AAAAAAAAAr8/vvKm55RxZHI/s400/japanese+book.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407200733391517858" border="0" /></a><br />i made this shirt...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Swo8hJJLIUI/AAAAAAAAAsE/OqR8KFceLak/s1600/original+shirt.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Swo8hJJLIUI/AAAAAAAAAsE/OqR8KFceLak/s400/original+shirt.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407200842699448642" border="0" /></a><br />in a fine cotton lawn....<br />its the second time i have made this comfy shirt...<br />this time adding extra length...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Swo8xNugrTI/AAAAAAAAAsU/TwNFc3jLbl0/s1600/full+length+shirt.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Swo8xNugrTI/AAAAAAAAAsU/TwNFc3jLbl0/s400/full+length+shirt.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407201118807698738" border="0" /></a><br />i love the details in this pattern...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Swo8otUSvuI/AAAAAAAAAsM/s4a3KoleOJk/s1600/shirt+front.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Swo8otUSvuI/AAAAAAAAAsM/s4a3KoleOJk/s400/shirt+front.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407200972668845794" border="0" /></a><br />as you can see from the creases i have been wearing it all day....<br />sorry about the ordinary photographs...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7309984153004135383?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-82153590085735540692009-11-09T10:36:00.011+08:002009-11-09T11:18:41.039+08:00this is an old piece of handkerchief linen, that was gifted to me from mum...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SveHxS7tONI/AAAAAAAAArs/7amHCorrVuM/s1600-h/P1030886.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SveHxS7tONI/AAAAAAAAArs/7amHCorrVuM/s400/P1030886.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401935559019804882" border="0" /></a><br />it sat in my mothers sewing room cupboard for years, and it has sat in my cupboard since mum and dad moved house 15 years ago...<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>it would have to be at least 30 years old, and has never been used because of the unevenness in the dye...(mums handiwork gone wrong)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SveIN4g5EsI/AAAAAAAAAr0/ZDe45uAPjs4/s1600-h/P1030881.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SveIN4g5EsI/AAAAAAAAAr0/ZDe45uAPjs4/s400/P1030881.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401936050144219842" border="0" /></a><br />i decided i like it though..i like the idea that the fabric was non conforming...remaining unique...<br />so it finally saw the light of day over the weekend...<br />the pattern pieced together without any alterations required...except added length...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SveFZn2_0rI/AAAAAAAAArc/XM1laez85Yg/s1600-h/P1030882.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SveFZn2_0rI/AAAAAAAAArc/XM1laez85Yg/s400/P1030882.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401932953297081010" border="0" /></a><br />i cant wait to wear it to show mum her purchase from the remnant bin all those years ago...<br />i was also gifted a piece of silk that i have always been too scared to cut into...<br />but i think i have found it a project...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-8215359008573554069?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-36799730094437795122009-11-06T13:17:00.013+08:002009-11-06T14:08:00.434+08:00i know the silly season is nearly upon us...<br />i know i should be getting organised...<br />i have tried...<br />after the hay was made...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvOzECwRXxI/AAAAAAAAAp0/LjvXOpZqxKk/s1600-h/hay+bale.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvOzECwRXxI/AAAAAAAAAp0/LjvXOpZqxKk/s400/hay+bale.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400857260187541266" border="0" /></a><br />i made some of these..<br />ready to be decorated with the christmas spirit <a href="http://stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com/2008/12/where-are-teenagers-when-you-need-them.html">like last years gifts...</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvOzufUoesI/AAAAAAAAAp8/uPe0RoTfmWo/s1600-h/hay+ring.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvOzufUoesI/AAAAAAAAAp8/uPe0RoTfmWo/s400/hay+ring.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400857989410749122" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and then today i had to finally <a href="http://stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com/2009/10/whats-buzz.html">throw out this</a>...<br />and thought better of it...<br /><br />off to stone cottage...<br /><br />heat up the glue gun...<br />cut the lavender heads off...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvOz8xUGwPI/AAAAAAAAAqE/3Q-MnNHAXZ4/s1600-h/old+lavender.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvOz8xUGwPI/AAAAAAAAAqE/3Q-MnNHAXZ4/s400/old+lavender.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400858234758545650" border="0" /></a><br />and start glueing in a semi random fashion but all in one direction...like this...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvO3N3GQ1WI/AAAAAAAAAq0/fk7CNa2Kgfk/s1600-h/start+glueing.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvO3N3GQ1WI/AAAAAAAAAq0/fk7CNa2Kgfk/s400/start+glueing.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400861826903758178" border="0" /></a><br />when you are back at the beginning add a generous amount of your favourite ribbon...<br />of which i didn't have in the cupboard so will be replacing the white for something a bit more earthy on the next shopping trip...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvO0v492fjI/AAAAAAAAAqU/zp80v2egkRo/s1600-h/attach+ribbon.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvO0v492fjI/AAAAAAAAAqU/zp80v2egkRo/s400/attach+ribbon.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400859112986017330" border="0" /></a><br />now you need to hang this on a compliant cupboard near the hot glue gun....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvO1XZlm_gI/AAAAAAAAAqc/98DfqShAUeY/s1600-h/hang+from+cupboard.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvO1XZlm_gI/AAAAAAAAAqc/98DfqShAUeY/s400/hang+from+cupboard.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400859791757606402" border="0" /></a><br />and start filling in the gaps that are visible to the eye...<br /> be careful not to off balance it by adding to many flower heads to one area...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvO27aShUaI/AAAAAAAAAqs/yDUHdZbdkxM/s1600-h/fill+in+gaps.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvO27aShUaI/AAAAAAAAAqs/yDUHdZbdkxM/s400/fill+in+gaps.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400861509932896674" border="0" /></a><br />and when you are happy with what you see...<br />you can finally take down the favourite football clubs sticker that has been attached to the glass door at eye level to stop people/me from walking into the door, and replace it with a beautiful lavender wreath...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvO2PHlTMsI/AAAAAAAAAqk/yoNMlCieFo8/s1600-h/final+destination.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvO2PHlTMsI/AAAAAAAAAqk/yoNMlCieFo8/s400/final+destination.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400860748997145282" border="0" /></a><br />or of course you can hang it on the front door as a welcome to my house wreath until you are ready for christmas...<br /><br />and for those of you that don't have access to a bale of hay in the back paddock, you can of course buy pre-made wreathes from your local craft store for ridiculously inflated prices...<br />but i suggest that you buy a $5.00 square bale from your local farmers market and try making one..they are sooooo easy peasy...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-3679973009443779512?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-37604270104745615692009-11-06T09:08:00.006+08:002009-11-06T09:24:50.029+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;">friday is my day off work...i love it..it feels like a holiday... catching my breath...the house to myself..<br />often my craft is still in its infancy and not really worth photographing, so i am going to do a...<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">farm friday photo</span>..<br /></div>i would love you to join me, and i am no photographer..you don't have to live on a farm...<br /> it could be a rural photo from a holiday...or something from the back yard...animal...vegiepatch..spiderweb..or a <a href="http://www.philigry.blogspot.com/">rooster like here</a>...<br />you can write about it or not...just a photo will do fine...<br />join me...if we have a few interested i could attempt to set up a flickr group (me being so computer literate and all-not!!)<br />its hay making down here and the late afternoon light was sensational...<br />the smell fresh and earthy...<br />i love living here...i think i have said that before...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvN5_W9ybtI/AAAAAAAAApk/IiQjuy8e6e8/s1600-h/P1030814.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SvN5_W9ybtI/AAAAAAAAApk/IiQjuy8e6e8/s400/P1030814.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400794507550813906" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-3760427010474561569?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-65344858019855901142009-10-29T18:44:00.003+08:002009-10-29T18:49:29.592+08:00can you see my smile....<br />its big...and large...from ear to ear...<br />thankyou to <a href="http://www.thelastpiece.typepad.com/">sarah </a>for her generosity...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Suly9YJ_JjI/AAAAAAAAApU/hIk4ifJBmWs/s1600-h/P1030758.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Suly9YJ_JjI/AAAAAAAAApU/hIk4ifJBmWs/s400/P1030758.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397972027162175026" border="0" /></a><br />i keep changing my mind with how to use it...<br />the possibilities are endless..<br />and we all love red in this house...<br />thankyou once again sarah...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-6534485801985590114?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-20463684827319208402009-10-28T21:46:00.001+08:002009-10-28T21:48:08.725+08:00what photo goes with...<br /><br />today i resigned....yip... yip...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2046368482731920840?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-69448950721621892542009-10-27T20:56:00.003+08:002009-10-27T21:02:41.122+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Subu5pNO3cI/AAAAAAAAApM/q_Q-8Imnxck/s1600-h/P1030766.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Subu5pNO3cI/AAAAAAAAApM/q_Q-8Imnxck/s400/P1030766.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397263877531426242" border="0" /></a><br />yes thats teaspoon of 'fat equivalent' in each meal..<br />i took a client to a dietition today...man oh man what an eye opener it was...<br />fish, chips and coleslaw v's grilled fish, baked potatoe and salad...<br />i was invited to sit in on the session...never again<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-6944895072162189254?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-4134993710526496762009-10-26T12:14:00.004+08:002009-10-26T12:22:13.132+08:00why hasn't somebody told me...<br /><br />i have been making my own bread for ever..i have always proofed the dough by putting it in the back of the car and reversing the car out of the garage into the sun...<br />today i decided that i would try microwaving it...BINGO!<br />simply put dough into a ceramic container cover losely with plastic wrap, and microwave on the lowest power level for 5 mins...<br />a true revelation for me...<br />5 mins not 25...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SuUjkCRJHLI/AAAAAAAAApE/lFHgXR1-ce4/s1600-h/P1030754.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SuUjkCRJHLI/AAAAAAAAApE/lFHgXR1-ce4/s400/P1030754.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396758830464441522" border="0" /></a><br />and now for lunch...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-413499371052649676?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-23497543321226871772009-10-25T19:48:00.006+08:002009-10-25T21:14:42.594+08:00blogtoberfest...whoops..push on i say...<br /><br />a trip to the city over the weekend gave me some knitting time in the car...<br />i wonder if knitting socks is like knitting sleeves..the first one i always find a breeze and the second is a chore...<br />i am pleased as punch with this sock..and if i say so myself, not bad for a first attempt...a few mistakes along the way that hopefully will be ironed out in the next installment...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SuQ8YfjkTmI/AAAAAAAAAo8/CanZjNRKUPs/s1600-h/P1030750.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SuQ8YfjkTmI/AAAAAAAAAo8/CanZjNRKUPs/s400/P1030750.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396504644981902946" border="0" /></a>i proudly showed the family on saturday and now they all want a pair...<br />number 2 son asked if they have to be hand washed...i didn't know the answer, can anyone out there help me...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2349754332122687177?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-13937007174206953052009-10-22T21:01:00.001+08:002009-10-22T21:04:49.074+08:00<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">someone</span> pushed my button today...<br />it <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">doesn't</span> happen very often...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SuBX4TyF6KI/AAAAAAAAAos/hLUxpAyDWIM/s1600-h/disc.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 391px; height: 336px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SuBX4TyF6KI/AAAAAAAAAos/hLUxpAyDWIM/s400/disc.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395408978484521122" border="0" /></a><br />i am still unable to find words...<br />breath....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-1393700717420695305?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-31746509936924798842009-10-21T21:49:00.001+08:002009-10-22T07:57:41.952+08:00sometimes life is hard..<br />sometimes we make things hard for ourselves...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/St-fymH2OWI/AAAAAAAAAok/9WqbqlIDXho/s1600-h/P1030724.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/St-fymH2OWI/AAAAAAAAAok/9WqbqlIDXho/s400/P1030724.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395206570188880226" border="0" /></a><br />how does this little plant think it is going to survive the summer...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-3174650993692479884?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-41030796280680732112009-10-20T18:19:00.004+08:002009-10-21T22:00:57.154+08:00yay...i never win anything...truly...everytime i buy the rare lotto or raffle ticket i feel lucky but i never win anything...ever...until now...and wow <a href="http://thelastpiece.typepad.com/">look </a>what i have won..<br />i entered a give away from <a href="http://http//thelastpiece.typepad.com/the_last_piece/2009/10/giveaway-time.html">the last piece</a> and i won...<br />dont you just love those fabrics, and miss s has requested a red quilt for her bed - perfect...<br />i am so excited...go..go check it out..<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-4103079628068073211?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-8173351349102388402009-10-20T18:12:00.003+08:002009-10-20T18:18:53.105+08:00100% cotton...light...breezy...beautiful fall...vintage colours...<br />what to make??<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/St2OaFXg4EI/AAAAAAAAAoc/E_ZSKGmO3Z4/s1600-h/voile.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/St2OaFXg4EI/AAAAAAAAAoc/E_ZSKGmO3Z4/s400/voile.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394624507428266050" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-817335134910238840?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-38089152071721985592009-10-18T17:51:00.002+08:002009-10-18T18:02:03.944+08:00this dress for work i have to say looks much nicer on me than on mona...<br />but because i have just got home from a run and have yet to shower i am not going to model it...mona was happy to oblige.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StrmhqQArrI/AAAAAAAAAoM/Jm3SX1BNhzc/s1600-h/P1030727.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StrmhqQArrI/AAAAAAAAAoM/Jm3SX1BNhzc/s400/P1030727.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393876969681104562" border="0" /></a><br />there are certainly going to be more of these made, the pattern went together very easily, it is comfy and will be great with a shirt underneath or just by itself...<br />the usual modifications were made, side seam pockets added, back darts to take out some fullness, lifting the hemline etc...<br />now to find some decent fabric for version two...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-3808915207172198559?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-47733614277484311352009-10-16T06:55:00.006+08:002009-10-16T07:04:46.687+08:00miss s has been elected house captain for her year 12...<br />her house colour is orange....yes you read correctly...orange!...<br />she has requested some thing orange to wear at each house event...team spirit and all that...<br />i think we succeeded....<br />the school will certainly see the team coming a mile away....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StepQmhZCvI/AAAAAAAAAn0/wBovPuv2130/s1600-h/P1030527_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StepQmhZCvI/AAAAAAAAAn0/wBovPuv2130/s400/P1030527_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392965181483059954" border="0" /></a><br />flouro orange...detachable hooded lion suite....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StepZC9FuRI/AAAAAAAAAn8/fwb8OvJ5vT0/s1600-h/P1030530.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StepZC9FuRI/AAAAAAAAAn8/fwb8OvJ5vT0/s400/P1030530.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392965326554380562" border="0" /></a><br />and i thought my costume making days were over...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-4773361427748431135?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-41840021992587509882009-10-15T19:08:00.003+08:002009-10-15T19:16:48.323+08:00i am in need of some new clothes for work...2.5mtrs stretch mid weight self stripe 80% cotton caught my eye in the remnant box...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StcEIKkXh7I/AAAAAAAAAnc/W0CrnOBMuvE/s1600-h/P1030719.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StcEIKkXh7I/AAAAAAAAAnc/W0CrnOBMuvE/s400/P1030719.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392783617121814450" border="0" /></a><br />sewing time...yay...<br />i'v been dying to spend some time with the divine miss b[ernina] and mona[dressmaking model]...<br />hopefully pics soon..<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-4184002199258750988?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-78239785252245787612009-10-13T08:04:00.004+08:002009-10-13T08:10:10.134+08:00<div>man its only day 13 and i am running out of steam...</div><div>i feel like this bloke, only here, there is no sunshine to enjoy...</div><div>where is spring....<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391869562153949730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StPEzKdtWiI/AAAAAAAAAnU/5ik22wiEuMc/s400/P1010519.JPG" border="0" /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7823978525224578761?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-25795633846532662009-10-12T07:40:00.003+08:002009-10-12T07:47:58.220+08:00so i divided the heel and attempted to turn the heel 5 times!!!! but worked it out in the end..<br />gasp..<br />now however the pattern is asking me to...<br />Knit the first 9 stitches on the heel then knit up 16 stitches along the side of the heel...<br />question...<br />if i knit the first 9 stitches of the heel, the wool will end up in the middle of the row, how do i then pick up the 16 stitches along the heel side....<br />can some help....this is meant to be a relaxing craft...<br />sigh...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StJuFl-DegI/AAAAAAAAAnM/aDfS2Axw7Mw/s1600-h/P1030722.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StJuFl-DegI/AAAAAAAAAnM/aDfS2Axw7Mw/s400/P1030722.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391492746286692866" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2579563384653266?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-90591120784029710052009-10-11T18:15:00.006+08:002009-10-14T21:43:24.114+08:00he's handsome...<br />he's gentle...<br />he makes me laugh...<br />he is a lovely friend...<br />he's 5 years old<br />he's nelson...<br />he's my labrador...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StGxNPAcPlI/AAAAAAAAAm8/71enEEIkaA8/s1600-h/P1030700.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StGxNPAcPlI/AAAAAAAAAm8/71enEEIkaA8/s400/P1030700.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391285069863992914" border="0" /></a><br />today he has a very sore front leg because he got caught up in a fence chasing a fox...<br />he spent the day watching me in the garden...<br />feeling miserable because he couldnt help me dig...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StGyjqNVknI/AAAAAAAAAnE/IjGijxyikuk/s1600-h/P1030697.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StGyjqNVknI/AAAAAAAAAnE/IjGijxyikuk/s400/P1030697.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391286554634588786" border="0" /></a>he just recouperated in the sun...<br />he's a lovely friend<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-9059112078402971005?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-52314790049319909772009-10-11T18:04:00.005+08:002009-10-11T18:14:12.956+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;">husband + chainsaw = a huge mess....<br />but all worth it, because i am getting a 'walk- in' wardrobe...<br />yippee....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StGuI_YGqsI/AAAAAAAAAm0/qQkF0vslqzk/s1600-h/P1030691.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/StGuI_YGqsI/AAAAAAAAAm0/qQkF0vslqzk/s400/P1030691.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391281698413914818" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-5231479004931990977?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-39011122422246023042009-10-10T14:08:00.003+08:002009-10-10T14:08:00.334+08:00<div align="center">i think i should clarify a previous post....my community is rural and isolated... whilst driving my usual 250kms around the district for work, i was smacked by the wildflowers that are in bloom...<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><div align="center">our australian bush is harsh..tough...dry...</div><br /><div align="center">its colours are harsh and tough...</div><br /><div align="center">the flora and fauna are tough...</div><br /><div align="center">built that way to survive, to withstand the hot, dry, long summers...</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390111261205780754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Ss2FolAA2RI/AAAAAAAAAmc/r7KgfSTm604/s400/P1030666.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center">yet during the spring, if we search and observe whilst on our normal paths..</div><br /><div align="center">looking at the normal, in a different way...</div><br /><div align="center">we find these delicacies...</div><br /><div align="center">soft...fragile...tender...</div><br /><div align="center">just here for a few weeks until they hide again, waiting for next years spring...<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390110956693523682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Ss2FW2mojOI/AAAAAAAAAmU/8JG1x2fN6wY/s400/P1030665.JPG" border="0" /></div></div><br /><p align="center">the australian spider orchid....</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-3901112242224602304?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-21920946288841589362009-10-08T21:02:00.004+08:002009-10-09T08:10:38.112+08:00<div style="text-align: center;">the lavender bush was shaking...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the bees were everywhere making the harvest tedious...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> but so worth it...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Ss3jfzc2nqI/AAAAAAAAAms/_j8l7uqfhNA/s1600-h/P1030688.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Ss3jfzc2nqI/AAAAAAAAAms/_j8l7uqfhNA/s400/P1030688.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390214464559029922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2192094628884158936?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-817747200466570662009-10-08T20:58:00.004+08:002009-10-08T21:02:17.453+08:00<div style="text-align: center;">a cold grey morning, turned into a warm sunny afternoon...<br /> and the canola sparkled in the cloudless sky...<br />i love our farm...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Ss3iMnIwm5I/AAAAAAAAAmk/6elZPCEUH6U/s1600-h/P1030680.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Ss3iMnIwm5I/AAAAAAAAAmk/6elZPCEUH6U/s400/P1030680.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390213035324382098" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-81774720046657066?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-13430221793005728472009-10-07T21:40:00.002+08:002009-10-08T07:45:59.216+08:00my day job takes me into the community....a lot....<br />i am privileged to meet many old crafters..always willing to share their knowledge and craft experiences...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SsycBngKGfI/AAAAAAAAAl8/OsP_1OKX1aw/s1600-h/P1030605.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389854405653305842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SsycBngKGfI/AAAAAAAAAl8/OsP_1OKX1aw/s400/P1030605.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />this was gifted to me by a lady who's house is like stepping into a living museum of the things she has made over her lifetime....she never gave away a first draft...always making a second copy for the gift...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-1343022179300572847?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-41030605985973587892009-10-07T16:16:00.001+08:002009-10-07T16:16:00.190+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Ssr9jjd52FI/AAAAAAAAAlU/BDubZ3N0UPM/s1600-h/P1030611_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389398691360135250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Ssr9jjd52FI/AAAAAAAAAlU/BDubZ3N0UPM/s400/P1030611_2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />the canola is in flower, so it should be spring...<br />not around here though...<br />cold...<br />rain...<br />winter keeps tapping at our door...<br />10 minutes of dappled sunlight yesterday is all we got...<br />not even enough to let the crops shine, but when they do i will capture them on film...<br /><br />so dazzling in the sun is canola its hard to look at...<br />i love spring... i hope it comes soon...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-4103060598597358789?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-76054885577350257192009-10-06T08:15:00.000+08:002009-10-06T08:14:17.795+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SsfoA0_D6TI/AAAAAAAAAlE/CEXVNXloWwk/s1600-h/P1030627.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388530580092873010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SsfoA0_D6TI/AAAAAAAAAlE/CEXVNXloWwk/s400/P1030627.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />my chevron scarf was completed during the week, and i must say i absolutely love it..<br /><br />the colours in this scarf are so intense and so divine...<br /><br />it goes with absolutely everything...<br /><br />whilst knitting it, i was worried about how long it was, but having worn it.. looped lots around my neck..i am sold..its just perfect..<br /><br />i think the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">wavy</span> ends are just gorgeous too...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7605488557735025719?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-81006529118864698532009-10-04T08:12:00.005+08:002009-10-05T18:53:15.613+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Ssfpu2yR1JI/AAAAAAAAAlM/Phu2xW2UhyY/s1600-h/P1030630_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Ssfpu2yR1JI/AAAAAAAAAlM/Phu2xW2UhyY/s400/P1030630_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388532470361740434" border="0" /></a><br />i have watched in awe the many clever women who knit the most beautiful socks, but never had the courage to try them...they must be difficult mustn't they..with all that toe up, turning, splitting heels stitches, etc..<br />no courage until now...<br />now that i have no portable craft project on the go, to do on those long car trips or sitting bored in front of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">tv</span> at night, i though i would try my hand at socks....i am scared, i don't like the look of those <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">incy</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">wincy</span> sticks, but as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">mr</span> other half said yesterday, winter is nearly over so they will be ready for 2010...that takes the pressure off doesn't it!!!<br />wish me luck..<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-8100652911886469853?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-11362116303433707642009-10-04T07:52:00.004+08:002009-10-04T08:06:04.437+08:00just when i am ready to get re inspired with blogging and join in the blogtoberfest our ISP goes down...we have had no phone for 3 days and no computer connection for the same...i was getting frustrated at not being able to blog, imagine the local businesses that were unable to trade other than in cash..one even got out the manual cash register with the crank handle...1920's style...<br />still, we're back in the land of IT again, i will commence the festival of <a href="http://tinniegirlsblog@blgospot.com/">bloggers </a>late but none the less here..<br />3 days with no phone i have to say was quite pleasant, how they rule our lives..<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SsfmEzwgchI/AAAAAAAAAk8/0p13iVugt28/s1600-h/P1030533.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SsfmEzwgchI/AAAAAAAAAk8/0p13iVugt28/s400/P1030533.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388528449459614226" border="0" /></a><br />its school holidays here and this is what Miss S bought home from the op-shop on thursday...<br />requesting that it gets turned into a little leather jacket.. the gold paint is lovingly being removed with nail polish remover and then we have to unpick....i hope there is enough fabric....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-1136211630343370764?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-79763426874035525732009-10-01T14:43:00.007+08:002009-10-01T16:19:30.301+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SsRUOPeiT1I/AAAAAAAAAk0/tYQweIf4M9Q/s1600-h/P1000069.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387523657891467090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SsRUOPeiT1I/AAAAAAAAAk0/tYQweIf4M9Q/s400/P1000069.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />since my holiday of a life time, its been so hard to get inspired...<br /><br />about anything..<br /><br />holiday hangover!!<br />as it has been very quiet on the blogging front, i decided in a rash moment to join in <a href="http://tinniegirl.blogspot.com/">blogtoberfest</a>, to try and get back some blogging energy...<br />today is october one, so lets see how we go, it should be fun...although i suspect a few posts may be just photos...<br /><br />its not too late to <a href="http://tinniegirl.blogspot.com/">join in</a> if you want to, its only 01/10....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7976342687403552573?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-52202462459306641622009-09-11T14:06:00.007+08:002009-09-11T14:40:09.338+08:00home again..<br /><br />a trip that was so fabulous no words or images can do it justice...<br /><br />1,867 photos on my new camera....this is one of my favourites...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SqnqEqkpCcI/AAAAAAAAAkE/QwF3VOMiW20/s1600-h/giraffe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SqnqEqkpCcI/AAAAAAAAAkE/QwF3VOMiW20/s400/giraffe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380088595739118018" border="0" /></a><br />back to work this week meant that the holiday is certainly now just a memory...alas...<br /><br />boarders market at school next week meant i had to get moving.... thank goodness for the *L.A.B. tissue holders from the talented <a href="http://craftapalooza.typepad.com/">Craftapalooza...</a>they constantly save my bacon...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SqnqqfJmowI/AAAAAAAAAkM/gkSXqVrpvs0/s1600-h/tissues.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SqnqqfJmowI/AAAAAAAAAkM/gkSXqVrpvs0/s400/tissues.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380089245507953410" border="0" /></a><br />and some hair buttons... they seem to sell like hot cakes each year...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SqnrEDwaSjI/AAAAAAAAAkU/NiFtVFu198c/s1600-h/buttons.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SqnrEDwaSjI/AAAAAAAAAkU/NiFtVFu198c/s400/buttons.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380089684831128114" border="0" /></a><br />now off to sort out the back log of work that awaits my attention in the office....<br /><br />ho, hum...<br /><br />ok...just one more holiday snap.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SqnvQdmsSZI/AAAAAAAAAkc/IyobdfRm4A8/s1600-h/lion.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SqnvQdmsSZI/AAAAAAAAAkc/IyobdfRm4A8/s400/lion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380094295974627730" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-5220246245930664162?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-36054123897712463062009-08-03T21:19:00.003+08:002009-08-03T21:26:32.556+08:00three days of work...then...<br /><br />africa here i come.....<br /><br />see you next month...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-3605412389771246306?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-79517315594158278152009-08-02T21:01:00.008+08:002009-08-02T21:19:04.320+08:00cover the air with droplets of mist...<br />cover the sun with cloud....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SnWRcXIIv7I/AAAAAAAAAj8/2b2h_zYdIPM/s1600-h/P1000066.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SnWRcXIIv7I/AAAAAAAAAj8/2b2h_zYdIPM/s400/P1000066.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365354447512321970" border="0" /></a>my sunday...still...quiet...peaceful...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7951731559415827815?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-63439205544197779242009-07-26T16:57:00.006+08:002009-07-27T14:27:14.189+08:00i love wearing hats, but hats don't love me...<br />however in the aussie sun, i am never outside without a cover up...<br /><br />this is my tried and true hat receipe....<br /><br />its so old i cant remember the original pattern maker...<br />sometimes i cut down the brim size to make a bucket hat...<br />sometimes i trim down the crown so it is not so deep...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sm1HQ6Gb1pI/AAAAAAAAAjc/r6xWbG1UNFk/s1600-h/P1000053.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 264px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sm1HQ6Gb1pI/AAAAAAAAAjc/r6xWbG1UNFk/s400/P1000053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363021087067854482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />but this one is perfect for our trip to africa ( 12 more sleeps)...<br />deep, so it wont blow off in the wind...<br />a good brim, to cover my face from the sun...<br />a trimmed off back brim, so it wont hit my shirt collar and tip forward...<br />and its reversible so i shouldn't get too sick of it...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sm1FziQfccI/AAAAAAAAAjU/wx4ed0ZtDK8/s1600-h/P1000055.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sm1FziQfccI/AAAAAAAAAjU/wx4ed0ZtDK8/s400/P1000055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363019482939748802" border="0" /></a><br />100% cotton...i can throw it in the wash...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sm1FuwTu9eI/AAAAAAAAAjM/EYFKjnF26cY/s1600-h/P1000054.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sm1FuwTu9eI/AAAAAAAAAjM/EYFKjnF26cY/s400/P1000054.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363019400812099042" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-6343920554419777924?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-69319072281439017822009-07-26T12:08:00.006+08:002009-07-26T12:41:06.700+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SmvXRIWETOI/AAAAAAAAAis/UrTLtMgZIaw/s1600-h/morta+and+pestle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SmvXRIWETOI/AAAAAAAAAis/UrTLtMgZIaw/s400/morta+and+pestle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362616470612495586" border="0" /></a><br />i have played around with different ingredient mixes for a while now...<br />this now needs sharing, because once you hand-make your own, you will never..yes never...buy chai tea or latte again...<br /><br />chai mix is traditionally made in a large pot of sweetened boiling water and steeped over a long period of time- over night even...<br />with a pot on the stove top you can just dip in any time you like...<br />but for practical purposes in our household, we use a single tea steeper for one cup and a coffee plunger if multiple cups are needed...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SmvXWTf95yI/AAAAAAAAAi0/lqcDHU1WhsY/s1600-h/jar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SmvXWTf95yI/AAAAAAAAAi0/lqcDHU1WhsY/s400/jar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362616559506155298" border="0" /></a><br />so here is my mix..and i always double it to fill the canister..<br /><br />1 tablespoon fennel seeds<br />6 green cardamom pods<br />12 whole cloves<br />1 cinnamon stick<br />1 cm dried ginger root<br />1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper<br />2 bay leaves<br />1 teaspoon coriander seed<br />1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg pod<br />1 star anise<br />whole vanilla bean<br /><br />place all of the above ingredients in a mortar and pestle and smash roughly to mix. don't turn it to powder...<br /><br />to the above quantity of spices you add 4 tablespoon of good quality green tea....if you are not a green tea drinker then add a mild black tea like darjeeling or russian caravan...<br />the commercial tea leaves are just used to pad out the quantity so anything can be used so long as it doesn't overpower the spice mix..<br />store in an air tight container.<br /><br />for chai tea just steep one teaspoon of mix to one cup of boiling water...<br />for chai latte steep one teaspoon of mix in hot milk...<br /><br />remember...chai is traditionally a sweet drink, so if you are that way inclinded i suspect brown or raw sugar would be the go...i have a sweet tooth, but never feel the need to sweeten this, the vanilla bean and cinnamon seem to suffice...<br /><br />this is perfect for drinking in the craft room with your favourite music playing while working on your current production....the fragrant smell is enough to put you in a good mood...<br />actually it is just good for drinking anytime...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Smvdmmck5UI/AAAAAAAAAjE/dH4qg8IqmH4/s1600-h/jar+and+cup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Smvdmmck5UI/AAAAAAAAAjE/dH4qg8IqmH4/s400/jar+and+cup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362623436539880770" border="0" /></a>happy crafting....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-6931907228143901782?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-70273481508946502922009-07-25T19:02:00.006+08:002009-07-25T19:13:50.691+08:00another teenage birthday...<br />she loves red...<br />and french fashion....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Smrm2nabiiI/AAAAAAAAAic/1SjC1B6q0JI/s1600-h/side.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Smrm2nabiiI/AAAAAAAAAic/1SjC1B6q0JI/s400/side.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362352132305160738" border="0" /></a><br />so a french fashion magazine inside a red bag will hopefully do the trick...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Smrm_ayByPI/AAAAAAAAAik/MAEUcx1sBSg/s1600-h/bag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Smrm_ayByPI/AAAAAAAAAik/MAEUcx1sBSg/s400/bag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362352283533297906" border="0" /></a>these bags a so quick and easy to make...this one is lined with red cotton and a inside pocket....they are a really handy size, they fit a lap top or a beach towel and good book...<br />its 5 degrees down here at the moment....no wonder my thoughts keep drifting to a warm sunny beach somewhere fabulous.....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7027348150894650292?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-37099279562894564562009-07-18T14:06:00.004+08:002009-07-18T15:29:14.232+08:00normally, i would be exasperated...<br /><br />imagine if our much loved cat had chosen my chevron instead of sophies holiday scarf...<br /><br />phew..relief....<br /><br />sophie saw the humour....<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SmF3nT3-lgI/AAAAAAAAAiU/iIISWFLCNFM/s1600-h/wool.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SmF3nT3-lgI/AAAAAAAAAiU/iIISWFLCNFM/s400/wool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359696548781266434" border="0" /></a>bad pussycat....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-3709927956289456456?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-36827282769914665242009-07-16T08:02:00.007+08:002009-07-16T08:25:13.549+08:00<div><div><br /><div>some birthdays are better than others...</div><div> </div><div>this one, with nothing special planned... was fabulous...</div><div> </div><div>family...<br /></div><div>a trip to perth... with a surprise....</div><div> </div><div>a visit to see these old friends...</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358844038363233938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sl5wQrFcPpI/AAAAAAAAAh8/eHU-mRzbBPk/s400/ticket.JPG" border="0" /><br />family....<br /></div><div>dinner with older, treasured friends...<br /></div><div>a package of this....<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358844186532075954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sl5wZTDpWbI/AAAAAAAAAiE/_1zfyUWXRpA/s400/wool.JPG" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div>with book , to make a chevron...<br /> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358844547230100770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sl5wuSwwbSI/AAAAAAAAAiM/5NbfErUWoN4/s400/scarf.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>i am so in love with the waves of colour....</div><div>old..muted...autumn...yet vibrant...</div><div>how many projects can i have on the go...</div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-3682728276991466524?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-64195774915059755492009-07-10T16:21:00.006+08:002009-07-10T16:35:48.105+08:00these make me happy...<br />these are the most fantastic red...<br />these are delicious...<br />these are a treat...<br />tamarillo's just make the <span style="font-style: italic;">best</span> desert...tart yet sweet...<br />such a short season to enjoy them.. its over before you know it has started... so buy them when you see them, because next week they will be gone...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Slb7hefsUbI/AAAAAAAAAh0/vkfOO8urUQE/s1600-h/tamarillo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Slb7hefsUbI/AAAAAAAAAh0/vkfOO8urUQE/s400/tamarillo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356745359344030130" border="0" /></a>this makes me sad...really sad...<br />whilest taking tamarillo photo's i knocked a glass of water over...<br />over my panasonic lumix fx18 camera...<br />this is the last photo that it took, and i think it is from the inside of the camera after it had been drowned...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Slb7N4kP92I/AAAAAAAAAhs/4PtEqN6LVnY/s1600-h/drowned.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Slb7N4kP92I/AAAAAAAAAhs/4PtEqN6LVnY/s400/drowned.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356745022745081698" border="0" /></a><br />sniff..sniff...and we leave for holidays in 3 weeks...sniff sniff...<br />how am i meant to photograph african animals without a camera...sniff sniff...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-6419577491505975549?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-4954095088848727882009-06-30T16:41:00.007+08:002009-06-30T21:11:35.215+08:00a few weeks ago i discovered a fabulous tutorial on a <a href="http://jezzeblog.blogspot.com"></a><a href="http://jezzeblog.blogspot.com"> blog</a> i was reading, that re-fashioned a mans shirt...cleverly...<br /><br />we are off on a holiday to africa in a few weeks time, and i need some short sleeve cotton shirts for when we are hiking around in the heat...here was my solution....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SknRPPmjt2I/AAAAAAAAAhU/spy5H3-WwP0/s1600-h/shirt.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SknRPPmjt2I/AAAAAAAAAhU/spy5H3-WwP0/s400/shirt.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353039691923044194" border="0" /></a>this looks soooo much better on, than off, but it is 9 degrees today and i am not taking off any layers of clothes for a photo....check out <a href="http://jezzeblog.blogspot.com">jezze's blog</a> though, as she is modeling hers...<br /><br />i rolled the neck edge down as the tutorial says you can...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SknTOmVJgdI/AAAAAAAAAhc/9iMH5aYzea0/s1600-h/shirt+neck.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SknTOmVJgdI/AAAAAAAAAhc/9iMH5aYzea0/s400/shirt+neck.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353041879867425234" border="0" /></a><br />except i rolled it forward and put a decorative tape to match the pocket insignia...because i couldn't be bothered unpicking the pocket, and decided it might be handy to have it anyway...<br /><br />this remake took a little over an hour to complete....<br />now i am off to dear husbands wardrobe in search of a another unwanted shirt or two or three or so...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-495409508884872788?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-54316703574635581722009-06-08T14:24:00.006+08:002009-06-08T15:20:28.238+08:00i <a href="http://thisolddress.blogspot.com/2009/05/diy-necklush-tutorial.html"></a>saw<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> this over on <a href="http://whipup.net">whip up</a><br />and decided to give it a go following the link to this <a href="http://thisolddress.blogspot.com">tutorial...</a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SiyyFDDcNWI/AAAAAAAAAhE/0mSYBtGJjkM/s1600-h/scarf+on+bench.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SiyyFDDcNWI/AAAAAAAAAhE/0mSYBtGJjkM/s400/scarf+on+bench.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344842657570764130" border="0" /></a>and made this in about 10 minutes...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SiyyNLdskFI/AAAAAAAAAhM/JuPGGCnteKQ/s1600-h/scarf.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SiyyNLdskFI/AAAAAAAAAhM/JuPGGCnteKQ/s400/scarf.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344842797267325010" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">whenever i make something using scraps, i always wish i had waited and made it in some decent fabric....<br />i think i will make another...<br /></div></div>but how fabulous are <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>these from <a href="http://kapowwowobjects.com/">KapowWowObjects..</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-5431670357463558172?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-36794468020292711912009-06-07T15:37:00.015+08:002009-06-07T16:40:02.905+08:00a gift for my god-daughter....<br />she's special....and it was her special day...<br />the dress was drafted and cut and re-cut and re-cut and fitted, and added to, and ....<br />it worked...<br />she wore it with a metalicus underneath becuase the morning was freezing...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sit31mpZn7I/AAAAAAAAAgc/BaJleniRDgo/s1600-h/dress.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 319px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sit31mpZn7I/AAAAAAAAAgc/BaJleniRDgo/s400/dress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344497145596190642" border="0" /></a>pleated front and back...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SityEREOPUI/AAAAAAAAAfs/CWD6JnfgVAw/s1600-h/smocking.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SityEREOPUI/AAAAAAAAAfs/CWD6JnfgVAw/s400/smocking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344490800431381826" border="0" /></a>pleated hem....<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SitzY6l2FdI/AAAAAAAAAf8/mccH7rULskM/s1600-h/hem.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 319px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SitzY6l2FdI/AAAAAAAAAf8/mccH7rULskM/s400/hem.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344492254687270354" border="0" /></a>she loved it and i love her...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sit8MZVSBhI/AAAAAAAAAg0/8FdaSXRhH-g/s1600-h/us.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 319px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sit8MZVSBhI/AAAAAAAAAg0/8FdaSXRhH-g/s400/us.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344501935205647890" border="0" /></a></div>and the bonus is, she has asked for sewing lessons...<br />i love it when a gift inspires....<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-3679446802029271191?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-60661723422753987672009-06-01T16:23:00.009+08:002009-06-01T17:16:58.562+08:00<div style="text-align: center;">the london eye.....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SiOb4ygAS6I/AAAAAAAAAfc/QcVA0Ivos90/s1600-h/P1040220.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SiOb4ygAS6I/AAAAAAAAAfc/QcVA0Ivos90/s400/P1040220.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342284982922529698" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">hampstead heath..east entrance..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SiObcunbsaI/AAAAAAAAAfU/BKcj6HxqInc/s1600-h/P1040086.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SiObcunbsaI/AAAAAAAAAfU/BKcj6HxqInc/s400/P1040086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342284500843606434" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />how lovely to be back in familiar surroundings...<br />london was unchanged from my last visit many years ago...<br />people everywhere..( you have to remember i live on a farm with nearest neighbours 10kms away)<br />four seasons in one day....grey sky's most days...cold...but so picturesque...<br />its good to be home and back into some sewing already...<br /><br />a communion dress for my god child for this weekend...<br /><br />i started with the jacket....<br />simple gathered neckline and 3/4 gathered sleeves.<br />quick and easy to make with no alterations needed, phew...<br /><a href="http://mccalls.com/">McCalls M5634</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SiOXj5Hi56I/AAAAAAAAAes/E_wVp_o_SB8/s1600-h/P1040326.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SiOXj5Hi56I/AAAAAAAAAes/E_wVp_o_SB8/s400/P1040326.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342280225875224482" border="0" /></a>the fabric is self pattern spot...as you can see...100% cotton, and just divine to work with.....<br />the whitest of white....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SiOZTLEw8aI/AAAAAAAAAe8/Me_MTBpuPfM/s1600-h/P1040327.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SiOZTLEw8aI/AAAAAAAAAe8/Me_MTBpuPfM/s400/P1040327.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342282137660879266" border="0" /></a><br />the dress i will make tonight tonight..... when i cant sleep.....<br />my body clock still seems to be on london time....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-6066172342275398767?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-6232144055857683212009-05-19T19:36:00.002+08:002009-05-19T19:40:50.933+08:00i am currently on a mercy dash to london...travelling parents who are now in hospital over here.....phew is that a story in itself....<br />i have two weeks in london and am having trouble locating yarn and fabric/craft stores...<br />what i really want, is to access some japanese pattern books/fabric etc...<br />if anyone knows of a good shop can you reply to me...<br />in the mean time i'll keep searching the streets...<br />see you at home shortly....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-623214405585768321?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-64924800044477810382009-05-04T12:56:00.007+08:002009-05-04T13:21:44.119+08:00a phone call...<br /><br />please mummy...black...short cropped, but not too cropped...long sleeve....round neck...<br />no closures....interesting lining....( we have just looked at a sensational leather one!!)<br /><br />happy to oblige, but i cant picture what is in your mind...<br />sketched... scanned...emailed....<br /><br />what did we do before such technology...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sf53kEN2rVI/AAAAAAAAAek/Iut40OMhry0/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sf53kEN2rVI/AAAAAAAAAek/Iut40OMhry0/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331830470344093010" border="0" /></a><br /><br />i drafted, and stitched, now it needs a visit to the dry-cleaners for a good press, then off to boarding school it goes...<br /><br />the fabric is 50%wool 50%poly mix, and i wish i had bought better quality...<br /><br />with the closest fabric store 80 kms away and that not being very good, it means i usually have to compromise my choice...<br />(note to self to try shopping online for fabric...)<br /><br />the lining is 100% cotton voile.... it sits beautifully...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sf53OVfeADI/AAAAAAAAAeU/jKO6Ufl2UMg/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sf53OVfeADI/AAAAAAAAAeU/jKO6Ufl2UMg/s400/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331830097024254002" border="0" /></a><br />hope it fits....<br /><br />this might get re-made in better fabric...just not leather...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-6492480004447781038?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-12247924329535580942009-05-02T14:34:00.007+08:002009-05-02T15:24:36.706+08:00as i look outside the window, its hard to believe that it is may, and the weather should be cool..cold even...<br /><br />paddocks are being prepared for seeding as we anxiously await for the opening rains to arrive...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SfvzR-k1qWI/AAAAAAAAAeM/qcj6OFkdCic/s1600-h/paddock.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SfvzR-k1qWI/AAAAAAAAAeM/qcj6OFkdCic/s400/paddock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331122074103949666" border="0" /></a><br />winter coats are being prepared as we await the cold weather to arrive...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SfvsdM2r2zI/AAAAAAAAAd0/cda0_m5fh3Q/s1600-h/P1040052_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SfvsdM2r2zI/AAAAAAAAAd0/cda0_m5fh3Q/s400/P1040052_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331114570334067506" border="0" /></a><br />in the mean time how can i not enjoy this sublime autumn weather with some gardening...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SfvzFD-Yl0I/AAAAAAAAAeE/B80W5McKknA/s1600-h/wheelbarrow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SfvzFD-Yl0I/AAAAAAAAAeE/B80W5McKknA/s400/wheelbarrow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331121852214974274" border="0" /></a><br />its too good to be inside...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-1224792432953558094?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-18338013494732662822009-04-20T14:59:00.008+08:002009-04-20T15:17:05.552+08:00it's so much easier sewing when you can fit the garment on the intended recipient...not that any of this needed to be that fitted..<br /><br />if only school holidays could last a bit longer, we might nearly get the winter wardrobe made..<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SeweTNjq6oI/AAAAAAAAAdU/nyFLJaCQkqA/s1600-h/p2pants.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SeweTNjq6oI/AAAAAAAAAdU/nyFLJaCQkqA/s400/p2pants.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326665774678076034" border="0" /></a><br />hammer pants... we just layed the fabric on the floor, measure height and waist and cut into it...stitched and added a few finishing touches like a waist band and tie to give them a little finness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sewee4_IjcI/AAAAAAAAAdc/ViIxAakq0O0/s1600-h/p3pants.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sewee4_IjcI/AAAAAAAAAdc/ViIxAakq0O0/s400/p3pants.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326665975314550210" border="0" /></a><br /><br />cropped cardigan made from less than a meter of woven woolen fabric...copied from memory of a previous shopping expidition...<br /><br />can you take photos in a change room, or is that too close to breaching copyright...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sewe7UyeLaI/AAAAAAAAAds/7hEfgVDVAws/s1600-h/p1jacket.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sewe7UyeLaI/AAAAAAAAAds/7hEfgVDVAws/s400/p1jacket.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326666463813971362" border="0" /></a>the transition from little girl to fashion interested teenager is difficult...<br /><br />finding the right clothes in an adult shop that are appropriate for age, and appropriate for price tag is a constant challenge...<br /><br />thank goodness for my trusty bernina, and thank goodness fashion interested teenager is happy to wear homemade clothes...<br /><br />i wonder how long that will last...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-1833801349473266282?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-69918270475765941752009-04-18T10:43:00.008+08:002009-04-18T11:19:20.871+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SelD6GXjLQI/AAAAAAAAAcc/HTQkdshCBdI/s1600-h/blogger+banner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 302px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SelD6GXjLQI/AAAAAAAAAcc/HTQkdshCBdI/s400/blogger+banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325862699763182850" border="0" /></a>here is my contribution to the bloggers quilt festival being held over at <a href="http://parkcitygirl.blogspot.com/">Park City Girl.</a><br />you should see the fabulous work on display....<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/HP_ADM%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /></div><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/HP_ADM%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/HP_ADM%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/HP_ADM%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-3.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/HP_ADM%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-4.jpg" alt="" /><br />my favourite piece of patchwork...how can one decide that... so many pieces have been given away over the years... not photographed, pre blogging days...<br />this is one of my favourite pieces...<br />the moroccon footstool...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SelASYui4mI/AAAAAAAAAcU/exeY_T5nVgk/s1600-h/footstool+2b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SelASYui4mI/AAAAAAAAAcU/exeY_T5nVgk/s400/footstool+2b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325858718961820258" border="0" /></a><br />it was made during a class....i never go to classes and had the usual inhibitions about my ability...8 women none of us knowing each other in the class...and me from the country to boot!!..i sat next to the talented <a href="http://craftapalooza.com/">Nicole</a>...at the end of the class i wanted to be able to see the finished articles of the talented women i was amongst, we swapped email addresses with the promise to send photos... nicole gave me her blog address....i had never even heard of a blog...and so it is through her encouragement and valuable IT lessons via email that <span style="font-style: italic;">StitchingAtStoneCottage</span> has evolved, along with some crafting friendships and inspiration from all over the world...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-6991827047576594175?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-76194777199468525562009-04-08T22:28:00.005+08:002009-04-08T22:43:23.123+08:00<div style="text-align: center;">i hope the easter bunny spoils you....<br /><br />i hope you get to squeeze in some crafting over the break....<br /><br />happy easter...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sdy0yA6OdDI/AAAAAAAAAcM/yIzsqN-v_Kc/s1600-h/eggs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sdy0yA6OdDI/AAAAAAAAAcM/yIzsqN-v_Kc/s400/eggs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322327630975759410" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7619477719946852556?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-28288608079351666982009-04-05T19:56:00.008+08:002009-04-05T21:43:35.658+08:00at last, some stitching from the 'to do list'...<br /><br />this piece is for sophie, as she could not,(was not allowed), to buy the real deal from <a href="http://www.morrisonshop.com/">here...<br /></a><br />she drooled and modelled it longingly, but had to put it back on the hanger, and depart from the shop, head hung low....<br /><br />reality check chicken licken...you are only a teenager....<br /><br />patterns cut and re-cut....<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SdielNhOTuI/AAAAAAAAAcE/FC2rIUZ9kjk/s1600-h/P1030674.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 319px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SdielNhOTuI/AAAAAAAAAcE/FC2rIUZ9kjk/s400/P1030674.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321177321859600098" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">stitched...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SdieYmuutnI/AAAAAAAAAb8/n3DTeAsXAAU/s1600-h/P1030684.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 318px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SdieYmuutnI/AAAAAAAAAb8/n3DTeAsXAAU/s400/P1030684.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321177105288836722" border="0" /></a><img src="file:///Users/default/Desktop/cordr_regular-1.jpg" alt="" /></div>packaged and sent off to boarding school for a surprise...<br /><br />i cant wait for the phone call tomorrow night....<br /><br />now my big boys both want a pair of <a href="http://www.thesartorialist.blogspot.com/2008/11/on-streetdrop-crotch-homme-rio.html">these</a>.....<cite></cite><img src="file:///Users/default/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />more drawing and cutting of pattern pieces....any suggestion of help would be appreciated greatly...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2828860807935166698?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-40596402482550336092009-03-30T19:53:00.011+08:002009-03-31T09:47:07.596+08:00they never cease to amaze me....<br /><br />its quince season...and i love them...<br /><br />i love that the plain ordinary looking fruit can transform themselves into something so beautiful..<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SdC94o4Tx2I/AAAAAAAAAbM/BCg51tUcK6o/s1600-h/P1030666.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SdC94o4Tx2I/AAAAAAAAAbM/BCg51tUcK6o/s400/P1030666.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318959940668475234" border="0" /></a><br />i love the colour...the scent...the flavour....the surprise in their cooking....<br />but ohhh the flavour...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SdC_km5t8eI/AAAAAAAAAbc/CtTpur0MBBI/s1600-h/P1030665.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SdC_km5t8eI/AAAAAAAAAbc/CtTpur0MBBI/s400/P1030665.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318961795563385314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />quince jelly<br /><br />1.3 kg quince fruit..washed and quartered<br />2 lemons...halved<br />1/2 cup water<br />two cinnamon sticks<br />1kg sugar<br /><br />place fruit, lemons, cinnamon and water in a large pan and simmer until the fruit is soft and pulpy.<br />place in muslin/gauze and hang over a bowl overnight. don't be tempted to squeeze the pulp hasten the process or the jelly will go cloudy.<br />place the collected juice back into a clean pan and bring to the boil. slowly add the sugar and continuously stir until it comes to the boil. turn the heat down to low and simmer gently, stirring occasionally for 2 hours, or until setting point is reached.<br />bottle while hot into sterilized jars. you can add a sprig of rosemary to each jar or a bay leaf and as you pour the hot jelly into the jar, the herb will infuse into the jelly giving it an additional flavour...<br /><br />this jelly keeps for well over 12 months if sealed properly...<br />trust me it is worth the effort.... its delicious on toast...delicious with cold meats....delicious on a cheese board....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SdF1QEjSnKI/AAAAAAAAAb0/XgOdERUFPsg/s1600-h/P1030671.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SdF1QEjSnKI/AAAAAAAAAb0/XgOdERUFPsg/s400/P1030671.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319161553861385378" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-4059640248255033609?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-35504254124017898792009-03-26T16:20:00.007+09:002009-03-26T16:47:08.292+09:00I have just stocked up on some new winter T's....I have only worn the white one once and managed to spill something on it, and I have been unable to remove the stain ...i think the offending food was the chilli mussels we ate on saturday night...don't you hate that...<br /><br />so rather than replacing it after one wear, i changed the neck line from round to a V, and added a stitched down frill...made out of white gauze..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/ScstWKfjkDI/AAAAAAAAAa0/TxMuCiyJ01w/s1600-h/P1030630+white+t.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/ScstWKfjkDI/AAAAAAAAAa0/TxMuCiyJ01w/s400/P1030630+white+t.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317393643838083122" border="0" /></a><br />i am please with how it looks...i have even been thinking of what else i have in the cupboard that needs an update/embellishment...<br /><br />and the only other crafting around here has been a pencil holder for school....by order from said teenager, yes teenager, not child...she says it's much easier to manage, than an over stuffed pencil case..<br /><br />from this fabulous <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Last-Minute-Patchwork-Quilted-Joelle-Hoverson/dp/1584796340">book.... </a><br /><br />i just made the pockets wider so that a texta could sneak in next to the pencil...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/ScswqBxu91I/AAAAAAAAAbE/Ec9f9674n0g/s1600-h/pencil+holder.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/ScswqBxu91I/AAAAAAAAAbE/Ec9f9674n0g/s400/pencil+holder.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317397283630675794" border="0" /></a><br /><br />this was so easy to make, quick and fun...using only the smallest of scraps from the bucket...<br /><br />might make some more, for the birthday stash cupboard...if i ever get to the bottom of the 'to-do-list'....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-3550425412401789879?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-73727958884057046772009-03-16T10:47:00.010+09:002009-03-16T14:57:55.549+09:00everything ripens at once...<br /><br />i have been cooking all weekend.....<br /><br />stewed plums...plum sauce...pickled plums...plum conserve....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sb2wBJ7RqpI/AAAAAAAAAaM/DkOaCJLEdHQ/s1600-h/conserve.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sb2wBJ7RqpI/AAAAAAAAAaM/DkOaCJLEdHQ/s400/conserve.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313596669257951890" border="0" /></a><br /><br />then of course the tomatoes are ripening faster than we can eat them....chutney this week and hopefully tomato and passionfruit jam next week....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sb2wYvSsHrI/AAAAAAAAAaU/22YFzWPvbE8/s1600-h/chutney.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sb2wYvSsHrI/AAAAAAAAAaU/22YFzWPvbE8/s400/chutney.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313597074425257650" border="0" /></a><br />and because this is so delicious some more limoncello.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sb2yI3wZO4I/AAAAAAAAAas/nNHjm1Z-BuQ/s1600-h/limoncello.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/Sb2yI3wZO4I/AAAAAAAAAas/nNHjm1Z-BuQ/s400/limoncello.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313599000842681218" border="0" /></a><br />i felt like my granny all weekend...<br /><br />she loved preserving, she always produced a jar of something delicious to share....i used her favourite receipes that were given to her by her mother....<br /><br />i love that the generations still remain connected through old hand written receipes...tried and true...simple...they never fail me.....<br /><br />now i have to label and find a home for all this in the pantry....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7372795888405704677?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-70650035515625021972009-03-10T16:43:00.006+09:002009-03-10T20:30:26.460+09:00this is a commision... the same process as <a href="http://http//stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com/2008/09/to-re-coil.html">this</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SbYbaFZRlTI/AAAAAAAAAZY/fjr_l6bI7G0/s1600-h/inside+bowl.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SbYbaFZRlTI/AAAAAAAAAZY/fjr_l6bI7G0/s400/inside+bowl.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311462945468814642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />fabrics not supplied by me...i felt guilty becuase they were so beautiful and their beauty does not get seen to its fullest because of the process...beautiful japanese silks, and linens, combined with various cottons...colours i would not put together... but they work...i love them...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SbYbp55zTQI/AAAAAAAAAZg/J07GVJiOrZM/s1600-h/bowl.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SbYbp55zTQI/AAAAAAAAAZg/J07GVJiOrZM/s400/bowl.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311463217261923586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />i wish i could see the vase in its home, on its antique sideboard, matching in with the sofa and footstool...whose fabrics are incorproated in the vase...<br /><br />i guess thats what happens with commisions...you rarely see them in their glory...<br /><br />i'm sad to farewell this one...but i have been asked to do another commission, much more exciting...it will take some time...some planing... some making...<br /><br />i'll share that secret later...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7065003551562502197?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-62260484192371083112009-03-09T11:52:00.006+09:002009-03-09T12:09:02.153+09:00where do my days go...<br /><br />only snippets of creativity around here as work seems to have taken over...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SbSFm3tw0qI/AAAAAAAAAZI/-obxEpqoWyQ/s1600-h/bag2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SbSFm3tw0qI/AAAAAAAAAZI/-obxEpqoWyQ/s400/bag2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311016763414074018" border="0" /></a><br />a bag for a niece who is red mad... to go with the red scarf i bought her..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SbSFfnwX3KI/AAAAAAAAAZA/uRCvqL_Fq2c/s1600-h/bag+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SbSFfnwX3KI/AAAAAAAAAZA/uRCvqL_Fq2c/s400/bag+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311016638870969506" border="0" /></a><br />and progress on my cardigan...this has been frogged several times, but i think it looks about right now...i am loving the colours that keep showing up in this.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SbSGTmnaKHI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/wAJXrFNPklA/s1600-h/jumper+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SbSGTmnaKHI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/wAJXrFNPklA/s400/jumper+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311017531918133362" border="0" /></a><br />i have drafted some patterns for said daughter, similar to 'Morrison' from previous post, and am dying to test them out.. <br />roll on the <span style="font-style: italic;">end </span>of extra days at work... only two weeks to go..i am hoping by then it might be cooler, and i can shut myself into the stitching room for awhile...hoping..<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-6226048419237108311?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-10704672342563397842009-02-24T15:13:00.006+09:002009-02-24T20:09:48.361+09:00<div><br /><br /><div>i have had no inclination to craft,knit,or stitch since the victorian bushfires...</div><br /><br /><div>we have donated in several ways to the bushfire victims, but i have lost all motivation...</div><br /><br /><div>then last night the new morrison catalogue arrived in the mail...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306244426695977026" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 227px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SaORMUCcKEI/AAAAAAAAAYw/Ea3r124GuAU/s400/image.morrison.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><div>oooh...ahhh... its so lovely...</div><br /><br /><div>might have to try to do some creating...</div><br /><br /><div>go on over and have a<a href="http://www.morrisonshop.com"> </a><a href="http://www.morrisonshop.com">look online</a>, you wont be disappointed..it's gorgeous...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306245695178102066" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 227px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SaOSWJgJVTI/AAAAAAAAAY4/yPwG5S6o9_A/s400/morrison+2.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><div>dont you love those trousers...<br /><br />nearly makes me wish winter would come.....<br /></div><br /><div>nearly.....</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-1070467234256339784?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-11427616799374527302009-02-10T16:45:00.005+09:002009-02-10T17:02:13.605+09:00<div align="center">the worst bushfire's in our counties history...<br /></div><div align="center">the cost of human life...</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">the cost to nature...</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">such devastation leaves me feeling so very sad.....</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301074498023800674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SZEzK26XP2I/AAAAAAAAAYo/V5lnoO90Alg/s400/6a00d8354888a553ef011168574ee6970c-800wi%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-1142761679937452730?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-41204278268054772042009-02-09T09:30:00.005+09:002009-02-09T09:43:39.530+09:00not much time for crafting around here...<br /><br />i have picked up and extra day of work, it felt like a good idea at the time...<br /><br />it has made the weeks so much more hectic....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">'me time' is the first thing that seems to have slipped away...<br /><br /></div>i am sure i will get into a better rhythm soon... until then...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">little pieces will keep me going...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SY956m6-U9I/AAAAAAAAAYg/myrqsZCRlG8/s1600-h/bag+003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SY956m6-U9I/AAAAAAAAAYg/myrqsZCRlG8/s400/bag+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300589334225638354" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">a thankyou gift for a friend....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SY95y2QXGEI/AAAAAAAAAYY/AX7fvT2EDdA/s1600-h/bag+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SY95y2QXGEI/AAAAAAAAAYY/AX7fvT2EDdA/s400/bag+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300589200902920258" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-4120427826805477204?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-54389898376885733912009-02-05T17:41:00.010+09:002009-02-05T18:04:44.566+09:00<div style="text-align: center;">crabbing...<br />fishing...<br />games....<br />water skiing...<br />swimming...<br />the waifs concert at leeuwin...<br />3 books....<br />sleeping....<br />friends....<br />family....<br />laughter....<br />sublime weather....<br /><br />but now.....<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SYqm9KrueII/AAAAAAAAAXo/P_DARQT38IA/s1600-h/water+crystals.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SYqm9KrueII/AAAAAAAAAXo/P_DARQT38IA/s400/water+crystals.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299231481324796034" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SYqnMvaYtRI/AAAAAAAAAXw/UYa9P3HTZ8E/s1600-h/galway+beach.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SYqnMvaYtRI/AAAAAAAAAXw/UYa9P3HTZ8E/s400/galway+beach.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299231748882216210" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SYqnV8HP_PI/AAAAAAAAAX4/HU3pXQNswSY/s1600-h/yallingup.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SYqnV8HP_PI/AAAAAAAAAX4/HU3pXQNswSY/s400/yallingup.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299231906910436594" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SYqnvHQWUBI/AAAAAAAAAYI/s3X84xBpksQ/s1600-h/cottage.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SYqnvHQWUBI/AAAAAAAAAYI/s3X84xBpksQ/s400/cottage.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299232339398119442" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SYqnhfBcBBI/AAAAAAAAAYA/3U_bBEyn7hc/s1600-h/boat+view.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SYqnhfBcBBI/AAAAAAAAAYA/3U_bBEyn7hc/s400/boat+view.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299232105259861010" border="0" /></a><br />children back to school...<br />back to routine...<br />back to work....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the holiday is memories and photos...<br /> even nature wipes our presence...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SYqoernkVmI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/rJGxYGU1S_8/s1600-h/sand+ripples.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SYqoernkVmI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/rJGxYGU1S_8/s400/sand+ripples.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299233156613035618" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-5438989837688573391?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-92183755154012592522009-01-16T08:56:00.002+09:002009-01-16T09:12:33.248+09:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br />J.B. Priestley wrote...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours....</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SW_Nr5Qs31I/AAAAAAAAAWs/MGIc0Mdbk1g/s1600-h/RIMG2251.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SW_Nr5Qs31I/AAAAAAAAAWs/MGIc0Mdbk1g/s400/RIMG2251.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291674241172561746" border="0" /></a>today the ocean calls...<br />our family beach cottage with musty, familiar smells...<br />35 paces from my bed to the indian ocean...<br />no phone...no television...<br />family time....<br /> holiday time...<br />yippee.....<br />farewell....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-9218375515401259252?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-20101596593229539902009-01-13T21:53:00.012+09:002009-01-14T22:00:06.050+09:00<div style="text-align: center;">the january birthday gifts continue.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">a bag with matching bag inside to carry what teenage girls need to carry....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SW3hF5A1Q-I/AAAAAAAAAWk/6I7xhl4uZiQ/s1600-h/bags.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SW3hF5A1Q-I/AAAAAAAAAWk/6I7xhl4uZiQ/s400/bags.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291132628550108130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />ikea fabric...upholstery weight...gas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWyVLVCY-uI/AAAAAAAAAWU/TxgRRKmfdWs/s1600-h/bag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWyVLVCY-uI/AAAAAAAAAWU/TxgRRKmfdWs/s400/bag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290767684111760098" border="0" /></a>two more january gifts to go..... one male...any suggestions?<br />a beach holiday is looming, they have to be fast and easy to make...<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2010159659322953990?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-26502906599285205002009-01-11T20:51:00.009+09:002009-01-11T21:12:51.571+09:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWnfbmgPUfI/AAAAAAAAAVM/bBLYZtBb_Ig/s1600-h/morrison+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWnfbmgPUfI/AAAAAAAAAVM/bBLYZtBb_Ig/s400/morrison+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290004902608589298" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">here we go again....<br />beautiful, but cant justify that sort of spending...<br />www.morrisonshop.com<br />....simple...flowing...easy to wear...<br /><br />"oh i love that mum"....(who doesn't)<br />"i am not paying that, i think we could make something close"<br />in fact <span style="font-style: italic;">YOU</span> can make something close....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWnfroKtMPI/AAAAAAAAAVU/EcTFBfEVBXk/s1600-h/sewing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWnfroKtMPI/AAAAAAAAAVU/EcTFBfEVBXk/s400/sewing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290005177933050098" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and we did...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWnf-oRPuwI/AAAAAAAAAVc/wqW5NMWaO8I/s1600-h/shoulders.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWnf-oRPuwI/AAAAAAAAAVc/wqW5NMWaO8I/s400/shoulders.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290005504377993986" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and we learnt in the process....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWngL0jVj2I/AAAAAAAAAVk/8RwGwBJZctU/s1600-h/top.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWngL0jVj2I/AAAAAAAAAVk/8RwGwBJZctU/s400/top.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290005731013398370" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and we want to keep making...<br />again my sewing room is taken over...<br />and i need to make the january birthday gifts....<br />sigh...<br />secretly i love to see them sew...<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-2650290659928520500?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-73231662095441576782009-01-11T16:17:00.007+09:002009-01-11T16:43:32.910+09:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWmdGD0UEqI/AAAAAAAAAUU/VcOnLoFLNfo/s1600-h/buttons.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWmdGD0UEqI/AAAAAAAAAUU/VcOnLoFLNfo/s400/buttons.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289931964752859810" border="0" /></a>a gift of old buttons from a chronologically old friend...<br />bone...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWmeWbYttQI/AAAAAAAAAUk/fXB1oKXVc-g/s1600-h/bone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWmeWbYttQI/AAAAAAAAAUk/fXB1oKXVc-g/s400/bone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289933345469084930" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">mother of pearl....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWmedN03cQI/AAAAAAAAAUs/r5vkyjwPulU/s1600-h/P1030047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWmedN03cQI/AAAAAAAAAUs/r5vkyjwPulU/s400/P1030047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289933462088151298" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">devine...<br />these were bought in england for two shillings in 1954....<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWmfHuX3gRI/AAAAAAAAAU0/V_nh79pSMdU/s1600-h/two+shillings.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWmfHuX3gRI/AAAAAAAAAU0/V_nh79pSMdU/s400/two+shillings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289934192379396370" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">kind...<br />generous...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">and in the bottom of the box, some history....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWmf4_wZ7oI/AAAAAAAAAU8/ndMm3ZKd7jM/s1600-h/history.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWmf4_wZ7oI/AAAAAAAAAU8/ndMm3ZKd7jM/s400/history.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289935038859308674" border="0" /></a>frail...<br /></div>old...<br />failing eyesight....<br />no longer able to stitch...<br />a question i have not ever contemplated...<br />what would i do if i could no longer stitch?<br />.......sigh.....sigh....<br />i find it so comforting to sit in the stitching room... in my own world....<br />what would i do......<br />have you ever thought about it?<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7323166209544157678?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698443000575344250.post-70680258441147576182009-01-05T14:47:00.006+09:002009-01-05T15:10:19.881+09:00here is january birthday present number two...<br />100% cotton....her mother will curse me having to iron it, i suspect....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWGhGiUKKKI/AAAAAAAAAUE/FbTaEmWE4FY/s1600-h/skirt+of+twirl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWGhGiUKKKI/AAAAAAAAAUE/FbTaEmWE4FY/s400/skirt+of+twirl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287684571172317346" border="0" /></a><br />short and sassy...<br />false wrap pattern, the front waist buttons at the back, and the back waistband comes over the top to the front to form the tie...no zips....a quick stitch...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWGh8CjG5RI/AAAAAAAAAUM/W648qokKM2c/s1600-h/skirt+of+twirl+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAD4TpuuCgs/SWGh8CjG5RI/AAAAAAAAAUM/W648qokKM2c/s400/skirt+of+twirl+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287685490358019346" border="0" /></a><br />i think i'll be making another of these as the model also wants one ....it would make a great skirt for work less a few of the folds, and plus several centimeters length...might have to have a go at that for me, when school goes back and the household returns to some form of routine...can't think about that now... onto the next birthday gift.....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8698443000575344250-7068025844114757618?l=stitchingatstonecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stitching At Stone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05236021414585514633noreply@blogger.com2