http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/primrosecorner sewing, crafting, quilting and family life Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:32:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just in case you've lain awake at night wondering what a pile of thirty-ish yo-yo's looks like. It looks like this... ... tiny... tiny .. made the old fashioned way using a tin lid as a pattern. And then I didn't have enough so I had to make even ... http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/primrosecorner/2008/11/because-i-worry-about-you/ In this part of the world it's depressingly dark this morning. It's raining the kind of rain that drenches you to the very bones and the leaves that aren't superglued to the pavements and verges are being whipped up by the wind, curling and spiralling around and basically smacking ... http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/primrosecorner/2008/11/something-nice-and-cheerful/ Look I won a giveaway .. Pretty, don't you think. I won it from Christine Sews blog. She has just taken that brave step into selling her bag creations on her own website. Go take a look. The bag is made out of gorgeous upholstery weight fabrics which ... http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/primrosecorner/2008/11/sew-christine/ This is the boy, Arthur Raymond Peacock, who signed up for the Northamptonshire Reserves on his eighteenth birthday, 6th January, 1909, to serve his King and country. Certified copy of attestation - joining the Reserves for six years service. Arthur Edward Raymond Peacock This is the friend who had fun with ... http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/primrosecorner/2008/11/today-is-armistice-day/ Dearest husband does occasionally bring me presents..... little gifts of tenderness ... an odd plum... a few grapes and his latest is this; Any ideas? It isn't one of these lovely little lavender bags from here and it isn't part of these fascinating kitchen diaries many of you are participating ... http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/primrosecorner/2008/11/a-present/ I've decided to extend the fabric sale for now and I've added other Rowan and Freespirit fabrics, which includes designers such as; Amy Butler, Kaffe Fassett, Valori Wells, Martha Negley, Joel Dewberry and others. I've also been busy adding some new patterns to the shop . .. there ... http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/primrosecorner/2008/11/new-patterns-to-me/ Do you remember this ? Well, after I'd added all the names into the 'bowl of possibility', this is what popped out... So, congratualtions Andrea . It you e-mail me your address, I'll get this sent off to you. ... I really enjoyed this little swap ... http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/primrosecorner/2008/11/remember-this/ Thank you for all the lovely comments about the pouch and a big thank you to Anghard Handmade for her lovely mention. I really appreciate them all.A random picture - Lots of berrys for the birds! And I've been tagged - twice, once by Judy of Maccabags and ... http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/primrosecorner/2008/10/thank-yous-and-the-tagging-spotlight/ It's strange sometimes when you look at fabric and it almost tells you what it wants to be when it's not longer flat wrapped around a carboard bolt. That's the kind of relationship I have with this Barefoot Roses It's a beautiful old fashioned, blousy rose print and to ... http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/primrosecorner/2008/10/sewing/ At the bottom of the garden is a tree, a very old tree .. So who's going to pick this lot up? Behind the tree is a wall. A much older wall... Over the wall is a field, an ancient field.. That field marks time... The Romans must have walked this way down ... http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/primrosecorner/2008/10/at-the-bottom-of-the-garden/