Jackie c.

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Thank you....

Jackie c. posted an article on - Nov 26, 2009, 12:24 pm
.......to all my blog readers.. For reading the outpourings of my tiny mindFor leaving lovely comments time and time again without repliesFor becoming my friendsFor helping me to mourn WillowFor supp...
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Right Place-Wrong Trousers

Jackie c. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2009, 11:31 am
The one thing you don't have much time to bother about when you do a craft fair is your clothes, so I carefully planned each outfit before I went, washed and ironed anything that wasn't alread...
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Because I need to

Jackie c. posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 3:53 pm
Its almost as long a time since I posted as my blog break way back in September. There were personal reasons for that which still haven't been resolved but perhaps I'll use pictures from that...
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Textiles to Teddington by the Ton

Jackie c. posted an article on - Nov 15, 2009, 8:16 am
First an apology to my cat Jools... I blamed him for the spots on my side but it turns out they were shingles. No wonder I was so down. I'm better now . I am taking tablets that look as though th...
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Bags of work.

Jackie c. posted an article on - Nov 8, 2009, 2:36 pm
This afternoon I was a bit fed up and wondering why I bother making stuff, and then I had a session with a new colour combination of felt and velvet and realised why. Its quite hard when you need t...
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Calm

Jackie c. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 3:34 pm
Thank you for responding to my tantrums and voting for my blog. I don't know whether to keep on 'thscweaming' until the end of the month, or be satisfied with the considerable number of vo...
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I'll sthcweam and sthcweam until I'm sthick

Jackie c. posted an article on - Oct 31, 2009, 7:01 pm
Once, long ago, there was a little girl, who was usually a very good little girl. One day her mother took her on a long journey to visit her Aunties who lived near a place called 'The Arboretum&#...
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Compilation

Jackie c. posted an article on - Oct 26, 2009, 3:40 pm
My 'Box of Delights'* is ready for off ..actually its gone..to The Platform gallery for Mirrorball their Christmas show. It took a while to get into the swing of creating things but I feel qu...
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The Turning of the Year

Jackie c. posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 4:49 pm
Its that time of year again. The time when I wish I had been driven to stitch other things than felt brooches a bit earlier in the year. The time when I work to get a delivery for a local Gallery Ch...
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On Hand stitch

Jackie c. posted an article on - Oct 16, 2009, 12:13 pm
As I work on struggling to regain my creativity and meet deadlines, I envy those who are able to sit and hand sew. Please, don't misunderstand this..I love my tiny machined adventures in textile a...
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A Grand Day Out.

Jackie c. posted an article on - Oct 11, 2009, 10:10 am
Preparation is all important. The night before. Tube map:tick Make new bag:tick Train schedule with all important reference number for retrieving tickets from worrying self service machine:tick ...
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Assembling?

Jackie c. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 5:12 am
This is not a real blog post. Just popping in to make an announcement. A few months ago I bought a return rail ticket to London for the Knitting and Stitching Show with a friend, so on Friday we will...
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Unstitched

Jackie c. posted an article on - Sep 22, 2009, 8:59 am
I am having a break from blogging for personal reasons. It may be long it may be short. I'll miss it.
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Influences

Jackie c. posted an article on - Sep 17, 2009, 7:21 am
These felt brooches, as well as just the shapes without backs, have been in great demand. Worldwide ! I love making them..I think I've told you that before, but its true. My house is in a dreadfu...
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Filling the gaps

Jackie c. posted an article on - Sep 15, 2009, 4:34 pm
As I read around cyberspace I find my blog is lacking certain things. One of these things is knitting. So in an attempt to keep up I thought I'd show you my knitting. Yes..I can knit. I can croche...
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This and that but no sewing.

Jackie c. posted an article on - Sep 12, 2009, 2:34 pm
OOOHHH!!!! Sunshine. Yes! We have had the most delightful three days, no, four of sunshine. I have been walking again. Under the perfect tree..this is it. I dare not enthuse too much because no doubt...
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I made the front page!

Jackie c. posted an article on - Sep 10, 2009, 7:27 am
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A Good Laugh

Jackie c. posted an article on - Sep 8, 2009, 12:31 pm
No matter how grey the sky... ..how wet the ground... ..how steamed up the windows... one can always be cheered immensely by a rude tomato. No fig leaves available. In this climate?
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Strange Monday

Jackie c. posted an article on - Sep 7, 2009, 12:21 pm
Sometimes you just don't get the shape of the day right. It all went wrong very early. My husband had been working until midnight on a major report to be e mailed today for a meeting tomorrow. But...
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Same but different II

Jackie c. posted an article on - Sep 5, 2009, 4:06 pm
For the last three years at this time we have been on Greek Islands stifling in heat, cooling off in warm blue waters, eating our fill of feta, relishing retsina and overdoing the ouzo. For the last ...
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Same but different?

Jackie c. posted an article on - Sep 2, 2009, 1:40 pm
I hope so. Even though I've made dozens of these and enjoyed every one, I still manage to discover that there are ways of making it more fun. The sputnik shape above is a small variation on the f...
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So....

Jackie c. posted an article on - Aug 28, 2009, 5:01 pm
.........you lost four pounds each in two weeks and are going away for a few days. So you're going to be sensible . You arrive in the city and have to eat in a restaurant so you order the fish. It...
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Daisy chain

Jackie c. posted an article on - Aug 24, 2009, 10:28 am
These are much smaller flowers just over two inches wide and I've made them to wear as a necklace. I satin stitched them , by hand, on to a handmade cord. They can be moved up and down the length...
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Obsession Number 2

Jackie c. posted an article on - Aug 22, 2009, 8:12 am
Pattern. Or shape. Or, more particularly, making patterns and shapes on my sewing machine. Sometimes, I just have so much fun. But then there's the boring bit. Includes ironing. I keep meani...
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Obsessive? Me?

Jackie c. posted an article on - Aug 17, 2009, 2:57 pm

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Three bits of sewing.

Jackie c. posted an article on - Aug 12, 2009, 2:10 pm

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Blowing away the cobwebs.

Jackie c. posted an article on - Aug 9, 2009, 6:33 am

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Cause and effect

Jackie c. posted an article on - Aug 6, 2009, 11:16 am

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Thirty two years and two days

Jackie c. posted an article on - Aug 1, 2009, 8:51 am

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Now for something completely different.

Jackie c. posted an article on - Jul 27, 2009, 6:01 pm

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You know what pride goes before?

Jackie c. posted an article on - Jul 27, 2009, 5:20 am

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