SCHOOL CAPTAIN

Well done Chloe

PAINTING IN PROGRESS

Slowly, very slowly this railing is getting painted.  Not the most exciting job I've ever had, but I will get there eventually.  I so wish the dowels were flat, and I so wish we didn't have so much verandah.

Bonny says she'd love to help, but she just needs a little bit more rest in her favourite spot under the hedge and amongst the violets.  On a hot day it's a pretty good choice too.

KINDRED SPIRITS BAG

I've been asked to take a bag workshop at a craft week end later in the year, so I've decided our Kindred Spirits Bag will do nicely.  I've made it up including some of my new fabrics, and I really like the way it looks.  I've made up some extra kits, so at the moment I'm offering it as a kit on my website.  I always make sure my kit fabrics are the same as the photographed item, so it will look the same as mine.  This is a simple and satisfying pattern to make up and doesn't take too long.  Lots of fun really.  Click on the link to find it on my website. Contact me for more information or extra photos sales@applecottagedesigns.com.au 

RAG BALLS TAKING OVER

Rag balls really were taking over my house until I had a big tidy up this morning. Truly, they had got scattered in just about every room.   They're now under control and sitting on my old miner's couch ready for more rag rugging this evening.  I've got several new rag rugs ready to list on my website too, but I need to get a few spare minutes to do that.  
My rag rugging has slowed down this last week or so because of our decision to paint our house.  The tradesman we'd chosen to do the job and who also assured us it would be finished by Christmas, just hasn't showed, so in a moment of weakness, I decided that I could do it myself.  Must admit he didn't say exactly WHICH Christmas.  Why is it that we always choose the wrong tradesmen.  Obviously, we still haven't learned the art of recognising the reliable ones.  Anyway, I'm now very skilled at scraping old paint of steps, and my trusty sander is doing a supurb job.  Luckily the rest of the house isn't in need of very much scraping, so it will be much easier when I get to the walls.  I can see I'm going to have to overcome my fear of heights unless I can talk some kind person into doing the high bits for me.   

WORN AND LOVED

The name describes them beautifully.  You'll now find the Hedgerow fabrics are listed on my website along with these ones called Worn and Loved.  I've still got a few from Mollys Meadow to list yet, but they might have to wait until tomorrow.

I'm also still rag rugging along trying to get a stockpile in readiness for upcoming markets.  A big thankyou to my friend Jenny who rescued some of the fabrics I used in this one.  The old sheets were destined to become rags and I'm so glad she thought of me and grabbed them in the nick of time.  I'm not sure that I would sleep too well between  black or purple sheets, but obviously a preference for some.  Maybe I've been missing out on something!  Still, I think I'll stick to my boring white ones that I love.  My favourite rag rugging time is early morning before the rest of the world at my place start to look for breakfast.  I'm noticing though that I'm getting up in the dark now.  The days are certainly becoming shorter.  A good sign indeed if you're like me and really struggle with the heat.

HEDGEROW

Two big boxes of fabrics arrived this morning, and these are the ones by Hedgerow.  I'll be listing them on the website as I get time.  There's still some to unpack, but no more Hedgerow.  These will all be $12.00m, so I've kept my promise of a good price.  I'm cutting up samples to post out too, so if your name is on my list you'll be getting them in the next week or so.  If you live within Australia, and want to be included in my "free sample" list, just send me an email with your postal address.  I'll show you the other fabrics when I get them unpacked and photographed.  If you want more photos of any of them, let me know and I would love to do send you some. 

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