tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246539332024-03-08T03:57:47.693+01:00Dordogne Quilter"Finished is better than perfect."Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.comBlogger867125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-75295329202002451682017-11-24T02:07:00.000+01:002017-11-24T02:07:24.935+01:00Quilts 4 LeukaemiaLong time no speak, but I thought those of you who might occasionally still be reading this blog might be wondering what happened to Quilts 4 Leukaemia. Unfortunately life, health, etc took over and I felt unable to continue.<br />
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You might like to know that the 100's of blocks I still have are being sent to a quilting friend in the UK who is making quilts for children in memory of her grandson.<br />
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With your help over 40 quilts were made and I cannot thank you all enough for the love you gave to the children who received them.<br />
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The blog and web site were taken down some time ago. However, if you know of anyone who sent me blocks could you please pass this on, saying that their blocks will still be sending love to a child, somewhere.<br />
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Again, thank you all.<br />
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xxxxx<br />
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<br />Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-91854964216773378792014-06-12T12:02:00.000+02:002014-06-12T12:03:28.668+02:00Trying to Catch UpIt's amazing how social media suddenly takes over your life. Too much Twittering and Facebooking; suddenly life is spiralling out of control and you don't know where the time has gone. Hence, one very neglected blog!<br />
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Anyway, I hope to rectify the situation. I've temporarily desactivated my Facebook account and am sitting on my hands trying my hardest not to click on the Facebook icon!<br />
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So what's new in the Worthy household?<br />
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The Old One is still The Old One and up to his usual tricks of selective hearing, pretending he's lost his voice, etc, etc, as all husbands do.<br />
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Miss P Black Cat is still with us. I thought we were going to lose her, but I think she was getting fed up with the very wet weather we've been having and sprung back into action when the sun finally started to shine a few weeks ago.<br />
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The Young One? Well long long story there! Where do I start?<br />
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Last September she went to Bordeaux Uni to read Sociology. Did you know that? Can't remember. Anyway, she realised half way through the course that perhaps it wasn't for her and looked for something else to do this coming academic year.<br />
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The upshot is that she is moving to Limoges where she'll read Law and move in with her boyfriend. As I type this she is working very hard at a restaurant in Brantôme, trying to earn enough money to keep her going next year and leaving the boyfriend to do the flat hunting.<br />
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So all in all life trundles on Chez Nous. I'm sewing up a storm on my lovely Singer 1425, but unfortunately cannot really show what I'm working on (Big Secret). However, here is a taster to whet your appetite.<br />
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I've got the String Bug!<br />
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On that note, I'll leave you with some photos I took in Bordeaux when we were there in April. They should be clickable.<br />
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Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-34895778160111844162014-06-11T11:31:00.000+02:002014-06-11T11:31:25.273+02:00Wordless Wednesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-18511437325901011342014-04-05T10:44:00.000+02:002014-04-05T10:44:06.606+02:00We Have a Top!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's very wonky, very lumpy, which I hope will somehow quilt out, and there are already some split seams.<br />
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The corduroy isn't 100% cotton. The black is a poly/cotton/lycra mix and is very stretchy, hence the split seams. It was a b!ù**rto machine!<br />
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More soon.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-19311305358654952692014-03-19T01:04:00.005+01:002014-03-19T01:07:18.301+01:00???????There be things a-happening.<br />
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Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-19148303788187088282014-01-11T15:27:00.000+01:002014-01-11T15:27:17.373+01:00Birthday SewingThe Old One has gone to the OAP lunch hosted by the commune so I'm celebrating my birthday by having the house to myself and sewing, sewing, sewing.<br />
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Only one more row to go and then I think we have a flimsey.<br />
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Do the Gees Bend quilters quilt their quilts, tie them, or leave them?<br />
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More soon.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-23444139718881727632014-01-03T18:22:00.002+01:002014-01-03T18:22:43.146+01:00Progress ReportIt's looking good!<br />
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Just got to make sure I don't run out of the black.<br />
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Think I'll have to pinch a pair of TOO's trousers!<br />
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<br />Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-66250798552067161572014-01-01T18:22:00.001+01:002014-01-01T18:24:36.935+01:00For Your ConsiderationHow does white denim look?<br />
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Oh - and Happy New Year! May 2014 be everything you wish for.<br />
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More soon.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-60701328016598186182013-12-31T15:44:00.000+01:002013-12-31T15:44:25.057+01:00Got the Gees Bend BugLong time - no post!<br />
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I've been busy doing other things, most of which cannot be shown.<br />
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I've also been cutting up shirts, corduroy and denim and once the corduroy was cut up got itchy fingers to start putting a quilt together. Black and pink - yummy!<br />
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As most of the pieces were very oddly shaped, I immediately thought Gees Bend.<br />
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So here is a record of my progress.<br />
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Unfortunately I've now run out of the dark pink and it doesn't look the same with just the pale pink and black so I've sidelined it until I can find some more dark pink.<br />
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In the meantime, I've got the denim bin out and am about to start playing with that.<br />
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More soonClarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-86785112305463802022013-08-29T23:19:00.000+02:002013-08-29T23:19:05.915+02:00Summer is Coming to an Endand I'm feeling really guilty at not keeping my blog up to date.<br />
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What a summer it has been!<br />
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It started in April with TYO deciding she wanted to go to the <a href="http://ece.inseec.com/ece-ecole-commerce-europeenne-post-bac.cfm" target="_blank">ECE in Lyon</a> so we had to spend a night and a day in Bordeaux so she could sit the entrance exam.<br />
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When the results came through about a month later she had been accepted on the Liste Principle! Top marks!<br />
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Huge celebrations!<br />
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Then she decided it wasn't for her and opted for a place at <a href="http://www.univ-bordeauxsegalen.fr/fr/index.html" target="_blank">Bordeaux Uni 2</a> reading Sociology. About turn!<br />
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So how she's going to Bordeaux. Luckily one of her best friends is going to the same Uni so they've found a stunning flat in <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9riadeck" target="_blank">Meriadeck</a>, which is really centre ville, and us parents have been getting together and deciding who buys what and who is going to pay for the various bills.<br />
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Then, of course, France being France there was the paperwork. Days and days spent on the computer filling in grant forms online,waiting for them to be sent to various email addresses so they could be printed off, attach the numerous attachments (don't ask!) and sent back to the office by snail mail.<br />
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Then wait. And wait. And wait. Biting finger nails syndrome!<br />
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Bingo!<br />
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And so TYO starts at Uni on 9 September. We move all the furniture in to the flat next Sunday and the girls move in the following Wednesday.<br />
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I've also been cleaning holiday homes which involves massive cleaning on a Saturday, followed by mega washing of bed linen and towels, followed by ironing Every Thing!<br />
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After all of that I may, just may, be able to get back to my sewing machine. I walk through my sewing room every day to get to the computer and I'm missing it.<br />
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Lets wait and see.<br />
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<br />Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-56328660946538793412013-06-29T18:28:00.000+02:002013-06-29T18:28:15.780+02:00Chaos Reigns Supreme And loving every minute of it.<br />
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The sewing room has remained tidy for far too long!Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-5987785769493694162013-06-02T23:16:00.001+02:002013-06-02T23:16:37.818+02:00Lady in PearlsThis is for<a href="http://quiltdivajulie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Julie</a> and one of my favourite photos, even if I say so myself :-).<br />
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I took this photo about a month ago. I have a long strand of imitation pearls which I hardly wear anymore. When I do they get taken off as soon as I get back into the house and are thrown down anywhere.<br />
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This time they just happened to land on the cover of The Daily Telegraph magazine. Et voila! This was not a set up shot. Honest!<br />
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We are brewing up for The Young One's Baccalaureate fortnight. Got lots to tell you on that front, but am not tempting fate so you'll have to wait until it's all over.<br />
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More soon.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-83867700701903827562013-05-29T14:55:00.000+02:002013-05-29T14:55:11.013+02:00Wordless Wednesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-64081657803393441542013-05-27T09:45:00.000+02:002013-05-27T09:45:12.277+02:00We Interrupt the Silence!Bad bad bad blogger ............<br />
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Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-5351450218599512792013-05-22T22:17:00.001+02:002013-05-22T22:17:38.765+02:00Quilts for Oklahoma!<a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/05/quilts-for-oklahoma.html?spref=bl">Quiltville's Quips & Snips!!: Quilts for Oklahoma!</a>: Dear Quilt Friends: I have been contacted and asked to spread this info to you. It's important to get the word out to all the quilte...Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-44025555258755928432013-05-15T12:55:00.000+02:002013-05-15T12:56:32.369+02:00Wordless Wednesday<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-6816523034527192882013-05-06T12:17:00.002+02:002013-05-06T12:17:43.072+02:00Lost Quilt!This beautiful quilt (Charley's Cats) has gone missing.<br />
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It was made by my online friend Mary, who lives in Panama, as a surprise for for her daughter and two grand daughters, who live in Kentucky.<br />
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Here are some details.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Posted in a mailbox March 3, 2013 in Malibu, CA</span></b></blockquote>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Packaged in Priority Mail envelope with $6.00 in postage affixed<br /> </span></b></blockquote>
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Mary did label and sign it, but with a cloth label which would be easy to remove.</div>
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Mary and her daughter are desperate to get it back.</div>
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Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-90568341156726224032013-03-15T13:39:00.001+01:002013-03-15T13:39:33.547+01:0018 Today!Where has the time gone?<br />
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<br />Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-50909383088790004632013-01-26T23:56:00.000+01:002013-01-26T23:56:53.914+01:00Finished!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Blue and Pink were easy. Purple really stretched me as they had to be A4.<br />
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The Purple definitely is not!<br />
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My fav is Blue.<br />
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More soon.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-23550659730680671442013-01-23T19:58:00.000+01:002013-01-23T19:58:10.559+01:00Wordless Wednesday<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-78061290202088027272013-01-20T00:49:00.000+01:002013-01-20T00:49:24.020+01:00Brrrrr - It's Cold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We've had snow. We've had ice. We've had the lot!<br />
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As I type this the rain is tipping down and we have floods! The snow/rain is pouring off the roof.<br />
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Sorry there isn't much quilting to show, but I'm working on some commissioned name quiltlets for a friend and I can't talk about them until they are finished.<br />
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More soon.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-67433032745577436522013-01-16T15:34:00.000+01:002013-01-16T15:34:41.635+01:00Wordless Wednesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24653933.post-70128755352185552742013-01-15T15:01:00.000+01:002013-01-15T15:03:26.867+01:00Celebrating Gwen!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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If you are a follower of Gwen Marston you will know that 2013 is the last year Gwen will host, and teach at, the Beaver Island Quilt Retreat in September. The Retreat will still carry on, but will be hosted by Gwen's friends, Sue Nickels and Pat Holly.<br />
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So I wondered how we could celebrate Gwen's retirement and show her how much we appreciate her work and style of quilting, and hit upon this idea.<br />
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How about making a liberated block of your choosing and size. It could be a liberated star, a liberated tree, a small liberated solids block, anything!<br />
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Carol Vandenberg at <a href="http://quiltasdesired.blogspot.fr/" target="_blank">Quilt as Desired</a> is going to the Retreat in September and has kindly offered to take the blocks with her to present to Gwen. They have to with Carol by the 1st September.<br />
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If you are interested in participating leave me a comment and make sure I can contact you so I can send you Carol's address in Canada.<br />
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Perhaps you'd like to pass the word on too, though make sure your readers/Followers comment here so I can keep count of the blocks.<br />
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More soon.Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.com14