tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36848035348986351472024-03-05T01:32:55.417-08:00A Life Wrapped In ThreadTilly Rose - Textile artist, designer, tutor & guest presenter on Create & Craft TV, whose life has been wrapped in thread and a passion for all things vintage...
My work concentrates on layers, textures, slow stitching and embellishing.
Celebrating the love of serendipity with needle & thread.Tilly Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07475130988089203271noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684803534898635147.post-82958086597909560032020-01-27T00:54:00.000-08:002020-01-27T00:54:30.084-08:00It Started with a Simple Yes.... Part 1I feel I must start this little post with an apology...<div>My little home here in Blogland has been patiently waiting for my return since the launch of my book Stitched Memories back in July 2018</div><div><br></div><div>Sadly, I have neglected her terribly.</div><div>I do hope you she forgives me and understands!</div><div>You see since my book launch my life has been turned around in so many ways I wouldn't have even thought possible, some good, some not so good and some even more amazingly bonkers!</div><div><br></div><div>And so, why start writing today I hear my reader asking?</div><div>Well, I have just returned from a ten day Textile Tour trip to Jaipur with The Craft Travel Company and I am sitting nursing a little fluey virus that has made me stop.</div><div>My fingers itching as usual, head buzzing with Indian smiles and time on my hands I thought I would 'go back home...' to where my journey started over 20 years ago....blogging. </div><div>I'm back in my 'Happy Place' again 🥰</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>So....India? </div><div>How did that happen?</div><div><br></div><div>Well, it's simple really.</div><div>I look at life with wide eyed lens.</div><div>You get one shot at life.</div><div>There are no rehearsals...</div><div>And so, when I was asked would I consider doing a workshop further afield, never did I think that would mean India!<br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>And so, a year in the planning, a long plane ride and a shorter bus ride we arrived in Jaipur with a wonderful happy grin!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>My little family were ready to explore....</div><div><br></div><div>Our tour was a Textile Tour exploring the beautiful rich history of textiles based in and around Jaipur, Rajasthan.</div><div>Ten days of soaking up the beauty 💖</div><div><br></div><div>I went with very little assumptions or expectations other than to make it through the ten days without a 'delli belly' and without passing out through heat exhaustion!</div><div><br></div><div>What actually happened really can't be summed up in one little post but it so much more!</div><div>No 'Delli belly' and no heat exhaustion, in fact it was that cold I ended up buying socks!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br>As well as being the most rubbish romantic, I'm a big believer in soaking up life as it is....real experiences...</div><div>I always try to see things as Mother Earth intends.</div><div><br></div><div>India is renowned for not only her wealth and riches but her poverty and hardship.</div><div>Until you actually see her poverty for real I don't think you can really understand or comprehend the impact that has on family life.</div><div>And yet, in amongst all of that equation, we were greeted by the most beautiful people sharing their love and warmth with us.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>So....what did we actually do on the tour?</div><div><br></div><div>A Textile Tour you say?</div><div>Yes, but with a Tilly Rose style!</div><div>I was asked by the tour leaders to offer four workshops whilst out there.</div><div>After months of experimenting, designing and dabbling here and there I finally decided....</div><div>I wanted to offer something that related to India, related to Jaipur but more importantly stayed true to my roots of slow stitching and a love of cloth & thread.</div><div><br></div><div>I decided to offer a Stitch Wrap, a Tilly Rose Journal AND a little keepsake bag to treasure after the trip....</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>We had such fun!</div><div>And of course, you all know me... I like to experiment with the odd technique here and there, so we painted, we dabbled, we diddled, we stitched and we created.....all with a beautiful flavour of India attached 💗</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Each piece was individual.</div><div><br></div><div>Each piece was a future heirloom.</div><div><br></div><div>🧵✂️🧵✂️🧵✂️🧵✂️🧵✂️🧵✂️🧵✂️🧵✂️🧵</div><div><br></div><div>Every lady on the tour collected their own snippets from the visits to bazaars and other days out.</div><div>It was so lovely to watch a simple idea blossom, all with different blooms.</div><div>Ti hear the chatter, ti see the smiles and watch the slow stitchibg take place was just a joy.</div><div>We giggled, gossiped, chatted, heard cherished tales and shared our secrets whilst sewing much to the amusement of the staff at the hotel!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Isn't it wonderful how a group of women can create a supportive little family simply through a little love of cloth and thread?</div><div><br></div><div>I will leave it there for now and add more details in another post....</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for joining me</div><div>Watch out for my next snippets!</div><div><br></div><div>Namaste 🙏🏻</div><div>Tilly x</div>Tilly Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07475130988089203271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684803534898635147.post-16072025264825681182018-06-20T04:55:00.001-07:002018-06-20T04:58:27.660-07:00It started with just a little thread...<br />
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What a gem of a morning...</div>
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The birds are nattering while the bees are meandering.</div>
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that soon my book Stitched Memories will be available to purchase.</div>
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I've dreamed of writing a book since I could read and write</div>
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but this frizzy haired wild bird was rubbish at school. I got bored easily.</div>
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Science and Maths dumbfounded me and still do at times. And yet they totally fascinate me.</div>
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The only subjects that grabbed my attention were Needlework, Art and English, oh and Cooking (to which my waistline showcases very well!)</div>
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Simply show the beauty and wonder of the world that surrounds us in every minute of every day and help others to see it's Ok to not be perfect.</div>
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And so through many many stressful hours of writing, a book evolved.</div>
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Two thirds of it was left on the cutting room floor because I had written too much information due to space constraints...something that took a while getting my head around to be honest</div>
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as appearing on the <a href="https://www.sewingquarter.com/" target="_blank">Sewing Quarter Channel</a> with a Book Launch on 30th July.</div>
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Do you ever have those moments in life where you question why? what? when?<br />
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Since a young child I've always questioned everything!</div>
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At times, especially during my school years it has landed me in deep water...</div>
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And yet I still question 'why?'<br />
I love relaying stories, finding out a past history and creating new tales.<br />
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So why am I saying all this?<br />
well I want to share a beautiful tale with you all that I discovered on my holiday in Cornwall recently....<br />
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After arriving at our little cottage in Cornwall we were very keen to explore our new little Cornish home so started out on a little car trip of our area and discovered Penzance.<br />
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A wooden bench greeted us with the most beautiful view overlooking the bay towards St Michael's Mount.</div>
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The sea was smiling as she glistened in the morning mists.</div>
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Who was Vera, our land army girl?</div>
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Could I find any records of Vera and Charlie?</div>
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I was so pleased to find the following printed in 2014 -</div>
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<b>James Charlie and Vera </b>Platinum Wedding Anniversary</div>
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Happy 70th Anniversary December 16th 1944-2014</div>
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Many years of hard work, love and devotion to each other and your family.</div>
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Loving you always Mum and Dad</div>
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Nanna and Grandad</div>
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Caroline, Tim, Cora and Joe</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>On Thurs 23rd June 2016</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>William Frederick Charles, aged 92 yrs,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>passed peacefully at home.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Dearly beloved husband of the Late Vera James </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>and a much loved dad and grandad.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>on Mon 11th July at 11am.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><i>"their uniform seems to suggest a bashful camouflage of</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><i>before the war and had worn silk stockings and jaunty hats,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><i>making ball gowns and coming-out gowns for royalty</i></span></div>
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My little heart was singing....</div>
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I wanted to speak to her so much.</div>
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As hubby and I often sat and looked out to sea during our two weeks holiday </div>
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That they shared a lifetime of smiles</div>
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How different was wading in wellies, milking cows!</div>
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safely tucked away in the moorlands of Cornwall.</div>
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Today sees me back at the computer,<br />
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back home here in the Fens...<br />
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For the past couple of weeks Mr T and myself have been investigating </div>
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For us though, it was a holiday of a lifetime.<br />
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Following Mr T's diagnosis of cancer four years ago and then secondary cancer last year meant we haven't had a 'proper' switch off holiday in four years; and even more poignantly for us, we weren't really sure we ever really would have again...<br />
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amongst the ruggedness of an ancient moorland that holds </div>
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Sadly, it also holds tales of the sad reality of an immense hardship </div>
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from an industrial mining area many Cornish folks had to endure..<br />
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Everyone associates this area with the romantic view of Poldark now but visiting many of the small hamlets and villages and tuning in to the history of 'Kernow' (Cornwall)</div>
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The average life span for a miner back in the 19th century was only 39 years if he was lucky.<br />
Most children worked in the mines from the age of 10 and then were sacked at 16 so owners didn't have to pay an adult wage.<br />
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Little Cornish booties dancing in the breeze...</div>
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Colour was simply everywhere.</div>
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May is definitely a beautiful time of year to see her sparkle.</div>
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I felt like Beatrix Potter with the bunnies skipping in the buttercup meadow!</div>
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I've always loved Beatrix but spending two weeks studying bunnies I have a new found admiration for her.</div>
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She relied solely on her ability to observe, for what must've been absolutely hours, to then follow with sketches in order to draw her illustrations.</div>
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In the meantime, here is a little snippet of few Cornish memories...</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wildflowers, </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">granite tors, </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">azure seas,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">art & design, </span><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a new language, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Living Stones,</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">ancient history, </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Cream Teas,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ever-changing skies,</span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">ferns, </i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">harbours, </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">sunsets, </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">meandering lanes leading nowhere,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Colour, </b>vintage gems, </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">an old way of life,</span></div>
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If you've never explored this part of the British Isles, </div>
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Tilly Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07475130988089203271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684803534898635147.post-47556633597413574032018-04-23T08:16:00.000-07:002018-04-23T08:16:05.833-07:00The British Quilt & Stitch Village<div dir="ltr">
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Happy St.George's Day!</div>
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In celebration of all things British I thought it would be a good time to post about my visit to <a href="https://quiltandstitchvillage.com/" target="_blank">The British Quilt & Stitch Village</a> last weekend...</div>
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It was my third year of attending and I have to say I always love going as it is one of my favourites in the calender of sewing events here in the UK.</div>
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I know each event has it's own merits but I love this one simply because</div>
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it is such a gentle one despite the crowds...</div>
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The sort where you can meamble around at your leisure, stop for a cuppa comfortably,</div>
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find a decent loo and more importantly receive some friendly smiles and chatter from the exhibitors.</div>
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depicting life in the Fens with all their Myths and legends...</div>
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I gained a rosette which I was super chuffed with!</div>
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My competition neighbour was this amazing coat which was an incredible piece of art</div>
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...totally my cup of tea!</div>
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It's been a few years now since I've made myself some wearable art like this simply due to time constraints but I love it and it reminded me to get sewing for myself!</div>
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perfect for a Spring day!</div>
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A gorgeous cushion full of daffodil gorgeousness.</div>
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They were brave enough to stand up and shout out their love of cloth and thread.</div>
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I just know so many of you would be able to create some gorgeous pieces.</div>
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Before I go, I must say a HUGE thank you to everyone who visited my stall, took part in a Tilly Rose workshop or simply stopped by to say hello...</div>
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create some lovely memories whilst doing so especially if you are dabbling in to the world of mixed media!</div>
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I am so blessed to be doing a job that I love and part of that is connecting with so many like-minded peeps who adore some form of stitching, one way or another.</div>
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Without you all, there would be no show so thank you for travelling and dropping by.</div>
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There are too many of you to mention names and I would probably miss out someone even if I tried...</div>
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Just rest assured I very much appreciate your love and support.</div>
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Tilly Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07475130988089203271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684803534898635147.post-83475169365233849472018-04-17T05:20:00.000-07:002018-04-18T01:33:31.882-07:00'Mercia' at The British Quilt & Stitch Village...<br>
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Well, good morning my lovelies...</div>
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How are you all on this grey and dreary Tuesday?</div>
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Here in the Fens I think Spring must be playing a massive mischievous joke on us all and is only pretending to stop for a while and actually has no intention whatsoever to indulge us in some warmer days despite the Springtime blooms nodding their heads to say hello!</div>
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It seems a lifetime away since I actually sat and wrote a blog post to you all.</div>
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I know many of you reading this do say hello via my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tillyrosevintage/" target="_blank">Tilly Rose - Textile Artist Facebook page</a></div>
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but a blog post is a little different...</div>
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I can chatter and meamble so much more!</div>
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So in the spirit of The Sound of Music, where shall we start?</div>
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Well, let;s start at the very beginning... a very good place to start...</div>
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Some of you may be wondering where I've been hiding, why I've been a little quiet of late and will you see on TV again etc etc...</div>
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Last year our family was hit really hard as my husband </div>
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was diagnosed with secondary liver cancer.</div>
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After fighting bowel cancer two years previously, then vasculitis and sepsis of his kidneys a year later, we actually thought we would have a few months to recover but sadly not.</div>
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As you can imagine or perhaps may have experienced yourselves personally, we faced a very huge uphill struggle...but at least we <i><b>were</b></i> given that option of a way to do so.</div>
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Sadly I know some are not so fortunate.</div>
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So...roll on a few months of very tough hardship, major surgery and intense recovery</div>
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I am pleased to say that hubby is now back at work and looking forward.</div>
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We take each day as it arrives with a massive blessing of smiles.</div>
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Whilst all this was going on I was writing my first book <a href="https://www.searchpress.com/book/9781782215653/stitched-memories" target="_blank">Stitched Memories - Search Press</a>.</div>
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Timings really couldn't have been worse but it gave me a focus and in between hospital and clinic visits you could always find me hunched over a laptop writing instructions and explanations etc for the projects in the book.</div>
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It has now gone to print as we speak and will be available in August.</div>
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If you click on the link above you will find a little detail about what little surprises are waiting for you...</div>
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So....going back to my original sentence of where have I been, well as you can imagine</div>
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keeping that positive smile going for hubby and the rest of our family, continuing to work, writing a book and doing the dusting now and then can take it's toll.</div>
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At Christmas I faced exhaustion and so I took a few months off to recouperate.</div>
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It's that simple really.</div>
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Giving yourself time off is hard for someone like myself who likes to keep busy because </div>
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it makes you feel guilty that you are not working!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But</span>, how could I not be doing something at all?</div>
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Well for those of you who have been following my daily rambles and chats, you will all know that I've made the most of my time whilst lazily squidged on the sofa by doodling designs, </div>
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planning my own range of sewing kits and gathering momentum for an exhibit</div>
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that I showed at <a href="https://quiltandstitchvillage.com/" target="_blank">The British Quilt & Stitch Village</a> in Uttoxeter last weekend.<br>
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Many visitors to the event loved 'Mercia'; my version of 3D textile art depicting the Myths & Legends of the Cambridgeshire Fens over the many centuries of agricultural hardship...<br>
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Fen folk were often considered the 'odd folk living out on the marshlands', who were very independent and very suspicious of any 'foreigners'.<br>
The term 'foreigners' simply meant anyone who didn't live amongst the Fen reeds and work the land which included anyone from everyday folk to the gentry!<br>
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Much of the Fens that we see today are a result of the reclaimed lands, drained many moons ago by the Dutch engineers who used their knowledge to create agricultural fields and land for communities to feed their families and toil the earth.<br>
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Before the drainage was developed many Fenfolk travelled from island to island via punts or rowing boats and knew the marshes like the back of their hand but more importantly they also knew that the marshlands were a law unto themselves.<br>
Often gas escaped from the marsh and with it followed tales of 'bog spirits' and will'o'the'wisps.<br>
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Fenland stories of odd sightings among the Fen reeds were often passed down from generation to generation around the table of an evening over a pint of ale...<br>
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'Mercia', the anglo-Saxon name for the region, hopefully depicts two side of the story..<br>
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Her skirt, a Fenland river, is divided into two halves; one side represents the richer side of life<br>
where women of a certain status enjoyed the luxuries that life in the Fens offered and the cotton muddied ragged edge on the other half represents the masses... the life of an Ag Lab that knew all about the hardships of living in such a wild wilderness of a Fen marshy bogland but loved it anyway.<br>
Needless to say my family heritage comes from the rugged frayed edge of life if you didn't but guess!<br>
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Mercia's front bodice depicts the 'Tree of Life' believed by the Celts to be a very important part of their lives.<br>
Boadicea or Boudica, the Queen of the Iceni Tribe ruled in this area, so there is a rich heritage of Celtic tradition connected to the Fens.<br>
Many myths and tales have evolved from these times and often remain today.<br>
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The back of the bodice depicts the hard times of life on the land with embroidered stitches showcasing the famous plough lines of the patchwork fields found in this area.<br>
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Fenland heritage is in my DNA.<br>
It has seeped into my bones over many centuries...<br>
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Not many folk give a shout out for the Fens.<br>
They don't see the beauty of our completely flat 'boring' lands but for me<br>
the Fens smile with a unique beauty.<br>
Their sunsets, vasts skies, ever changing light and openess fills my little Fen heart with joy.<br>
Someone has to make a stand for our little area of the UK!<br>
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Whilst on holiday in Cornwall a few years ago I was asked where I lived and when I mentioned the Cambs Fens, the shopkeeper said"Oh I know, you live in the damp patch then!"<br>
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On a day like today when the wild winds are a-howling through, I do think perhaps if I lived somewhere with a few hills, woods and undulating pathways my life would perhaps be a little quieter but then I change my mind as quickly as the wind calms again...</div>
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It was about me allowing myself time to indulge in my passion for textile art, showcasing some Fenland history and having such fun designing and stitching on a mannikin which I just love doing!</div>
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The little verse on the glass totally sums up a brilliant philospohy methinks!</div>
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Thank you for popping by last weekend.</div>
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It was lovely to know so many of you enjoy my little Fen ramblings on life...</div>
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As Autumn continues to swish and twirl in her silky petticoats as she performs her much rehearsed daliances, she's leaving a beautiful veil of misty cobwebs all around us her in the Fens as we watch the Earth slowly dying and decaying in between the nooks and crannies.</div>
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For me, Autumn is always a season I welcome.</div>
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This year has seen me travelling up and down the motorways more times than I've ever done in my life before, for both happy & sad reasons.</div>
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Well, for one as a driver who isn't really that confident I can now hold my own on a motorway with the white van bully boys, I can now understand when Sat Nav Simon says keep right he doesn't actually mean turn right he means keep straight (and yes we have had words over that description with each other many a time!) and finally I have learnt that despite building up the number of miles on my little car's speedo, I in fact <b>still </b>absolutely hate motorway driving with a passion!</div>
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the first day of Autumnal darker days sees me finally snuggled in at home with my sparkly lights aglow again (I LOVE sparkly lights!!!) looking forward to a new season of so many sweet things... but that's another post!</div>
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slowly stepping toward our festive celebrations...</div>
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Storm Brian seems to have had his say on things as he sped by here in the Cambridgeshire Fens. The flat landscape surrounding my little home is a perfect place for fast spiralling winds and howling gasps that are often so ferocious they can take your breath away as you step outside.</div>
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Gosh it has been months since I set foot in my little blog home...</div>
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It's a little dusty with a few cobwebs hiding in the corners </div>
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It's a little like returning home after a holiday and having that wonderful</div>
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I learnt back in the early days of diagnosis that taking each day and staying positive was only the way forward to survive.</div>
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My first blog post in a very long time...</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">- wandered along a path with my creativity that I feel is beginning to finally reflect my true self which sounds crackers after being creative since the year dot!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">-win an award for first prize at a major event</span></div>
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My first ever book ,Stitched Memories will be published by Search Press early next year and launched in the sunnier months of early Summer (she says grinning like a cheshire cat!!!)</div>
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It is my book of Inspirations on how to capture your ever day moments and treasured memories through a selection of slow stitching and free motion embroidery projects.</div>
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...my way of leaving a little trail of stitched stories for my future family members showcasing my loves in life and what makes me tick on a daily basis!</div>
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So, having done a little stock take of life in the Tilly Rose world I guess what I'm saying a long winded affair is that I feel I can begin to face the dreary cold Fenland months with a little creative smile after all.</div>
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Over the next few months I shall be updating my little cosy home with a few alterations so keep in touch if you fancy seeing the results.</div>
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Nothing like a grand makeover but just a few paint touch ups if you know what I mean!</div>
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Stitches is one of the biggest trade shows for the creative craft industry, </div>
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Anyone working within the industry, traders, retailers & suppliers all get together </div>
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I met with many fab people, all of whom are going to be</div>
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It's becoming a little real now....</div>
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full of precious memories as time goes by.</div>
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In my book, I want to give you all some ideas</div>
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As a textile artist I work with a huge variety of fabrics, trims, notions and found objects.</div>
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So having gathered my thoughts after a very stressful end to 2106</div>
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I very rarely make New Year's Resolutions as I often </div>
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<i><b>slow and steady wins the race...</b></i></div>
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I write lists and have fun watching them slowly be ticked off, as and when.</div>
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This year my list consist of only one thing so far and that is to make myself get out more</div>
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to walk and photograph Mother Nature in all her finest splendour.</div>
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All of my workshops and exhibits this year will have a theme running through them...</div>
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Mother Nature is always waiting for a visit from us.</div>
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She offers us a free hug when we need one.</div>
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I have decided that photographs from my #ayearofnaturewalks will be posted on my Instagram page</div>
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for anyone who wishes to have a nosey or join me.</div>
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You can find me here on the link <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tillyrosevintage/" target="_blank">Tilly Rose Instagram</a></div>
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I have been teaching a variety of crafts based around the ethos of well-being for so many years now</div>
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and I always use Mother Nature as an inspiration to encourage others to 'have-a-go' at something...</div>
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I shall be using my photographs on my workshops to continue this during the year.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I like to bridge the gap between a variety of crafts, combine them with my love of cloth and thread and add layers to my projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I always add in a flavour of nostalgia of course and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">the New Year </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">ahead so to speak!</span></div>
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to capture snippets of beauty that so often get overlooked by most.</div>
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How are we all?</div>
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Did we have a beautiful yuletide celebration?</div>
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I hope you found some moments to treasure in there somewhere what ever</div>
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I'd like to say that as I am writing this I am looking at a blanket of cold crisp snow because that is what we expect for this time of year...</div>
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Unfortunately I can only see the winter sunshine, so I've cheated with my opening picture to greet you all from my blogging window!</div>
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It seems so very strange that another year is behind me as I write.</div>
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2016 really hasn't been a fab year but despite the negative sides of life there are always positives to take forward with us.</div>
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My year spent working on the TV has bought such happiness for me which out ways the usual stress</div>
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I have met so many of you and chatted with so many lovely peeps who have made me feel so very humble to be in a very lucky position of saying hello to you right in the middle </div>
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meeting two lovely middle-aged ladies who had driven all the way from Wales to Ally Pally just to say hello bought tears to my eyes....</div>
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So many people came and said hello from different areas of the country and it really makes all those hours of sewing by candlelight (not literally you understand as I have Daylight lamp remember!)</div>
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just a textile artist living in the wild Cambs Fens, who has a passion for crafting </div>
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I spent the year doing several exhibitions, workshops and talks around the UK</div>
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I was stepping into a world of..... </div>
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- experts who consider their work to be the perfect way and mine to be the very<b><span style="font-size: large;"> unperfect</span></b> way!</div>
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(that's my Fen expression of normal!)</div>
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So why did I wobble I ask myself a year later?</div>
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I can chat the hind leg off a donkey with anyone...</div>
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I am very happy with my lot in life and my 'piece of paper' telling others I know what I am doing is simply non negotionable!</div>
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My lovely Nan had taught me from a teenager 'to simply be myself' and I have to say that at such a young age I really didn't understand what that meant!</div>
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I can't be any different...</div>
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So looking forward what will be on the agenda this year ahead I hear many of you ask?</div>
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There are sharks waiting to bite at all costs as there is in any walks of life.</div>
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My conscience is as clear as tinkerbells wings..</div>
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I am a people's person....</div>
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So...I will also be working more online offering you lovelies some snippets of inspiration</div>
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Let's raise a toast to a beautiful 2017...</div>
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for more smiles...</div>
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more happiness and peace amongst our fellow beings</div>
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I wish you all a wonderful celebration with your loved ones.</div>
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I certainly will treasure having Mr T with me to see the New Year in.</div>
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I thought I had sadly lost him a few weeks a ago so to enjoy a snuggle on the sofa together</div>
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watching the festivities by the fire will seem like I've won the Lottery this New Year.</div>
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Blessings to you all...</div>
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much love</div>
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It's that special time of year when we all go and pretend we can fit a forest into our lounges...</div>
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Buy tons of pressies that will probably be recycled again next year...</div>
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And bake a mountain of pastry goodies resulting in adding three stone to our waistlines to be taken off again throughout Springtime.</div>
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I LOVE the glitz. the glamour and the frivolity of it all just as much as the rest of you do!!!</div>
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It's a very precious time of year that fits beautifully into our season of dark days,</div>
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Christmas evokes beautiful memories for us all in some way or another; albeit tiny snippets of smiles for some and oodles of surprises for others...</div>
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but for the past few years Christmas has meant worry, sadness and tough times in my little home for one reason or another for our family.</div>
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all cosied up in our little home doing all of the above....</div>
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Can I please ask for you all reading this though, to take five mins out to think of all those who are not as lucky as myself in having a huge tree laden with sparkle, a home full of festive smiles and happiness?</div>
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to be given out on Christmas Day to all those patients who will be unable to go home for some reason or another.</div>
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Some patients will not be as lucky as hubby with a waiting family eager to have him home.</div>
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Without this turning into a Tilly Rose soapbox sermon I'd like to ask you all to consider checking with your local hospital to see if buying a crossword puzzle book, bar of soap, magazine or even a shower gel would help bring a smile or two to someone staying in on a hospital ward this Christmas.....</div>
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it will help to bring a festive smile to someone.</div>
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So if pennies allow do please consider a little something extra in your basket when you are next at the checkout and pop it in Santa's sack.</div>
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A cold start to this November morning greets me...</div>
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So, slippers are keeping me warm, cuppa in hand and I have five mins</div>
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My week has been a very mixed bag of moments...</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I wonder if our ancestors thought the same or even had time to think of such thoughts?</span></div>
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Isn't it strange how the thrill of a simple piece of metal and a snippet of thread can bring such joy....</div>
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I diligently stitched with eagerness each and every little small piece of cloth waiting for my jigsaw to appear.</div>
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It is so joyous for me to share my passion for my beautiful </div>
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Fens with you all.</div>
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the area you were born into or the area you grew up in.</div>
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For me the ancient landscape known as The Cambs Fens</div>
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My family history reaches back to a time when Fenmen waded </div>
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in the flat land now famously known for the best arable land in the UK.</div>
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A stubborn 'ol Fen bird yes.</div>
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A Fen tiger yes.</div>
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My Fens offer skylines that equal a winning National Lottery ticket.</div>
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Her sunsets are masterpieces fit for the Tate Gallery.</div>
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Hello lovelies...</div>
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November already?</div>
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Where does time go?</div>
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As I am writing this post I am surrounded by the most beautiful Autumnal sunshine...</div>
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the sort that tricks you into thinking it may still be a little summery</div>
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out there but in reality it really is quite a shock to the system!</div>
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Spidery frost fronds decorate my garden with so many of Mother Nature's gems glistening in the sunlight.</div>
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The array of colour, texture and smells delight my Virgo soul.</div>
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I have been working away from home alot this year doing various events and shows </div>
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selling my kits, demonstrating various crafts and meeting so many beautiful people </div>
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from all walks of life....</div>
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My Fen roots are so strong that the feeling of nesting at home with my family whilst the</div>
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wild Fen winds blow all around me seep to the edge of every cell of my body.</div>
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I yearn for the simplicity of life.</div>
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So, with harvests all now in, flowers slowly fading, leaves finally falling </div>
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2016 has been a very enlightening one for me.</div>
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I took a huge gamble at the beginning of the year to change direction slightly</div>
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In allowing myself the freedom to explore through my much loved cloth and thread, my world of creativity has expanded immensely.</div>
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I've always enjoyed exploring and experimenting but lately</div>
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I've so enjoyed throwing loads into the mix of a textile collage, and just like watching a Victoria sponge being baked in an oven,</div>
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watch it evolve right in front of my eyes.....</div>
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Capturing my ancient landscape with vintage cloth is just so beautiful to do.</div>
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I'm so pleased I haven't lost that </div>
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Today is a lazy daisy kinda day after spending last week working my little socks off at</div>
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I am trundling down by rail to the big smoke..aka London, for a fantastic event held in</div>
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Today celebrates our September Equinox which welcomes Autumn with all her beauty... </div>
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often a walk in the woods, a glimpse of a deer saying good morning, blinking at a flock of birds migrating or listening to a Robin's chorus can bring us those happy smiles.</div>
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Gosh I've missed saying hello...</div>
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As a sufferer of Fibromyalgia you would think I'd welcome the heat but I struggle to control my temperature in both extremes; so, in summer I'm wishing for a bucket of ice to jump into for most of the time and in winter I'm found snuggled in blankets wishing warmth would grace my weary bones.... you just can't win can you!</div>
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birthday celebrations, golden & olive hues beginning to grace my garden, misty foggy mornings with dewy spiderwebs, crochet blankets in the wash, and scrumptious blackberries...</div>
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So, with the evenings closing in on us my mind is wandering towards those crochet hooks, stitchy projects and romantic girlie films!</div>
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Dear September, I am so looking forward to sharing my evenings with you catching up on your gossip, slobbing in my PJ's, snuggly slippers, and getting to grips with tidying my stitchy basket full of threads nestling next to the crackling fire...</div>
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I shall be at Ally Pally at the Knitting & Stitch Show showcasing free motion embroidery on the Create & Craft TV stand....</div>
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Gosh I have so missed saying hi to you all!</div>
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Lately I have tried to regularly take a few hours out when I have got some spare time to talk with Mother Nature</div>
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I've come to the conclusion that I was definitely born in the wrong era!</div>
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I should've been an Edwardian lady who meambled down the lanes capturing Mother Nature's</div>
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I daydream all the time whilst on my walks</div>
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I would make up stories in my head whilst walking of animals meeting flowers, visiting different scenes.</div>
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Every little snippet of gorgeousness seems to capture my soul.</div>
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Lately I have been building up my collection of Flora & Fauna...</div>
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I start designing with thread, add in a little slow stitching and gradually add layers of texture and colour over a number of days, sometimes months or even days if I re-visit a design I find stashed away in a safe place every now and then!</div>
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Did you know that it would've been William Morris's 132nd Birthday recently?<br />
William was an English textile designer, craftsman, poet, novelist and socialist.<br />
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I was lucky enough to visit The William Morris Gallery in Walthamstowe, London a couple of weekends ago....</div>
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such a real treat!<br />
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I have admired William's work since my school days when I took my 'A Level Needlework' (for those not having a clue what that was, it is the equivalent of today's exams at Sixth Form!)</div>
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Most people think of his Orange Blossom designs and not a lot else if I'm honest but he was SO much more!!!!</div>
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So why DO I admire him?</div>
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Well, he was a quiet rebel of his time, an advocate for preserving traditional textile and needlework skills and a pioneer in the textile industry.</div>
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He was also a firm believer in empowering people with knowledge and information.</div>
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All of the above reasons totally sum up my philosophy in life I have to say and I know that if I ever I met him we would have been good buddies!<br />
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He wanted to know how a design worked, how the stitches rested on the fabric and how the design worked with the rest of his home.</div>
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His love of embroidery and weaving extended into the textile industry and today his designs are considered some of the finest...<br />
For me he had such a wonderful philosophy of life which I love...<br />
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I try to sketch a doodle here and there every day as I go about my daily life...sometimes nothing special and yet sometimes something so very special... simple snippets of everyday life that</div>
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My weekends wouldn't be the same if I didn't say hello...</div>
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I know many of you enjoy the inspiration I share on here so knew you will also like to know about this fun idea of sharing a little love amongst fellow bloggers....</div>
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Each month at <b>Me, You and Magoo</b> there is a link with other bloggers to see their work in progress.</div>
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So, having decided to join in with the party I thought I would share some of my slow stitching </div>
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Away from the cameras. away from the hustle & bustle of teaching or even away from</div>
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the nine to five of daily toil I adore being left alone with a basket of threads.</div>
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I get to paint with colour and texture using my doodles as inspiration.</div>
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For centuries women have held a connection with cloth and thread this way and in our modern society of hum drum business we seem to be losing that connection a little.</div>
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I want to cover a boring old plain notebook that nestles in my bag everywhere I go to capture a doodle here and there on my travels.</div>
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One thing that all of those special ladies had in common was that every day of their lives they wore an apron whether they were doing the housework, expecting visitors or even a visit from the Queen!</div>
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As many of you know I am busy getting ready for a small exhibition focusing on the connection of women with cloth and thread throughout time here in the Fens and so many times the subject of an apron has appeared in my research...</div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>The History of Grandma's Apron<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>I don't think our kids know what an apron is.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the
dress underneath because she only had a few and because it was easier to wash
aprons than dresses and aprons required less material. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>But along with that, it served as a potholder for removing
hot pans from the oven.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on
occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and
sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished
in the warming oven.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding
places for shy kids.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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weather was cold, Grandma wrapped it around her arms.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent
over the hot wood stove.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen
in that apron.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the
hulls.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>In the Autumn, the apron was used to bring in apples that
had fallen from the trees.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising
how much furniture that old apron could
dust in a matter of seconds.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>When dinner was
ready, Grandma walked out onto the
porch, waved her apron, and the men folk knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace
that 'old-time apron' that served so
many purposes.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Send this to
those who would know (and love) the
story about Grandma's aprons.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>REMEMBER:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Grandma used to
set her hot baked apple pies on the
window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>The Govt. Would
go crazy now trying to figure out how
many germs were on that apron.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>I don't think I
ever caught anything from an apron - but
love... <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Only one day left of February 2016</div>
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Raynaud's my poor little stitchy fingers really do suffer dreadfully....</div>
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My flowers are ready to start doodling all over my garden again and bring</div>
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This is my little basket of what was a gorgeous array of pansies but the foxgloves have decided they are moving in!</div>
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Just need to chat with the fairies before I go and warm my toes by the fire...</div>
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