With the arrival of my new grandson, embroidery and stitching have been put aside for a while. Aidan Joseph arrived weighing 3.57 kg on 12...

This is about Rain, but not the wet watery kind you may be thinking of. Its about the store called Rain. My niece Genae spent some time in C...

Two bibs for two grandchildren, one of them due to arrive any day now. I hope to be visiting them soon. The train pattern is from Cross St...

The Cape Embroiderers' Guild celebrate their 30th anniversary next year. To mark the occasion they have published two lovely calendars ...

A few weeks ago I spent a couple of wonderful days sightseeing in Washington. On the way to our hotel we passed this beautiful old house nea...

This week saw the launch of a new website aimed at bringing together some of the activities of the embroidery guilds in South Africa.  Title...

This is the post I wrote just before I went away - it even had the photos in place. I just didn't get around to giving it a final look a...

I had an interesting morning yesterday trying out clip-on readers  at my local optometrist. I have been using a pair of clip-on magnifiers ...

   As I mentioned in my last post , there is currently a wonderful embroidery exhibition  on in Cape Town. Titled 'Threads of Gold...

If you are in Cape Town between now and 3 August give yourself a real treat and visit the Threads of Gold embroidery exhibition which on at ...