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I’ve just listed some delicious bargains.
You’ll find them in the ‘Handmade’ section.
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The embroidery thread equivalent of a blank canvas

So many possibilities but I really am going to try to avoid blue when I dye these wee skeins…😉
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Quiet morning light for this Wednesday’s window on my little world.
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Just putting this here to show it’s my account. 
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Move along now… nothing more to see here!
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Titchy stitching as I watch the final of @potterythrow and keep my fingers crossed that Keith and Rich pick the correct winner!
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Soggy Sunday calls for a wee kitchen session. I’ve  had fun making carroty lentil soup, cheese scones (a little cheese +nooch+mustard+parsley), blueberry muffins (+diced apple+choc…), vegan parmesan (nooch+cashews+garlic+salt), toasting mixed nuts for future use and roasting a sweet potato. As you do.
A bit of rationing called for with scones and muffins so I will freeze some of them (probably)😇
📚I live in a wee village with minimal amenities. But we have swap shop for books and periodicals and spare garden fruit. A lovely idea for which I am grateful🤗 
I looked in this morning with a disinterested Bruce and gathered this armful! 

I read Cold Mountain a long time ago but not seen the film.
Here’s to women everywhere. We stitch the world together in myriad ways. Perhaps one day all those stitches will be strong enough to enable our sisters to live free of tyranny.

#internationalwomensday

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