Snippets 'n' Scraps

Did you hear that thud?  It was the sound of me coming down to earth after a fabulous holiday. Two weeks ago I was sipping prosecco, and ...

At Paddington Patchworkers we're raffling a beautiful sampler quilt designed and made by all of us. It's predominantly soft pink ...

There were squeals of delight (and quiet groans from someone who I’ll not name) when we discovered a fabric shop this morning, just up the r...

Ravenna has been recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage area because of its early Christian and Byzantine buildings containing the most ex...

Soft, warm rain. The first we’ve had since the afternoon we arrived in Rome almost 3 weeks ago.  We don’t care a bit because it’s given us a...

I haven’t been idle :-))  I’ve been stitching away on my borders at every opportunity, much to the amusement of fellow-passengers.  In th...

Only the crew had access to it, but so many times during our cruise I’ve wished I could have stood up there at the pointy end of the ship...