First of all, I would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who has followed my blog to its new home; updated their RSS feeds, or subscribed for the first time; updated their links to point to my new address www.serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog or have simply left a comment. I have previously written about blogging […]
Archives for January 2007
Good things come in threes
I peeked inside my post office box and spied a parcel card. A quick visit to Kristy, our bouncy post mistress, confirmed that my THIRD copy of my Kodak photobook album had arrived. This is the order that was reshipped on 20 December and would supposedly be delivered within 4 business days. Oh well. I […]
Thread shopping
As I contemplated a couple of quilt tops, I surveyed my thread collection and realised there are some gaps in my palette, particularly in the earth tones. Off to my local thread supplier, Althea’s Threads and Needles, and look what I came home with: It may look extravagant but I purchased 45 spools for less […]
Seeing Double
All of David’s Christmases came at once yesterday as an afternoon courier delivered a second copy of his photobook album from Kodak (but not the set of photos that was also part of the order). I’ll be interested to see if the third copy, and missing photos, ever turns up. Speaking of online consumer tales, […]
Happy Endings
I am pleased to report that the photobook album that I ordered from Kodak has finally turned up and it is WONDERFUL! It was a gift for David made up from a selection of the 1001 digital photos that I took on our home exchange adventure to the French Pyrenees and the Yorkshire Dales in […]
All Rugged Up
Today is the last day of the Hazine exhibition at the artelido gallery at nearby Pretty Beach. Described as a “summer exhibition of Anatolian treasures”, I had little inkling of the patchwork treat in store for me. It turned out that most of the Turkish carpets on display were pieced together from older carpets in […]