Winter Morning in Brantome

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WiP Wednesday - 26-09-2007

3 down to 2 - Kezia’s quilt has just got to be labelled and sent on its way. At the moment it is drying off after its quick cold wash. Bit of a colour run from someone’s red, but I don’t think it shows that much.
So down to basics.
The start of My Quilting [...]

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Fabric, Fabric, Fabric

No I haven’t been buying. Sticking firmly to the No Fabric regime.

Yesterday was a gorgeous, hot day. Makes a change after the foul weather we’ve been having since May. Pool was cleaned on Saturday and is now a glittering blue instead of mushy pea green.
We had the option of [...]

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Wandering Around Brantome

We had a walk round Brantome yesterday before the season really starts and you can’t move for Grockles.
One of the smaller supermarkets closed its doors recently and I was interested to see what, if anything, had taken its place. Prime site so surely someone would have the sense to open up a sensible shop, [...]

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Brantome Interlude

There is the most amazing glass blowing workshop in Brantome, run by Eric Simonin, where you can watch him and his students work.
I would love to own some of his pieces, but they are terribly expensive. However, the pieces blown by his students are a lot cheaper and Alex recently spent some [...]

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Interlude

Busy with Tonya’s Challenge and one or two other bits and pieces.
Just to brighten up the pages, here are some photos of our local town, Brantome.

This is my favourite - The Abbey.

This is the church on the other side of the river to the Abbey.
The weekly market is held in the car park and [...]

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