Friendships Are Sewn One Stitch At A Time....

~ 'The key to loving how you live is in knowing what it is you truly love. "To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer , is to keep your soul truly alive"'

.........Robert Louis Stevenson.

My goodness this week has kept me in hibernation for the most of it...Apart from work I have been happily puttering and pottering indoors ....

And I must say~ making the most of a few of the dramas being shown on our screens.

I wonder has any one been following Mr Selfridge on Sunday evening?

~"The hats, The hats, have you seen those beautiful hats!"

I love the beautiful clothes, the glamour and the finesse of those days gone by......

I even watched last weeks episode with the beautiful, window display of  ........Lily Of The Valley, Not once, but twice.......

Sad I know, but I do get carried away, with period dramas....

I am also enjoying, Ripper Street too..~Although a little raw and near the bone! 

It's good to watch with the Mr....( He helps me sort out the intriguing plots)

Thank You kindly for such lovely comments about my kitchen too!

~ The Victorian tiles around my cooker were collected and  stored under my bed for five years, while we saved up enough pennies to do the kitchen this way..... 

~ Some things are just worth waiting for!

This week I would love to host a giveaway on my blog ....

I have put together a few pretty sewing items from the 'East Of India' range and would love to hear from you if you would like to be entered .....

Or even if you wouldn't......hehe!

YOU are all so creative.
~

So maybe these could add to your sewing box.

There is a cute button jar, a pin cushion, a handy needle holder, a beautiful tape measure and some vintage Sylko cottons too.....

Ooh and red heart for Valentines Day.......

~ Anyone can enter....

It is just to mark my first year in blog-land.

I will draw the winner before Valentines day!

~ And on to other interesting things........

~ What has been filling your days recently?

Has anyone been along to see the movie, Les Miserables ? I wonder....

There is such a lot of talent in this movie...

I hopefully have a date for this on the 14th of February!

Fingers crossed....X

Primroses peeping through after a long slumber....

I even have a few Snow Drops.....

~ I just cannot wait for warmer spring days.

~ Bring on the spring time....

"Sew A little Happiness."

~Outside it is 'Window Crying' weather...

Cold and wet.

Inside it is cosy and warm.

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Bye for now.

~ Take time to dream......

Love Maria x