September 28, 2016

I have to admit that these photos were taken in summer but given that Scotland is in a state of perpetual winter, I doubt you would have noticed! I actually don't enjoy winter in Scotland much - it's cold and dark and wet without being snowy and it lasts forever. It's funny, then, that I have so much love for autumn. I know many that see autumn as the depressing bringer of winter, a sign that our
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Posted in What I wore | Tagged autumn, dressing up vintage, house of widow, loch tay, unif, YRU |
November 11, 2014

A pretty yellow museum in Edinburgh.
Exploring the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.
Lovely leafy walks with James in London.
Beautiful buildings in the UCL area of London! This is the Waterstones...
This was the view from the Wild Food cafe where we ate lunch in London one day.
Neils Yard in London.
The spooky treat table on Halloween.
I know I know, October ended a whole eleven days ago!
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Posted in Monthly Recap | Tagged autumn, Edinburgh, halloween, London, monthly recap, monthly review, october, october in review |
February 24, 2014

Do you remember I started Wild Olive's Autumn Stitching Club back in September? Well I've finished! After stitching (and blogging about) thirteen autumn-themed patterns, I turned them into hexagons, made sixteen little hexagons from patterned fabric and sewed myself a cushion cover. A lot of work has gone into this little cushion, and I'm so pleased with it. It's not exactly autumn right now, but
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Posted in Autumn Stitching Club, DIY, Sewing | Tagged autumn, autumn stitching club, cushion, cushion cover, embroidered cushion, embroidered pattern, embroidery, hexies, mini charm pack, stitching, wild olive |
January 23, 2014

If you've been following my blog for a little while you'll know that I've been working on my embroidery for the autumn stitching club for a long time. As you can tell, since autumn and christmas have been and gone! I can gladly say that this is my last embroidered pattern for the autumn stitching club. The next time you hear me talking about it I should have sew all my patterns together as a pillow!
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Posted in Autumn Stitching Club, DIY | Tagged autumn, autumn stitching club, embroidering, embroidery, pumpkin, stitching, wild olive |
January 14, 2014

I know what you're thinking, Autumn was a long time ago! Yes it was but I haven't finished my autumn embroidery project yet so let's forget that it's now January. This is the penultimate pattern for the Autumn Stitching Club. I've enjoyed it, but I will be glad to see it finished. I feel like I've been embroidering forever! This week's pattern is a cute little smiley acorn.
I hope your week's been
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Posted in Autumn Stitching Club | Tagged acorn, autumn, autumn stitching club, craft, DIY, embroidery, fall, handmade, homemade, sewing, stitching, wild olive |