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FAQ

last week my dear friend Kaye wrote me asking if I was interested in an Around the World Blog Hop invitation – of course I said yes, although due to the move I wrote this post a few days ago and scheduled it for the due date. safety first! 😉 check out her post about…… Continue reading FAQ

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and enigma it is!

the poll for this year’s blogaversary challenge has just been closed and the results are in! you can see them here:  by one vote only, the stitch enigma has officially won!! – win win, cause this means I’ll have to start something new pretty soon! WOOHOO!! 😀 I know it was part of my New Year’s resolutions not to start…… Continue reading and enigma it is!

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Chapter thirty-five – Granny and the neighbour

previously on The grey tail: I thought I was done with granny-sitting, ready to come back full throttle. I evidently wasn’t. – – – first and foremost, I’m really sorry for making the winner wait this long. it’s without further ado (and before anything else happens, honestly!) that I announce that the winner of the Travelling Bunny…… Continue reading Chapter thirty-five – Granny and the neighbour

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Chapter thirty four – The day that I was (and then I wasn’t) back

previously on The grey tail: I visited Granny for a few days while the heat wave was melting down our already worn out brains. I started At low tide and found out how slow progress you get when you stitch over 1 on 32ct. the Travelling Bunny was about to find a new destination, when.. – -…… Continue reading Chapter thirty four – The day that I was (and then I wasn’t) back

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I’m still here

I took a break from the heat and went to visit Granny with Taras. since there’s no wi-fi over there I left the laptop and brought all the stitching 😉 I’ll be back to proper blogging in a few days, I’m feverishly working on the Stitch Me Club 2013: At low tide by L’Atelier Perdu and don’t…… Continue reading I’m still here

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Chapter twenty six – Meet Granny

previously on The grey tail: I felt so bad about serial stashing, starting and never finishing I started another project. – – – while the terrible African heat liquified our bodies and brains, my parents decided to go to the mountain for the weekend. with my younger sister still in the UK, and me not slightly interested in…… Continue reading Chapter twenty six – Meet Granny

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L’Atelier Perdu Stitch Me Club 2013 – At low tide

interrupting the scheduled stream of posts for a stitching service alert. NatalieJo aka L’Atelier Perdu released a new Stitch Me Club for 2013. you find all the info about it here. needless to say, I joined straight away. it was actually 1:30 AM. I woke up cause I was terribly thirsty. I thought I could check the…… Continue reading L’Atelier Perdu Stitch Me Club 2013 – At low tide

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where did time go

I had all sorts of troubles this week, basically the load of crap you get in a month or so, make a juice of it and serve it daily for a week-time.. gosh! it started on wednesday (when I was supposed to go to the villa, on Ferragosto.. nope, the car’s battery decided I should…… Continue reading where did time go

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the weekend and the movies

so what have I been up to? this was really not a stitchful weekend, even if I promised I would do as much as I could and finish part one of Atelier Perdu’s Patches of Life.. I didn’t.. this makes my Stitching Olympics as miserable as the real ones by Italian athletes.. 😀 I guess…… Continue reading the weekend and the movies