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Month: August 2012

27/08/2012
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A clean and Organised Home

by Bette_H, in category Family Time

  I have tried Flylady, I have tried the Change Your Life Challenge and Extreme Home Makeover (both of which are excellent programmes).  But I always fall off the wagon.  I struggle with maintaining a clean and tidy home.  And it drives me crazy.  Particularly when you look beneath the dust, beneath the clutter on the… Read More

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Grampians Texture…

by Bette_H, in category out and about

While I was at the Girl’s Day Out, I had the pleasure to meet a lovely lady from up near Horsham.  I mentioned to her that I regularly went up to that area each year to attend the Grampian’s Texture.  And promptly remembered that I had not yet put up a post about my last… Read More

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Exchanges

by Bette_H, in category Exchanges

I love participating in stitched exchanges.  I don’t do this very often because I am often late.  But every now and then, when I know I have the time to meet the deadlines, I will sign up for one. I have long loved the Blackbird Designs, and felt that a Blackbird Designs ornament was within… Read More

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Girl’s Day Out

by Bette_H, in category Embroidery, out and about

Back in March at the Monbulk Quilt Show, I signed up for the Girl’s Day Out with Jo of Sewjo Designs and Libby Richardson of ArtSmart Craft Cottage… And then forgot about it.  Fortunately for me, the girls had enough people interested that they were able to run two days.  They rang me and asked… Read More

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13/08/2012
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Okay…

by Bette_H, in category Uncategorized

so where was I? Oh yeah – the kitchen had been ripped out. And 24hours later, the new kitchen carcasses had been installed… And that is where it stayed for more than a week. The people doing the caesarstone benches took their time coming to collect the template. We were told by the kitchen people… Read More

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Hi. Thank you for stopping by my blog. My name is Bette. I am an embroiderer, cross stitcher, quilter, teacher and aspiring textile artist. I also own The Needlework Boutique, an online cross stitch store. Here I share my journey through the world of needlework, and more recently, my journey as a high school textiles teacher.

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